Hello, I've been getting this bug from time to time since recently (I am on current sid).
The scenario is similar to that described by Josh Triplett. However, it is more severe in my case, as the booting fails at the moment of fscking the home partition for which there is no device node in /dev. (I have a separate home partition on /dev/sda6 and root on /dev/sda1) I attach some information collected from within the maintenance shell. =========== initial boot messages (retyped) ============ Loading, please wait... kinit: name_to_dev(/dev/sda5) = dev(8,5) kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot resume: libcrypt version: 1.44. sh: cannot kill pid 472: No such process INIT: version 2.86 booting Using makefile_style concurent boot in runlevel S. mknod: '//dev/ppp': Read-only file system Starting boot logger: bootlogd. ================ below is from bootlog ================= Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Setting parameters of disc: (none). Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Setting the system clock. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Unable to set System Clock to: Sun Oct 25 13:28:14 UTC 2009 ... ^[[33m(warning).^[[39;49m Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Setting preliminary keymap...done. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Activating swap...done. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Checking root file system...fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16.1 Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: /lib/init/rw/rootdev: clean, 189498/427392 files, 1298094/1708906 blocks Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: done. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Starting early crypto disks...done. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Starting remaining crypto disks...done. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Setting the system clock. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Unable to set System Clock to: Sun Oct 25 13:28:16 UTC 2009 ... ^[[33m(warning).^[[39;49m Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Invalidating stale software suspend images... done. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Cleaning up ifupdown.... Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Loading kernel module loop. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Loading kernel module sbp2. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Loading kernel module coretemp. Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Checking file systems...fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16.1 Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sda6 Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: /dev/sda6: Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: e2fsck -b 8193 <device> Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: fsck died with exit status 8 Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: ^[[31mfailed (code 8).^[[39;49m Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: File system check failed. A log is being saved in /var/log/fsck/checkfs if that location is writable. Please repair the file system manually. ... ^[[31mfailed!^[[39;49m Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: A maintenance shell will now be started. CONTROL-D will terminate this shell and resume system boot. ... ^[[33m(warning).^[[39;49m Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: Give root password for maintenance Sun Oct 25 16:28:16 2009: (or type Control-D to continue): Sun Oct 25 16:44:33 2009: Login incorrect. Sun Oct 25 16:44:33 2009: Give root password for maintenance Sun Oct 25 16:44:33 2009: (or type Control-D to continue): ============================================= # uname -a Linux kaiba 2.6.30-2-686 #1 SMP Sat Sep 26 01:16:22 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux # lsmod Module Size Used by coretemp 5176 0 firewire_sbp2 12700 0 firewire_core 37736 1 firewire_sbp2 crc_itu_t 2148 1 firewire_core loop 13324 0 dm_crypt 11092 0 dm_mod 49992 1 dm_crypt ext3 107172 1 jbd 41036 1 ext3 mbcache 6924 1 ext3 sd_mod 28740 3 crc_t10dif 1632 1 sd_mod thermal 12580 0 fan 4044 0 thermal_sys 13140 2 thermal,fan ahci 30068 2 libata 151044 1 ahci scsi_mod 131800 3 firewire_sbp2,sd_mod,libata # ps aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 2020 616 ? Ss 16:28 0:00 init boot root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kthreadd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [migration/0] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [watchdog/0] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [migration/1] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [watchdog/1] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [events/0] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [events/1] root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [cpuset] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [khelper] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [netns] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [async/mgr] root 70 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kintegrityd/0] root 71 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kintegrityd/1] root 73 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kblockd/0] root 74 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kblockd/1] root 76 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kacpid] root 77 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kacpi_notify] root 156 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kseriod] root 187 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kondemand/0] root 188 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kondemand/1] root 209 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:28 0:00 [khungtaskd] root 210 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:28 0:00 [pdflush] root 211 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 16:28 0:00 [pdflush] root 212 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kswapd0] root 213 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [aio/0] root 214 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [aio/1] root 215 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [crypto/0] root 216 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [crypto/1] root 419 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [ata/0] root 420 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [ata/1] root 421 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [ata_aux] root 423 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 426 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [scsi_eh_1] root 429 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [scsi_eh_2] root 623 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kjournald] root 639 0.0 0.0 2020 232 tty1 Ss 16:28 0:00 init boot root 640 0.0 0.1 2968 1472 tty1 S 16:28 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/rc S root 643 0.0 0.0 2056 844 tty1 S 16:28 0:00 startpar -p 4 -t 20 -T 3 -M boot -P N -R S root 685 0.2 0.0 1932 472 ? Ss 16:28 0:02 /sbin/bootlogd -r -c root 691 0.0 0.0 1540 340 ? Ss 16:28 0:00 startpar -f -- bootlogd root 759 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [kstriped] root 843 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 16:28 0:00 [firewire_sbp2] root 845 0.0 0.1 3020 1504 tty1 S 16:28 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/checkfs.sh start root 872 0.0 0.2 4164 2784 tty1 S 16:28 0:00 zsh root 897 0.0 0.0 2344 912 tty1 R+ 16:49 0:00 ps aux # fdisk -l (gives nothing) # mount /dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) # ls -lR /dev /dev: total 4 crw-rw---- 1 root video 10, 175 Oct 14 2008 agpgart crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 134 Oct 14 2008 apm_bios crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Oct 14 2008 audio crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 20 Oct 14 2008 audio1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 36 Oct 14 2008 audio2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 52 Oct 14 2008 audio3 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 7 Oct 14 2008 audioctl crw------- 1 root tty 5, 1 Oct 25 16:28 console lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 14 2008 core -> /proc/kcore crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Oct 14 2008 dsp crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 19 Oct 14 2008 dsp1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 35 Oct 14 2008 dsp2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 51 Oct 14 2008 dsp3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 14 2008 fd -> /proc/self/fd/ crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Oct 14 2008 full prw------- 1 root root 0 Sep 29 01:30 initctl| crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 2 Oct 14 2008 kmem brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 Oct 14 2008 loop0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 1 Oct 14 2008 loop1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 2 Oct 14 2008 loop2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 3 Oct 14 2008 loop3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 4 Oct 14 2008 loop4 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 5 Oct 14 2008 loop5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 6 Oct 14 2008 loop6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 7 Oct 14 2008 loop7 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 29 01:28 mapper/ crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Oct 14 2008 mem crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 0 Oct 14 2008 midi0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 2 Oct 14 2008 midi00 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 18 Oct 14 2008 midi01 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 34 Oct 14 2008 midi02 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 50 Oct 14 2008 midi03 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 1 Oct 14 2008 midi1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 2 Oct 14 2008 midi2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 3 Oct 14 2008 midi3 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Oct 14 2008 mixer crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 16 Oct 14 2008 mixer1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 32 Oct 14 2008 mixer2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 48 Oct 14 2008 mixer3 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 31, 0 Oct 14 2008 mpu401data crw-rw---- 1 root audio 31, 1 Oct 14 2008 mpu401stat crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 14 2008 null crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 0 Sep 29 01:29 nvidia0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 255 Sep 29 01:29 nvidiactl crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 Oct 14 2008 port crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Oct 25 16:46 ptmx drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Oct 25 16:28 pts/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 14 2008 ram -> ram1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 Oct 14 2008 ram0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 1 Oct 14 2008 ram1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 10 Oct 14 2008 ram10 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 11 Oct 14 2008 ram11 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 12 Oct 14 2008 ram12 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 13 Oct 14 2008 ram13 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 14 Oct 14 2008 ram14 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 15 Oct 14 2008 ram15 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 16 Oct 14 2008 ram16 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 2 Oct 14 2008 ram2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 3 Oct 14 2008 ram3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 4 Oct 14 2008 ram4 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 5 Oct 14 2008 ram5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 6 Oct 14 2008 ram6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 7 Oct 14 2008 ram7 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 8 Oct 14 2008 ram8 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 9 Oct 14 2008 ram9 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 Oct 14 2008 random crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 64 Oct 14 2008 rmidi0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 65 Oct 14 2008 rmidi1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 66 Oct 14 2008 rmidi2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 67 Oct 14 2008 rmidi3 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 1 Oct 14 2008 sequencer drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Oct 25 16:28 shm/ crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 128 Oct 14 2008 smpte0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 129 Oct 14 2008 smpte1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 130 Oct 14 2008 smpte2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 35, 131 Oct 14 2008 smpte3 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 6 Oct 14 2008 sndstat lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 14 2008 stderr -> fd/2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 14 2008 stdin -> fd/0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 14 2008 stdout -> fd/1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Oct 14 2008 tty crw------- 1 root tty 4, 0 Oct 14 2008 tty0 crw------- 1 root root 4, 1 Oct 25 16:51 tty1 crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Sep 29 01:29 tty2 crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Sep 29 01:29 tty3 crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 Sep 29 01:29 tty4 crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 Sep 29 01:29 tty5 crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 Sep 29 01:29 tty6 crw------- 1 root tty 4, 7 Oct 14 2008 tty7 crw------- 1 root tty 4, 8 Oct 14 2008 tty8 crw------- 1 root tty 4, 9 Oct 14 2008 tty9 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 9 Sep 29 01:29 urandom prw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Sep 29 01:29 xconsole| crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Oct 14 2008 zero /dev/mapper: total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 60 Sep 29 01:28 control /dev/pts: total 0 crw--w---- 1 root tty 136, 0 Oct 25 16:28 0 crw--w---- 1 root tty 136, 1 Oct 25 16:51 1 c--------- 1 root root 5, 2 Oct 25 16:28 ptmx /dev/shm: total 0 -- Stanislav -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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