> severity 440536 normal > tags 440536 moreinfo unreproducible > stop > > On Sun, 02 Sep 2007, Paul Check wrote: > >> Package: initramfs-tools >> Version: 0.85h >> Severity: critical >> Justification: breaks the whole system > > highly overrated, downgrading serverrity.
How is it overrated to say critical when it breaks a system? Perhaps it isn't a bug at all, and it's my own error in terms of setup. But, if it is a bug, it's rather critical that you can no longer boot a system. >> Running kernel 2.6.16 on stable, root/boot on raid 1 on scsi devices, >> rest of system is lvm on raid 1 on same scsi devices. > > urrgs why are you using such an old kernel? So, are you saying that this behavior will go away when I upgrade? Somehow I doubt that, but I will try. I was waiting to upgrade the kernel when I moved from stable to unstable, and I was waiting to do the latter change after I get mkinitramfs working. >> Upgrading from initrd-tools to initramfs-tools results in the error >> message: >> >> "runaway modprobe loop" > > can you post more context no idea where this should happen. More context? Ok, I re-boot my computer. Some crytographic routines print messages and then the runaway modprobe loop messages print. It's very, very early in the boot process. Is there any more information I can provide wrt the context? If there is anything you'd like me to transcribe the next time I do this break, then I will do so. > >> on boot, and then hangs (hence critical). The looping messages are >> modprobe for: >> >> net-pf-1 >> char-major-5-1 >> >> I used modules=list and put the same list of modules in the >> initramfs config file as are in my initrd config file. >> >> When I unpack the cpio archive I see that initramfs added the module >> "unix" to the list, which of course is alised to net-pf-1. Also, >> I have no idea what char-major-5-1 is. > > check the modprobe alias files ;) Ummm..I did, and I don't see it referenced anywhere. Should it be? Perhaps that is my problem?? Ok... > also this bugs pertains to module-init-tools, > as initramfs-tools directly invoces modprobe. [cont'd]...if that is the case then I agree with the comment just above! However, a google search for "char-major-5-1" results in only 4 hits, and I couldn't see what it referenced there. It seems a little early to definitively say this is a problem with module-init-tools, since initrd-tools has no problem but initramfs-tools does. --Paul Thanks, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]