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--- Begin Message ---Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.87b Severity: normal I do use my own daily kernels on PReP PPC machine but occassionally test debian kernels to make sure debian is installabale here. linux-image-2.6.21-1-prep mostly works here but can not boot automatically. It can not find root since ROOT= empty. Debian kernels are compiled with no builtin cmdline for root= and initramfs does not contain the value either so I have to boot the kernel by hand, providing root=/dev/sda3 in boot stub. This seems to be a initramfs-tools defect. -- Package-specific info: -- /proc/cmdline console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 root=/dev/sda3 -- /proc/filesystems ext3 -- lsmod Module Size Used by appletalk 36316 20 iptable_nat 7364 1 nf_nat 17652 1 iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 18092 2 iptable_nat nf_conntrack 64460 3 iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4 nfnetlink 6552 3 nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack ip_tables 12296 1 iptable_nat x_tables 14308 2 iptable_nat,ip_tables dm_snapshot 19728 0 dm_mirror 24372 0 dm_mod 63868 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror ipv6 319236 20 serio_raw 6884 0 pata_sl82c105 6688 0 sata_sil 10120 1 libata 115100 2 pata_sl82c105,sata_sil evdev 11392 0 -- /etc/kernel-img.conf do_symlinks = yes relative_links = yes do_bootloader = no do_bootfloppy = no do_initrd = yes link_in_boot = yes -- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf MODULES=most BUSYBOX=y KEYMAP=n BOOT=local DEVICE=eth0 NFSROOT=auto -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21 Locale: LANG=et_EE.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=et_EE.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on: ii busybox 1:1.1.3-4 Tiny utilities for small and embed ii cpio 2.7-3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii klibc-utils 1.5-2 small statically-linked utilities ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii udev 0.105-4 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo initramfs-tools recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 01:57:55AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2007, Meelis Roos wrote: > > > I do use my own daily kernels on PReP PPC machine but occassionally test > > debian kernels to make sure debian is installabale here. > > linux-image-2.6.21-1-prep mostly works here but can not boot > > automatically. It can not find root since ROOT= empty. Debian kernels > > are compiled with no builtin cmdline for root= and initramfs does not > > contain the value either so I have to boot the kernel by hand, providing > > root=/dev/sda3 in boot stub. This seems to be a initramfs-tools > > defect. > > prep bootloader seems pretty archic if he can pass any values > to the cmdline of the kernel. > > aboves failure is expected, the best would be that the prep > linux-image postinst takes care to set a proper ROOT hardcoding > in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/root. > > but currently i read prep got disabled due to other brokeness, > no idea if there is enough porter interest for that specific flavour. prep was disabled for 2.6.22, closing the bug. Cheers, Moritz
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