Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.79 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system
Dear Maintainer, I have been running Debian on a QNAP TS109 for many years. I successfully upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy in 2013 and to Jessie in 2015. As I now upgrade to Stretch (basically following Debian Upgrade Guide, it is a very simple system) I now get: == from apt-get dist-upgrade == update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-5-marvell flash-kernel: installing version 4.9.0-5-marvell The initial ramdisk is too large. This is often due to the unnecessary inclusion of all kernel modules in the image. To fix this set MODULES=dep in one or both /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy (if it exists) and /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf and then run 'update-initramfs -u -k 4.9.0-5-marvell' Not enough space for initrd in MTD 'RootFS1' (need 4210887 but is actually 4194304). run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return code 1 dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: initramfs-tools E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) == end of output That was (obviously) after - editing /etc/apt/sources.list (changing jessie to stretch) - apt-get update - apt-get upgrade I am completely aware how old and obsolete this QNAP TS109 is. It would make complete sense to me if it was not supported anymore. And I would completely understand if you dont want to fix this problem. But given that TS-109 appears supported http://www.cyrius.com/debian/orion/qnap/ts-109/install/ and with no major issues http://www.cyrius.com/debian/orion/qnap/ts-109/known-issues/ I would not expect this problem well into the upgrade. To other users, it would be helpful to advice them not to upgrade to Stretch. I guess my system would reboot if I try (but I have not tried) I guess Debain 9.3 can run with Linux 3.16.0-5-orion5x from Debian 8, but to me (I have used Debian for 20 years) the system seems to be in a rather bad state. (if it fails to boot a serial cable for direct UBOOT is necessary) I have not tried editing /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf I suppose i could try to change MODULES=most to MODULES=dep. However, if I break the system completely it will be much harder for me to give you any more useful information. Best Regards Gunnar Thorburn -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: armel (armv5tel) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-5-orion5x Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages flash-kernel depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.61 ii devio 1.2-1.2+b1 ih initramfs-tools 0.130 ii linux-base 4.5 ii mtd-utils 1:2.0.0-1 ii ucf 3.0036 Versions of packages flash-kernel recommends: ii u-boot-tools 2016.11+dfsg1-4 flash-kernel suggests no packages. -- debconf information: flash-kernel/linux_cmdline: quiet