Package: grub-efi-amd64 Version: 2.06-13 Severity: important After upgrading from Debian 11 to Debian 12 I have been getting the error when booting my system about 2/3 of the times:
Loading initial ramdisk... error: out of memory The other 1/3 of the times I boot, it works fine. The error happens with the 6.1.0-12 kernel as well as 6.1.0-11. I still have 5.10.0-23 installed and it doesn't seem to happen with that kernel. /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-12-amd64 (which often failed) was 87 MB. /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-23-amd64 (which always worked) was 77 MB. I found this Ubuntu bug report which shares a lot of similarities: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1842320 Similar to others in that bug report, my system is a Dell XPS 9550 with 32 GB of RAM. It has a 4k screen and the nvidia drivers. Following the advice on that bug report, I checked my /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf and found that I was using "COMPRESS=zstd" I changed this to "COMPRESS=xz" and "COMPRESSLEVEL=9" and ran update-initramfs -c to rebuild this kernel's initrd.img. After doing so, /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-12-amd64 was compressed down to 64 MB. I rebooted the system about 8 times after that and it booted successfully each time, so I believe this workaround worked. So it seems like there is a problem booting with initrd.img files that are bigger than somewhere around 77-87 MB. I'm not sure why it would sometimes work, though. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then set have_grubenv=true load_env fi if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then set default="${next_entry}" set next_entry= save_env next_entry set boot_once=true else set default="0" fi if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi export menuentry_id_option if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi } if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then font=unicode else insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 font="/BOOT/debian@/grub/unicode.pf2" fi if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=1280x1024x32 load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=en_US insmod gettext fi terminal_output gfxterm if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then set timeout=30 else if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then set timeout_style=menu set timeout=5 # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is # unavailable. else set timeout=5 fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 insmod png if background_image /BOOT/debian@/grub/.background_cache.png; then set color_normal=white/black set color_highlight=black/white else set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue set menu_color_highlight=white/blue fi ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### function gfxmode { set gfxpayload="${1}" } set linux_gfx_mode= export linux_gfx_mode menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-6.1.0-12-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-6.1.0-12-amd64 } submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.1.0-12-amd64-advanced-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-6.1.0-12-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-6.1.0-12-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.1.0-12-amd64-recovery-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-6.1.0-12-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro single root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-6.1.0-12-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-23-amd64-advanced-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-5.10.0-23-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-5.10.0-23-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-23-amd64-recovery-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-5.10.0-23-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro single root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-5.10.0-23-amd64 } } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux_proxy ### function gfxmode { set gfxpayload="${1}" } set linux_gfx_mode= export linux_gfx_mode ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux_proxy ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' { fwsetup } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/33_linux_proxy ### menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-6.1.0-12-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-6.1.0-12-amd64 } submenu "Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux"{ menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.1.0-12-amd64-advanced-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-6.1.0-12-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-6.1.0-12-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 (recovery mode)" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.1.0-12-amd64-recovery-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-6.1.0-12-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro single root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-6.1.0-12-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-23-amd64-advanced-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-5.10.0-23-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-5.10.0-23-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 (recovery mode)" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-23-amd64-recovery-/dev/nvme0n1p7' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod zfs search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0499156567a2c9a6 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 ...' linux /BOOT/debian@/vmlinuz-5.10.0-23-amd64 root=ZFS=/ROOT/debian ro single root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /BOOT/debian@/initrd.img-5.10.0-23-amd64 } } ### END /etc/grub.d/33_linux_proxy ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/34_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/34_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ### ### END /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/35_uefi-firmware ### ### END /etc/grub.d/35_uefi-firmware ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg *********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory *********************** END /proc/mdstat *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V -> ../../nvme0n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V-part1 -> ../../nvme0n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V-part2 -> ../../nvme0n1p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V-part3 -> ../../nvme0n1p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V-part4 -> ../../nvme0n1p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V-part5 -> ../../nvme0n1p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V-part6 -> ../../nvme0n1p6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V-part7 -> ../../nvme0n1p7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V-part8 -> ../../nvme0n1p8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1 -> ../../nvme0n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1-part1 -> ../../nvme0n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1-part2 -> ../../nvme0n1p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1-part3 -> ../../nvme0n1p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1-part4 -> ../../nvme0n1p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1-part5 -> ../../nvme0n1p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1-part6 -> ../../nvme0n1p6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1-part7 -> ../../nvme0n1p7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-THNSN51T02DU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_1024GB_________56BS10HYT61V_1-part8 -> ../../nvme0n1p8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a -> ../../nvme0n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a-part1 -> ../../nvme0n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a-part2 -> ../../nvme0n1p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a-part3 -> ../../nvme0n1p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a-part4 -> ../../nvme0n1p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a-part5 -> ../../nvme0n1p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a-part6 -> ../../nvme0n1p6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a-part7 -> ../../nvme0n1p7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 nvme-eui.00080d020007672a-part8 -> ../../nvme0n1p8 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-id *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 022EF9D22EF9BEAB -> ../../nvme0n1p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 331319572863044006 -> ../../nvme0n1p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 57fc8c0a-b7dd-4e19-92ff-38b81db268d6 -> ../../nvme0n1p8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 836735595572510776 -> ../../nvme0n1p7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 920CC74A0CC72855 -> ../../nvme0n1p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 9AE2DBE2E2DBC125 -> ../../nvme0n1p6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 23 16:56 F8E4-FDA9 -> ../../nvme0n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 23 16:56 faa8565d-b038-46e5-90d0-7821103f7000 -> ../../zd0 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid -- System Information: Debian Release: 12.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_USER, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages grub-efi-amd64 depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.82 ii grub-common 2.06-13 ii grub-efi-amd64-bin 2.06-13 ii grub2-common 2.06-13 ii ucf 3.0043+nmu1 grub-efi-amd64 recommends no packages. grub-efi-amd64 suggests no packages. -- debconf information: grub2/enable_os_prober: false grub2/linux_cmdline_default: grub2/update_nvram: true grub2/force_efi_extra_removable: false grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet grub2/linux_cmdline: root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/debian grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
