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Re: Bug#565456: Boot failed of debian-live-lxde prebuild image on atom N270 netbook



On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:52:16PM +0000, amrmap wrote:
> Package: live-initramfs
> Version: 1.156.1+1.157.2-1
> 
> I downloaded the lxde image from: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/i386/usb-hdd/ , i.e. debian-live-502-i386-lxde-desktop.img
> Booting from a usb-stick with this image on it failed.
> Architecture: i386 (atom N270)
> 
> Short live.log is:
> Begin: Running /scripts/live-premount ... done.
> mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /live/image failed: Invalid argument
> mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /live/image failed: Invalid argument
> mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /live/image failed: Invalid argument
> mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /live/image failed: Invalid argument
> mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /live/image failed: Invalid argument
> mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /live/image failed: Invalid argument
> Begin: Running /scripts/live-realpremount .... done.
> Begin: Mounting "/live/image/live/filesystem.squashfs" on "/filesystem.squashfs" via "/dev/loop0" ... mount: mounting /dev/loop0 on //filesystem.squashfs failed: Invalid argument
> 
> Note: /dev/sda1 is an ext4 partition with Ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix on it.
> 
> live.log with debug enabled is attached.
> 
I had a similar problem recently.  In my case, the live system was
attempting to mount every partition it could in search of a persistence
file/partition.  I think the script that handles it is called
live-premount, but don't quote me on that.  It failed when it tried to
mount an ext4 partition because Lenny can't do that by default.

What I discovered as a workaround is that if you boot your non-live
system, you can run this command:

tune2fs -E test_fs

That allows the partition to be mounted "using experimental kernel code,
such as the ext4dev filesystem", which Lenny can apparently do.  See
the tune2fs man page for more details.

Anyway, I consider it unusual and unnecessary for the live system to
stop booting just because it can't mount a local drive.  

-Rob


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