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Bug#315654: mkinitrd tries to use devfs in 2.6 series kernel

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Klaus Fuerstberger

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Jun 24, 2005, 8:30:19 AM6/24/05
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Package: initrd-tools
Version: 0.1.81.1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd

Hi all,

found this bug Subject archived as #299103 when searching for devfs and mkinitrd.
The Bug that was fixed was for the Raid Devices and not in general for replacing the devfs in mkinitrd.

With 2.6.11 I have no devfs in the Kernel and so mkinitrd from does not produce a working initrd for use with dm-crypt and a crypted Rootfilesystem under /dev/mapper/root.

Bye,
Klaus

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.8
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages initrd-tools depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii cpio 2.5-1.2 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii cramfsprogs 1.1-6 Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM F
ii dash 0.5.2-1 The Debian Almquist Shell
ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management utilities
ii util-linux 2.12-10 Miscellaneous system utilities

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maximilian attems

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Jun 24, 2005, 5:30:14 PM6/24/05
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Klaus Fuerstberger wrote:
<snipp>
> found this bug Subject archived as #299103 when searching for devfs and mkinitrd.
> The Bug that was fixed was for the Raid Devices and not in general for replacing the devfs in mkinitrd.

indeed changelog never featured another statement:
- Fix boot when using raid root with non devfs kernels.


> With 2.6.11 I have no devfs in the Kernel and so mkinitrd from does not produce a working initrd for use with dm-crypt and a crypted Rootfilesystem under /dev/mapper/root.

initrd-tools have many assumptions that don't work with modern kernels.
initramfs-tools will be the remplacement.

it will be uploaded next weeks.

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maks

Jeff Bailey

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Jun 24, 2005, 8:00:27 PM6/24/05
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:01:13PM +0200, Klaus Fuerstberger wrote:
> Package: initrd-tools
> Version: 0.1.81.1
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd
>
> Hi all,
>
> found this bug Subject archived as #299103 when searching for devfs and mkinitrd.
> The Bug that was fixed was for the Raid Devices and not in general for replacing the devfs in mkinitrd.
>
> With 2.6.11 I have no devfs in the Kernel and so mkinitrd from does not produce a working initrd for use with dm-crypt and a crypted Rootfilesystem under /dev/mapper/root.

initrd-tools requires devfs. initramfs-tools will soon be in Debian
which supports booting without devfs.

Stay tuned. =)

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