Bug#707789: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs blocks with message "root device ubi0:rootfs does not exist"

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

severity 707789 important
tags 707789 moreinfo
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On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:19:15PM +0200, Frank Denissen wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.109.1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system

A single boot failure as bad it is for the single box != critical.
 
> 
> When update-initramfs is called indirectly by apt-get, I get following error message:
> 
> root device ubi0:rootfs does not exist.

Ok, this needs a fix indeed, but please post the whole failure
and not a redacted error message, hard to see where it fails.
 
 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> I have a sheevaplug which is a small arm-based system.
> I originally installed debian squeeze in the flash of this device according to following instructions:
> http://www.blaicher.com/2012/07/installing-debian-on-a-sheevaplug-into-flash/
> First occurence: when upgrading from squeeze to wheezy
> Second occurence: when re-installing sheevaplug from scratch, when I installed the package lvm2 when I was running with root on the flash device

please post the output of:

sh -x /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs -o /tmp/foo

mount

Thank you.

Best,
maks