Bug#336509: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686: Install fails: yaird error: malformed line in /etc/fstab:9 (fatal)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 01:11:08 -0500 A. Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like 'yaird' is finicky about 'fstab' formats. Supposing there's a good reason for that... if so it might be better for users if the 'yaird' installer script checked 'fstab' when upgrading or replacing 'initrd' systems, then after finding such malformed 'fstab' lines it could offer to correct those -- but if correcting those was unfeasible, it should advise users that their 'fstab' needs fixing. Next release of yaird will be less finicky (assuming finicky is the more polite form of anal - I am not a native speaker). thanks for the other suggestions - they may make sense for other similar situations: yaird is generally quite.. eh, finicky :-) - - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDZ1KRn7DbMsAkQLgRAtzVAJ4usA7g8GAWFSgZyLttYSp63TuaJwCdHGsl zFvFrOABtdutqY7gvbnvqqs= =DiNP -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Bug#336509: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686: Install fails: yaird error: malformed line in /etc/fstab:9 (fatal)
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:57:30 +0100 Jonas Smedegaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This means yaird is to blame, not the kernel package... Thanks for explaining, I was clueless about 'yaird'. 9 /dev/hdc/mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,user,ro ...no, my cdrw drive shouldn't influence kernel upgrades. I suspect this is the case. Could you try adding 0 0 to the end of that line and do a dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.14-1-686, to see if that helps? Yes, it helped, but then I got errors for other lines in my 'fstab' so I added 0 0 to the end of those lines. Now the install works. (And much appreciation for the accurate diagnostics!) Looks like 'yaird' is finicky about 'fstab' formats. Supposing there's a good reason for that... if so it might be better for users if the 'yaird' installer script checked 'fstab' when upgrading or replacing 'initrd' systems, then after finding such malformed 'fstab' lines it could offer to correct those -- but if correcting those was unfeasible, it should advise users that their 'fstab' needs fixing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#336509: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686: Install fails: yaird error: malformed line in /etc/fstab:9 (fatal)
Package: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 Version: 2.6.14-1 Severity: important Usually the install Just Works, but today: % dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.14-1-686_2.6.14-1_i386.deb (Reading database ... 174825 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 2.6.14-1 (using .../linux-image-2.6.14-1-686_2.6.14-1_i386.deb) ... The directory /lib/modules/2.6.14-1-686 still exists. Continuing as directed. Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 ... Setting up linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 (2.6.14-1) ... Using /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk. Full list of probed ramdisk generating tools : /usr/sbin/mkinitrd /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs. yaird error: malformed line in /etc/fstab:9 (fatal) Failed to create initrd image. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 % echo $? 1 I notice a mention of /etc/fstab:9 -- perhaps that means line #9: % nl /etc/fstab | grep ^ *9 9 /dev/hdc/mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,user,ro ...no, my cdrw drive shouldn't influence kernel upgrades. Maybe the '9' means lines without comments: # search for lines without comments that aren't blank, # then number 'em, and print #9 % grep -v ^#\|^ *$ /etc/fstab | nl | grep ^ *9 9 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/fvfat noauto,rw,owner,user 0 2 ...but a 'vfat' drive shouldn't matter either. Hope this helps... -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 depends on: ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre9-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.0.11-9 Yet Another mkInitRD linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#336509: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686: Install fails: yaird error: malformed line in /etc/fstab:9 (fatal)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 reassign yaird 336509 thanks On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:01:49 -0500 A Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yaird error: malformed line in /etc/fstab:9 (fatal) Failed to create initrd image. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 % echo $? 1 This means yaird is to blame, not the kernel package. Recent Linux kernels do not support the use of initrd-tools so pulls in either yaird or initramfs-tools, which is why you suddently run into new exciting experiences when installing a kernel. I notice a mention of /etc/fstab:9 -- perhaps that means line #9: % nl /etc/fstab | grep ^ *9 9 /dev/hdc/mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,user,ro ...no, my cdrw drive shouldn't influence kernel upgrades. I suspect this is the case. Could you try adding 0 0 to the end of that line and do a dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.14-1-686, to see if that helps? - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDZU/an7DbMsAkQLgRAsj/AKCN5zMXSOL9ygFlp8YeJqY+PWT7rACgolFW 0CwuHE1Fj0p1HKyiIemR450= =quoH -END PGP SIGNATURE-
