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Bug#425960: marked as done (initramfs-tools: prep ppc root= not present)

Your message dated Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:59:43 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#425960: initramfs-tools: prep ppc root= not present
has caused the Debian Bug report #425960,
regarding initramfs-tools: prep ppc root= not present
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.87b
Severity: normal


I do use my own daily kernels on PReP PPC machine but occassionally test 
debian kernels to make sure debian is installabale here. 
linux-image-2.6.21-1-prep mostly works here but can not boot 
automatically. It can not find root since ROOT= empty. Debian kernels 
are compiled with no builtin cmdline for root= and initramfs does not 
contain the value either so I have to boot the kernel by hand, providing 
root=/dev/sda3 in boot stub. This seems to be a initramfs-tools 
defect.

-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 root=/dev/sda3

-- /proc/filesystems
	ext3

-- lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
appletalk              36316  20 
iptable_nat             7364  1 
nf_nat                 17652  1 iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4      18092  2 iptable_nat
nf_conntrack           64460  3 iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nfnetlink               6552  3 nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack
ip_tables              12296  1 iptable_nat
x_tables               14308  2 iptable_nat,ip_tables
dm_snapshot            19728  0 
dm_mirror              24372  0 
dm_mod                 63868  2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
ipv6                  319236  20 
serio_raw               6884  0 
pata_sl82c105           6688  0 
sata_sil               10120  1 
libata                115100  2 pata_sl82c105,sata_sil
evdev                  11392  0 

-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = yes

-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21
Locale: LANG=et_EE.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=et_EE.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii  busybox                      1:1.1.3-4   Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii  cpio                         2.7-3       GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii  klibc-utils                  1.5-2       small statically-linked utilities 
ii  module-init-tools            3.3-pre11-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  udev                         0.105-4     /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

initramfs-tools recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 01:57:55AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2007, Meelis Roos wrote:
> 
> > I do use my own daily kernels on PReP PPC machine but occassionally test 
> > debian kernels to make sure debian is installabale here. 
> > linux-image-2.6.21-1-prep mostly works here but can not boot 
> > automatically. It can not find root since ROOT= empty. Debian kernels 
> > are compiled with no builtin cmdline for root= and initramfs does not 
> > contain the value either so I have to boot the kernel by hand, providing 
> > root=/dev/sda3 in boot stub. This seems to be a initramfs-tools 
> > defect.
> 
> prep bootloader seems pretty archic if he can pass any values
> to the cmdline of the kernel.
> 
> aboves failure is expected, the best would be that the prep
> linux-image postinst takes care to set a proper ROOT hardcoding
> in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/root.
> 
> but currently i read prep got disabled due to other brokeness,
> no idea if there is enough porter interest for that specific flavour.

prep was disabled for 2.6.22, closing the bug.

Cheers,
        Moritz

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