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Bug #984650 [initramfs-tools] update-initramfs fails when
/etc/systemd/network/99-default.link is symlink to /dev/null
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Frederik Lindenaar wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply. I am not sure how I could have mixed
> these two up but
Hi Cyril,
Thank you for the quick reply
As Ben also pointed out, I probably have indeed mixed up /dev/zero and
/dev/null and had already fixed that by using an empty file. Nevertheless the
result was pretty odd (the disk filling up rapidly) and very confusing so might
still be useful to
Hi Ben,
Thanks for the quick reply. I am not sure how I could have mixed these two up
but did a quick test with cp just now and the problem indeed looks like mixing
up /dev/zero and /dev/null (I have no way to check that anymore though).
Nevertheless the result was very confusing (a full disk)
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On Sat, 2021-03-06 at 14:57 +0100, Frederik Lindenaar wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.133+deb10u1
> Severity: important
>
> When one disables the "Predicatble Network InterfaceNames"
> by making /lib/systemd/network/99-default.link a symlink to /dev/zero
Hello Frederik,
It seems there's some confusion around special character devices. Your
subject mentions /dev/null…
Frederik Lindenaar (2021-03-06):
> When one disables the "Predicatble Network InterfaceNames"
> by making /lib/systemd/network/99-default.link a symlink to /dev/zero then
… but
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.133+deb10u1
Severity: important
When one disables the "Predicatble Network InterfaceNames"
by making /lib/systemd/network/99-default.link a symlink to /dev/zero then
update-initramfs will fail as the copy of this symlink will fill-up all space
available in
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