#588675 may not be all that severe, but does cause issues with multiple packages. The issue is sometime between Debian Etch and Debian Lenny the line for the root filesystem in /proc/mounts stopped listing the actual device (/dev/sda1) started listing "/dev/root" instead.
One crucial ingredient I'm certain of is this requires a kernel that has the drivers necessary to mount the root filesystem builtin and not be using an initrd. Both reportted encounters with this bug involve kernels that have been built from source. I've got little idea of where the actual bug is lurking. I've got some suspicion this may be a bug in the SCSI subsystem. The one machine I've noticed this *doesn't* occur on is one where it boots with root on a MTD device. I'll try to see if I can pursuade that machine to boot directly onto it's USB device as root, to see whether or not it is due to being a MIPS system (grr, emdebian.org being down is a problem). -- (\___(\___(\______ --=> 8-) EHM <=-- ______/)___/)___/) \BS ( | [email protected] PGP 87145445 | ) / \_CS\ | _____ -O #include <stddisclaimer.h> O- _____ | / _/ 8A19\___\_|_/58D2 7E3D DDF4 7BA6 <-PGP-> 41D1 B375 37D0 8714\_|_/___/5445 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
