Bug#594545: initramfs-tools: "mount" command fails to mount root filesystem.

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Jakub Krzyżewski wrote:

> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.98
> Severity: normal
> Tags: squeeze
> 
> I have lvm2 + xen4 system, I prepared domu image with xen-create-image, but it dosn't boot, with error:
> 
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... done.
> mount: mounting /dev/xvda1 on /root failed: No such device
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... done.
> 
> but:
> (initramfs) cat /proc/partitions 
> major minor  #blocks  name
> 
>  202        1   10485760 xvda1
>  202        2    1048576 xvda2
>  202        3   20971520 xvda3
>  202        4   20971520 xvda4
> 
> (initramfs) ls -al /dev/xvda*
> brw-------    1 0        0         202,   1 Aug 27 00:02 /dev/xvda1
> brw-------    1 0        0         202,   2 Aug 27 00:02 /dev/xvda2
> brw-------    1 0        0         202,   3 Aug 27 00:02 /dev/xvda3
> brw-------    1 0        0         202,   4 Aug 27 00:02 /dev/xvda4
> 
> (initramfs) fstype /dev/xvda1
> FSTYPE=ext3
> FSSIZE=10737418240
> 
> (initramfs) mount -t ext3 /dev/xvda1 /root
> mount: mounting /dev/xvda1 on /root failed: No such device
> (initramfs) 

which mount binary is this?
which mount
mount --version

can see this error in klibc mount. please also post 
lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-<respective_version> | grep mount