Bug#815555: initramfs-tools: raid1 boot with lilo fails on 0.123 with cant find root in fstab

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

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On Mon, 2016-02-22 at 12:58 +0100, Anders Nyvang wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.123
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> After updating from 0.120 to 0.123 my system cannot boot.
> 
> System is software raid1 and booting with lilo.
> 
> Post up to the initramfs prompt:
> BIOS data check successful
> mdadm: /dev/md0 has been started with 2 drives.
> modprobe: module unknown not found in modules.dep
> mount: can't find /root in /etc/fstab
> 
> ... and the errors goes on, but primary relates to the fact that the root filesystem is missing.
[...]

What filesystem type is the root mounted with, when you use
initramfs-tools 0.120?  (Check in /proc/mounts.)

What does '/usr/lib/klibc/bin/fstype /dev/md0' show?

What does 'blkid /dev/md0' show?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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