Package: makedumpfile Version: 1:1.6.1-1 Severity: normal Hi,
I want to use kdump-tools to dump the kernel for a diskless live systems. This live system uses a custom made root tarball and initrd. On boot, the root tarball is downloaded and extracted into tmpfs. The system runs entirely on tmpfs. Thus the initramfs cannot mount a root filesystem to access systemd, the kdump-tools configuration, or other files. Is there a way to include everything into the initramfs that is needed to run makedumpfile? If not, can you recommend a way to implement it? I am happy to to implement something (which has a chance to be accepted by you or upstream). After patching initramfs-tools to generate an initramfs (see #856589), the kernel dump fails with: mount: can't find /root in /etc/fstab done. Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init. Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom .... mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory done. No init found. Try passing init= bootarg. modprobe: module ehci-orion not found in modules.dep -- Benjamin Drung System Developer Debian & Ubuntu Developer ProfitBricks GmbH Greifswalder Str. 207 D - 10405 Berlin Email: benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com URL: http://www.profitbricks.com Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin. Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 125506B. Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gauger, Achim Weiss.
