Bug#479101: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: same issue: kernel panic: unable to mount root on multiple machines
Package: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64
Followup-For: Bug #479101
Just a "me too": I today upgraded multiple machines to 2.6.25-1-amd64 and
they all show the same symptoms, kernel cannot find the initramfs.
The machine worked with 2.6.24 and 2.6.22 before.
To test my configuration, installed 2.6.18 afterwards, and that boots,
while 2.6.25 fails, so it is definitely something to do with the kernel
(and not lilo etc.)
Here are the image entries one one machine:
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-1-amd64
initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-1-amd64
label = debian
append = "root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=reiserfs relatime"
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-amd64
initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-amd64
label = old
append = "root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=reiserfs relatime"
And here my full lilo.conf on another system showing exactly the same symptoms:
boot = /dev/hda
root = /dev/hda2
read-only
compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
lba32
#serial = 1,9600n8
vga = 0 # force sane state
default = old
delay = 0
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-1-amd64
label = default
initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-1-amd64
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-amd64
label = old
initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-amd64
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initr 0.85h tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64 recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.25-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.25-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.25-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.25-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.25-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.25-1-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.25-1-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.25-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.25-1-amd64: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
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