[PLUG] initrd/udev hell...again

["Jon Nelson" <quincy@linuxnotes.net>]

Hi all,

I brought this topic up once before and the thread is here:

    http://lists.netisland.net/archives/plug/plug-2005-12/msg00167.html

In a nutshell...

I have:

Debian sarge
CPU: AMD k6
FS: reiser

I installed 2.6 kernels (2.6.12-1-k7, 2.6.15-1-k7, 2.6.16-2-k7) via
aptitude, which told me to purge hotplug and install udev.  After doing
that the new kernel wont boot.  The last thing I see on the screen is:

    savedefault
    boot

Then the system reboots.

I never found a solution to this problem except reverting to an old 2.4
kernel.  Like any good geek I have to figure out why it wont work.  I
would really like to get the 2.6 kernel running.

Since revisiting this problem I have tried creating a new initrd image.

    # uname -a
    Linux myHost 2.4.27-3-k6 #1 Tue May 30 00:12:18 UTC 2006 i586
GNU/Linux

    # mkinitrd --supported-host-version=2.6.12-1-k7 && echo "foo"  foo
    # mkinitrd --supported-target-version=2.6.12-1-k7 && echo "foo"  foo
    # mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-test 2.6.16-2-k7

This appears to create the initrd image but it still wont boot.  Here is
my /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf:

-----------------------start /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf--------------------

# /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf:
#  Configuration file for mkinitrd(8).  See mkinitrd.conf(5).
#
# This file is meant to be parsed as a shell script.

# What modules to install.
MODULES=most

# The length (in seconds) of the startup delay during which linuxrc may be
# interrupted.
DELAY=0

# If this is set to probe mkinitrd will try to figure out what's needed to
# mount the root file system.  This is equivalent to the old PROBE=on
setting.
ROOT=probe

# This controls the permission of the resulting initrd image.
UMASK=022

# Command to generate the initrd image.
MKIMAGE='mkcramfs %s %s > /dev/null'

# Set this to yes if you want to use busybox(1).
BUSYBOX=no

# Set this to no if you want to disable /usr/share/initrd-tools/scripts.
PKGSCRIPTS=yes

# This is the value for LD_LIBRARY_PATH when deciding what goes onto the #
image.
INITRD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

# Hardcode partition to resume from so it doesn't have to be specified #
on the command line.  The command line will override this setting.
# RESUME=

-----------------------end /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf--------------------

My /etc/mkinitrd/modules has "reiserfs" as its only entry.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Jon




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