[Bug 850007] [NEW] fsck not in initramfs, needed to boot (non-standard install)

[LaMont Jones]

Public bug reported:

On some non-standard installed arm boards, running both lucid and
maverick, if the root disk has errors, then the machine does not boot
until someone manually interrupts the boot, gets into the initramfs,
copies /sbin/fsck.ext3 in, and fscks the root partition.  Clearly, this
is suboptimal, and quite likely, it's something I missed in the install
process to make it all happy.

I'm told that fsck should not be needed to boot, though I suspect that
the most direct solution would be for me to add an initramfs hook to
make sure that fsck is present in the initramfs.

looking for some guidance here on whether this is expected, and what
solution would be cleanest.

thanks

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  fsck not in initramfs, needed to boot (non-standard install)

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

Bug description:
  On some non-standard installed arm boards, running both lucid and
  maverick, if the root disk has errors, then the machine does not boot
  until someone manually interrupts the boot, gets into the initramfs,
  copies /sbin/fsck.ext3 in, and fscks the root partition.  Clearly,
  this is suboptimal, and quite likely, it's something I missed in the
  install process to make it all happy.

  I'm told that fsck should not be needed to boot, though I suspect that
  the most direct solution would be for me to add an initramfs hook to
  make sure that fsck is present in the initramfs.

  looking for some guidance here on whether this is expected, and what
  solution would be cleanest.

  thanks

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