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Bug#780391: initramfs-tools: Boot drops to initramfs if usr as /dev/vg0/usr in fstab



Control: reassign -1 lvm2
Control: forcemerge 780319 -1

On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 09:55 +0100, Mikael Flood wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.119
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> Upgrade to initramfs-tools 0.119 with /usr specified as /dev/vg0/usr in /etc/fstab.
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> * downgrade to initramfs-tools 0.116 works.
> 
> * change /dev/vg0/usr to /dev/mapper/vg0-usr in /etc/fstab with
> update-initramfs -u works.
> 
> * boot before change in fstab works with vgchange -ay and ctrl +d to
> continue booting.
> 
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> 
> Should LVM-volume names not work as both /dev/<vg>/<volume> and
> /dev/mapper/<vg>/<volume> as before?

I'm not sure.  This has never worked for root.  But we do need to handle
upgrades properly, whether by supporting this format, editing
/etc/fstab, or in the worst case warning the user.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
If the facts do not conform to your theory, they must be disposed of.

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