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Package: initramfs-tools
Severity: important
I tested a Lenny RC1 netinst CD on an old Toshiba laptop.
Installation process itself went fine.
But rebooting into the new system after installation fails.
Error message is:
Waiting for root filesystem ...
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/hda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
Seems there are some modules missing. There are no ide related
modules loaded. I started the installer again and fired up
lsmod command at that point, when the disc is detected for
partitioning. This is the lsmod output at that time:
Module Size Used by
nls_cp437 5504 1
dm_mod 45384 0
vfat 8832 1
fat 39964 1 vfat
ext2 52616 0
mbcache 6656 1 ext2
sd_mod 21904 2
nls_utf8 1664 2
isofs 27684 1
nls_base 6528 5 nls_cp437,vfat,fat,nls_utf8,isofs
zlib_inflate 13952 1 isofs
ide_cd_mod 27524 1
cdrom 30112 1 ide_cd_mod
ide_disk 10368 0
ide_generic 2432 0 [permanent]
ide_core 94760 3 ide_cd_mod,ide_disk,ide_generic
usb_storage 75200 1
scsi_mod 129420 2 sd_mod,usb_storage
pcmcia 29484 0
firmware_class 6656 1 pcmcia
parport_pc 22308 0
fan 4100 0
parport 30152 1 parport_pc
floppy 47620 0
thermal 15004 0
ohci_hcd 18436 0
processor 27824 1 thermal
thermal_sys 10656 3 fan,thermal,processor
yenta_socket 20492 2
rsrc_nonstatic 9344 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 31760 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
usbcore 117104 3 usb_storage,ohci_hcd
So, at least ide_core, ide_disk, ide_generic are needed IMHO.
When starting the new system, I'm dropped to a busybox shell
because of this problem.
Executing "cat /proc/modules" from there gives this output:
floppy 47620 0 - Live 0xc3044000
ohci_hcd 18436 0 - Live 0xc301c000
usbcore 117616 2 ohci_hcd Live 0xc3058000
thermal 15132 0 - Live 0xc3023000
processor 28080 1 thermal Live 0xc3028000
fan 4100 - Live 0xc3015000
thermal_sys 10784 3 thermal,processor,fan Live 0xc3018000
As said before, there are all ide modules missing.
Additional info: I reported this on debian-boot and was asked,
if the kernel is given the argument 'all_generic_ide=1'.
Answer: yes, the kernel commandline (output
of "cat /proc/cmdline" from busybox shell) contains this:
root=/dev/hda1 ro all_generic_ide=1 quiet
/dev/hda1 is of course the right device (checked with debian
installer's rescue mode.)
Feel free to ask for more info...
Kind regards
Holger
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Source: initramfs-tools
Source-Version: 0.92n
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
initramfs-tools, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
initramfs-tools_0.92n.dsc
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.92n.dsc
initramfs-tools_0.92n.tar.gz
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.92n.tar.gz
initramfs-tools_0.92n_all.deb
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.92n_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 507805@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> (supplier of updated initramfs-tools package)
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:03:13 +0100
Source: initramfs-tools
Binary: initramfs-tools
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.92n
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
Description:
initramfs-tools - tools for generating an initramfs
Closes: 499666 502927 507805 508906
Changes:
initramfs-tools (0.92n) unstable; urgency=high
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[ Eugene Paskevich ]
* hook-functions: Fix MODULES=dep for lvm LABEL fstab notation.
(closes: #508906)
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[ maximilian attems ]
* all_generic_ide: Also parse boolean bootoption. (closes: #507805)
* initramfs-tools.8: Document where to look up NFSOPTS. (closes: #502927)
* update-initramfs.8: List -d and mark the non-optional as such.
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[ S. Sakar ]
* hook-functions: MODULES=dep fix encrypted loop device.
(closes: #499666)
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