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Bug#571266: linux-image-2.6.26-2-486: boot 486 kernel fails with root=LABEL=



On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 06:39 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2010-02-25 02:24 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 12:51 -0800, william estrada wrote:
> >> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-486
> >> Version: 2.6.26-21lenny3
> >> Severity: important
> >> 
> >> In grub.conf,
> >> 
> >>    If I use root=/dev/hda3 my systems boots up and runs.
> >>    If I use root=LABEL=/Lenny the system hangs on boot.
> > [...]
> >
> > We need to see the messages that are displayed in this case.
> 
> It is a bug in initramfs-tools, in the Lenny version you can't use
> slashes in labels.  See #489008.

That would be a problem, yes.  It is easy enough to work around, but
should probably be fixed in stable anyway since it is not at all obvious
what has gone wrong.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because
they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett

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