[Bug 223066] Re: initrd fails to load disk drivers

[Thomas Hotz]

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** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  initrd fails to load disk drivers

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

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  This has been an ongoing issue for me since kernel > 2.6.20, but it
  was the (once again) unsuccessful upgrade that caused me to finally
  report it.

  From what I can tell the initrd-x.x.xx-x-generic begining on 2.6.22+
  fails to load any of the disk drivers (libata, ata_generic, ata_piix),
  and this results in the boot hanging on Begin: Waiting for root
  filesystem. It then drops to a busy box. I can manually load the
  modules inside the busybox and get the thing to (somewhat) boot, but
  doing that bypasses a whole trunk full of stuff needed for the system
  to actually function.

  I upgraded to Hardy thinking that the issue might be resolved (it
  first appeared when I upgraded to gutsy), but sadly no. I'm still
  running with the durned Feisty kernel a this point, and it's beginning
  to cause issues.

  I have rebuilt the initrd a half a dozen times and using the -v option
  it does seem to build the proper kernels into the image, but for what
  ever reason they never get executed prior to the attempt to mount the
  root filesystem.

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