[Bug 898537] Re: Booting with Lilo, /dev/root doesn't get created, and boot hangs at mountall

[David Edwards]

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Title:
  Booting with Lilo, /dev/root doesn't get created, and boot hangs at
  mountall

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions contains
  'parse_numeric()', that is called by 'init' and deals with the root
  device passed in by lilo; in my case, 801.

  This is handled correctly, and then we come to this (the commenting out is my workaround/fix)
  _______________________________________________________________
  #       if command -v udevd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  #               ROOT=/dev/block/${major}:${minor}
  #       else
                  mknod -m 600 /dev/root b ${major} ${minor}
                  ROOT=/dev/root
  #       fi
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  When udevd is present, which it is, and the code isn't commented out, it sets ROOT to /dev/block/8:1, which certainly exists when I log in.

  Later on in the boot sequence, mountall  tells me that the root device
  isn't ready, and offers me Skip or Manual shell.

  The root device is present read only. I can take the skip option, wait
  until I get the console login, and

  mount -o remount,rw /

  from a superuser shell, and I can fix things up manually.

  Forcing the 'else' path seems to be a complete fix for me so far.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu8 [modified: usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Dec  1 08:58:06 2011
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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