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Bug#773646: Backports : linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 not booting dracut fallback



Control: reassign -1 src:linux 3.16.7-ckt2-1~bpo70+1

On Sun, 2014-12-21 at 14:15 +0100, Mario Kothe wrote:
> Package: linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64/wheezy-backports uptodate 3.16.7-ckt2-1~bpo70+1
>    Version: 3.16.7
>   
>    After installing the Backport Package the system cannot boot with
> the new kernel. The System hangs and falls back to dracut console. It
> mentions
>    that the root filesystem UID cannot not be found. The system itself
> has a boot disk (vda3) and the root is on (vda1). I checked the
> grub.cfg the
>    Filesystem uid's are correct.
>    
>    Reboot to the original kernel 3.2.0 works though.
> 
>    During the installation of the Backport Kernel dracut warns that it
> can not find consolefonts, ... (the rest I can't remember, sadly not
> logged)
> 
>    Looks to me that some depencies are not in the package which are
> necessary when initramfs is replaced with dracut.

Presumably that would be a dracut bug.

>    I am using Debian GNU/Linux 7, Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian
> 3.2.63-2+deb7u2 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What happens if you install initramfs-tools from wheezy-backports?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.

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