On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:49:55 +0000 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> Control: tag -1 patch
> ---
> Bug #783620 involves several machines with root on xfs being upgraded
> from wheezy to jessie and then immediately rebooted. In some cases
> the initramfs was apparently written to the journal but not committed
> during the reboot. As GRUB doesn't replay the journal, it loaded an
> empty initramfs and the kernel failed to boot.
>
> There is clearly a bug elsewhere (init system or kernel) that
> prevented the filesystem being cleanly shut down. However, there
> seems to be a general risk here, so add a 'sync' to mitigate it.
[...]
That bug appears to be: https://bugs.debian.org/811497
Ben.
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