On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Pau Tallada Crespí wrote: > mount: Mounting /dev/sda5 on /root failed: No such device > mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such device > mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such device > mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such device > Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init > > > b) if dropped to console send the output of > > /lib/udev/vol_id -t /dev/sda5 > Output is a single line: > vfat > > (/dev/sda5 is a logical partition of type 83 and ext3 formatted)
yup that is the trouble, your sda5 partition was not cleanly reset when your formated it. > > > > > Downgrading again to version 0.87b solves this behaviour. > > > If you need more info, let me know! previsous initramfs-tools used fstype, but vol_id has support for more different fs. so you need to fix your partition, no idea which program formated it that badly. see also bugs.debian.org/427972 best regards -- maks
