Bug#460549: live-initramfs: Network boot fails to mount filesystems due to incorrect mount location
Package: live-initramfs
Version: 1.110.7-1
Severity: normal
Following generation of a debian-live system with live-helper, following
the instructions at
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/Creating_a_Netboot_Image
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/Creating_a_Test_environment
we have set up a server with working
- DHCP (dhcp3-server, including necessary bootp/PXE bits)
- TFTP (tftpd-hpa)
- NFS (nfs-kernel-server)
The DHCP server is working correctly. The clients are requesting the
correct files from the TFTP server, and the pxelinux boot menu appears.
pxelinux is getting the correct vmlinuz and initrd images, and
successfully booting the kernel. However, once the root filesystem is
mounted, the scripts fail to mount filesystems and copy files within
either the real root filesystem or the union overlay (I'm not sure
which). This results in failure to complete startup because /sbin/init
can't be found.
The complete log is shown below, with errors appearing as early as
line 13. Using the busybox initramfs shell, the NFS root was mounted on
/root/live/image, with /live/image being completely empty (no mounts on
it). The /scripts/live script has hardcoded mount/umount commands
referring to /root, e.g. /root/sys, but the commands fail because there
is no filesystem mounted at this location.
We tried fixing up the script to see if the problem was easily fixable,
but could not find where the lh_ commands source the scipts/live script
from. Modifying the copy under /usr/share/initramfs... did not seem to
work (either on the host system or in chroot/).
If you have any suggestions of what might be wrong here, or would like
and assistance doing any testing, please let us know.
Thanks,
Roger
Begin: Running /scripts/live-premount ...
Done.
IP-Config: eth0 hardware address 00:01:02:d8:7c:37 mtu 1500 DHCP RARP
IP-Config: eth0 complete (from 192.168.1.1):
address: 192.168.1.254 broadcast: 192.168.1.255 netmask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.1.1 dns0 : 144.32.128.242 dns1 : 144.32.128.243
domain : cscipc002.york.ac.uk
rootserver: 192.168.1.1 rootpath:
filename : pxelinux.0
Begin: Trying netboot from 192.168.1.1:/nfsroot/debian-live ...
Begin: Trying nfsmount -o nolock -o ro 192.168.1.1:/nfsroot/debian-live /live/image ...
Done.
Done.
Begin: Running /scripts/live-bottom ...
Begin: Copying config on real root fs... ...
cp: unable to open `/root/etc/live.conf': No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Setting timezone... ...
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
cp: /root/usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Moving mount points... ...
Done.
Begin: Adding live session user... ...
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Configuring fstab... ...
/scripts/live-bottom/12fstab: /scripts/live-bottom/12fstab: 36: cannot create /root/etc/fstab: Directory nonexistent
Done.
Begin: Setting up swap... ...
Done.
Begin: Setting up locales... ...
grep: /root/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED: No such file or directory
/scripts/live-bottom/14locales: /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: 108: log_warning_message: not found
/scripts/live-bottom/14locales: /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: 1: cannot create /root/etc/default/locale: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/live-bottom/14locales: /scripts/live-bottom/14locales: 1: cannot create /root/etc/locale.gen: Directory nonexistent
chroot: cannot execute /usr/sbin/locale-gen: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Setting up automatic login... ...
chroot: cannot execute [: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute [: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Setting hostname... ...
/scripts/live-bottom/18hostname: /scripts/live-bottom/18hostname: 34: cannot create /root/etc/hostname: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/live-bottom/18hostname: /scripts/live-bottom/18hostname: 37: cannot create /root/etc/hosts: Directory nonexistent
Done.
Begin: Setting up console keyboard... ...
chroot: cannot execute /usr/sbin/install-keymap: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Configuring X... ...
mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory
mount: Mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
/bin/live-reconfigure: package 'xserver-xorg' is not installed
umount: Couldn't umount /root/sys: No such file or directory
umount: Couldn't umount /root/proc: No such file or directory
umount: Couldn't umount /root/dev: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Configuring X kludges... ...
Done.
Begin: Configuring gnome-panel-data... ...
Done.
Begin: Configuring screensaver... ...
Done.
Begin: Preconfiguring /etc/modules... ...
Done.
Begin: Preconfiguring networking... ...
/scripts/live-bottom/23networking: /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: 44: cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/live-bottom/23networking: /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: 129: cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent
cp: unable to open `/root/var/log/netboot.config': No such file or directory
/scripts/live-bottom/23networking: /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: 129: cannot create /root/etc/resolv.conf: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/live-bottom/23networking: /scripts/live-bottom/23networking: 129: cannot create /root/var/log/netboot.config: Directory nonexistent
Done.
Begin: Loading preseed file... ...
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Setting up init... ...
sed: /root/etc/pam.d/login: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Configuring accessibility options... ...
Done.
Begin: Disabling update-notifier... ...
chroot: cannot execute dpkg-divert: No such file or directory
ln: /root/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Configuring power management... ...
Done.
Begin: Enabling notifications about program crashes... ...
Done.
Begin: Disabling kpersonalizer... ...
chroot: cannot execute /usr/bin/which: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Disabling kwallet... ...
Done.
Begin: Fixing language selector... ...
Done.
Begin: Disabling trackerd... ...
Done.
Begin: Disabling restricted-manager... ...
sed: /root/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Adding APT-CDROM source... ...
chroot: cannot execute apt-cdrom: No such file or directory
Done.
Begin: Disabling AppArmor (does not work with stacked file systems)... ...
chroot: cannot execute update-rc.d: No such file or directory
Done.
Done.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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