[Bug 177457] Re: [Gutsy] Kernel panic on boot, "run-init: nuking initramfs contents: Directory not empty"

[iLugo]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 155689 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155689

The duplicate status of this bug is wrong:  bug #155689 is different
because it affects much newer versions of Ubuntu than "Gutsy", which
this bug refers to, and this was ages ago. Please have a look to bug
#155689 which is still hitting in as recently as  July 25 2011 and
Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick).

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Title:
  [Gutsy] Kernel panic on boot, "run-init: nuking initramfs contents:
  Directory not empty"

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “linux-source-2.6.22” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  Overview Description:
  Occasionally (about 2 out of 5), my Gutsy system got panic on boot. I've installed my Gutsy system using alternative CD with encrypted root partition (no encryption of swap nor /boot). The panic occurred soon after I enter the correct root partition password in the splash screen.

  Steps to Reproduce:
  1) Boot the system
  2) Input correct encrypt filesystem password in GUI splash screen

  
  Actual Results:
  Kernel panic in about 2 out of 5 boots

  Expected Results:
  Always good boot

  Reproducibility:
  About 2 out of 5 boots.

  Build Date & Platform Bug Found:
  Gutsy on an i686 ThinkPad T43p with encrypted root partition. Swap nor /boot not encrypted. All updates installed (no pre-release updates)

  Additional info:
  # fdisk -l

  Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0xcccdcccd

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sda1   *           1        1913    15361888+   7  HPFS/NTFS
  Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
  /dev/sda2            7054        7296     1951897+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
  /dev/sda3            1914        1943      240975   83  Linux
  /dev/sda4            1944        7053    41046075   83  Linux

  Partition table entries are not in disk order
  root at yantp:~# mount
  /dev/mapper/yantp-root on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
  proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
  /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
  varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
  varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
  udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
  devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
  devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
  lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
  /dev/sda3 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
  /dev/mapper/yantp-home on /home type ext3 (rw)
  securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
  binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)

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