Bug#795555: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae: cannot find /sbin/init (though probably can't find filesystem?)
Package: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae
Version: 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
After upgrading from 3.10 to 3.16 my system fails to boot - it says it couldn't find /sbin/init and then dumps me into a "(initramfs)" prompt.
I poked around and the md arrays are assembled, but the LVM volumes are not activated. I was able to activate them, so all the necessary tools appear to be there, so it's unclear what goes wrong.
I tried both the 586 and 686-pae variants (this is on an old PII).
Reverting back to 3.10 enables me to boot.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.1
APT prefers oldstable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.10-0.bpo.2-486
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.120
ii kmod 18-3
ii linux-base 3.5
ii module-init-tools 18-3
Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae recommends:
ii firmware-linux-free 3.3
ii irqbalance 1.0.6-3
ii libc6-i686 2.19-18
Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae suggests:
pn debian-kernel-handbook <none>
ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-22
pn linux-doc-3.16 <none>
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