Hi Ian, On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 01:40:07PM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.109 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs > > Dear Maintainer,
(note: not maintainer of initramfs-tools, but of NBD) > I was attempting to install Wheezy on an armel TS-419PII with an nbd root and > mkinitramfs aborted with: > > Jan 4 12:47:32 in-target: update-initramfs: Generating > /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0- > 4-kirkwood > Jan 4 12:47:32 in-target: mkinitramfs: for root /dev/nbd0p2 missing nbd > /sys/b > lock/ entry > Jan 4 12:47:32 in-target: mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most > Jan 4 12:47:32 in-target: mkinitramfs: Error please report the bug > Jan 4 12:47:32 in-target: update-initramfs: failed for > /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0- > 4-kirkwood with 1. That's pretty bad, but I've not been able to reproduce that myself (on a system where I did use modules=partman-nbd). Can you send the installer logs to the bug report? > Note that I am reporting this bug from another system. The problematic system > has installed (in /target from the d-i PoV): > > ii initramfs-tool 0.109 all generic modular initramfs generat > > AFAICT MODULES=most is already in effect: > > # grep MODULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf > MODULES=most That seems fine, yes. > I also retried after installing nbd-client in the target, nothing changed. > > Other info from the target system, all chroot'd to /target with /proc, /dev > and /sys bind mounted into the chroot: > > # uname -a > Linux celaeno-1 3.2.0-4-kirkwood #1 Debian 3.2.32-1 armv5tel GNU/Linux > > # ls /sys/block/ > mtdblock0 mtdblock3 nbd0 nbd11 nbd14 nbd3 nbd6 nbd9 > mtdblock1 mtdblock4 nbd1 nbd12 nbd15 nbd4 nbd7 > mtdblock2 mtdblock5 nbd10 nbd13 nbd2 nbd5 nbd8 > > # ls /sys/block/nbd0/ > alignment_offset discard_alignment nbd0p1 pid removable stat > bdi ext_range nbd0p2 power ro subsystem > capability holders nbd0p3 queue size trace > dev inflight nbd0p5 range slaves uevent > > # lsmod | grep nbd > nbd 8651 4 > > # ls /dev/nbd* > /dev/nbd0 /dev/nbd0p5 /dev/nbd12 /dev/nbd2 /dev/nbd6 > /dev/nbd0p1 /dev/nbd1 /dev/nbd13 /dev/nbd3 /dev/nbd7 > /dev/nbd0p2 /dev/nbd10 /dev/nbd14 /dev/nbd4 /dev/nbd8 > /dev/nbd0p3 /dev/nbd11 /dev/nbd15 /dev/nbd5 /dev/nbd9 > > Looks at least a little like: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657955 > > The TS-419 only supports netconsole install so I can't add modules=partman-nbd > to the kernel command line. Instead after ssh to installer@host I drop to a > shell and run: > anna-install partman-nbd > apt-install nbd-client Note that the apt-install is already done by partman-nbd (conditionally on whether you are in fact using nbd as part of your system), so that's redundant. -- Copyshops should do vouchers. So that next time some bureaucracy requires you to mail a form in triplicate, you can mail it just once, add a voucher, and save on postage. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
