Bug#551733: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686: Cannot boot kernel 2.6.26-2-686

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 09:37:23PM +1300, Bruce Ward wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
> Version: 2.6.26-19
> Severity: important
> 
> Kernel image 2.6.26-1-686 is no problem. 2.6.26-2-686 drops me to a shell titled (initramfs) shortly after issuing the message:
>  "Booting the kernel."
> It never gets to "Loading, please wait ..."
> 
> Before I get control there are a (large) number of screen messages of the form:
>  /init: line1:  /bin/sleep:  not found
> and then
>  "Gave up waiting for root device"
> and
>  "ALERT! /dev/disk/by-label/D5root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
> 
> At this stage, looking at the filesystem available in initramfs:
>  there is no /dev/disk/ directory although /dev exists,
>  /proc/modules contains only thermal_sys, fan, processor, and thermal,
>  /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/ appears well-populated,
>  /sbin contains only 7 files  (depmod, modprobe, resume, rmmod, udevadm, udevd, udevsettle),
>  /bin/sleep exists so the multiple /init errors are not looking for /bin/sleep.
> 
> I am using GRUB (legacy) and root=LABEL statements identical to the ones which boot 2.6.26-1-686 without any problem. I have regenerated the initrd-img a number of times to no effect.
> 
> 

please post output of:
sh -x mkinitramfs -o /dev/null