Bug#611126: Failure on boot during initrd script execution

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

reassign 611126 linux-2.6
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# linux-2.6 boot panic

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Pascal BERNARD wrote:

> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.98.7
> 
> I have some kernel panic upon boot, or the init script stops and asks
> for root
> login. All my partitions are on lvm/md, including / where boot/kernel
> resides.

This is not an initramfs-tools bug as it has long handed over things
to init. 
 
> I am on testing with linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64  2.6.32-30 at the
> moment.
> 
> I have reported this problem on grub-pc (#593648), but I must say that
> the
> same grub works with a kernel on a standard partition.
> 
> I noticed that if I stop grub for a minute (eg by pretending editing an
> entry before booting), there is no more problem. Is it an issue with
> data
> not flushed on disk ? My raid is a soft (linux) raid0.
> 
> Please find some screen shots attached.

Did that box ever work? Is that breakage recent?
Please run memcheck on it for at least 24 hours.

also please follow up with reportbug to gather the linux-2.6
related info like lspci dmesg and so on.. so on the box:
reporbug -N <bugnr>

thank you.

-- 
maks