can't find init when using --bootappend-live persistence

[Johannes Schauer <j.schauer@email.de>]

Hi,

I tested this with live-build versions 3.0.5-1 and 4.0~a20-1 as well as with
the http://live-build-cgi.debian.net/ online service to make sure it's not my
local configuration. When enabling --bootappend-live persistence I get the
following messages after choosing to boot the live system in the menu:

        Loading, please wait...
        Begin: Loading essential drivers ... done.
        Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done.
        Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done.
        Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... done.
        modprobe: module unknown not found in modules.dep
        mount: can't read '/etc/fstab': No such file or directory
        Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... done.
        done.
        Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
        done.
        Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init.
        No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.


        BusyBox v1.20.2 (Debian 1:1.20.0-7) built-in shell (ash)
        Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

        /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

Here the the live-build log file when trying to build the gnome-desktop image
from git://live.debian.net/git/live-images.git

http://mister-muffin.de/p/oQUX.txt

My last email to this list had this file attached and was probably blocked
because of its resulting size. Sorry for that.

I made the following changes:

        diff --git a/images/gnome-desktop/auto/build b/images/gnome-desktop/auto/build
        index 03a7b57..e6e2504 100755
        --- a/images/gnome-desktop/auto/build
        +++ b/images/gnome-desktop/auto/build
        @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@

         set -e

        -lb build noauto "${@}" && echo $? 2>&1 | tee build.log
        +{ lb build noauto "${@}" && echo $?; } 2>&1 | tee build.log
        diff --git a/images/gnome-desktop/auto/config b/images/gnome-desktop/auto/config
        index e74ee52..36d2aae 100755
        --- a/images/gnome-desktop/auto/config
        +++ b/images/gnome-desktop/auto/config
        @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ esac
         lb config noauto \
                --clean \
                --ignore-system-defaults \
        +       --bootappend-live persistence \
                --mode debian \
                --debian-installer live \
                --linux-flavours "${_LINUX_FLAVOURS}" \

The change to images/gnome-desktop/auto/build was necessary to store the full
log in the file build.log. Is it intentional to only save the exit status?

Version 4.0~a20-1 of the live-build package also doesnt seem to ship the man
pages that were found in the 3.0.5-1 version. Did they move somewhere else?

cheers, josch