Hello, maximilian attems <m...@stro.at> wrote: > oh sorry got confused by all that. > could you post the content of the initramfs in question? > > lsinitramfs /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-5-486 | grep modules
t...@debian:~/Desktop/571035$ lsinitramfs initrd-in-question | grep modules conf/modules lib/modules lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486 lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/fs lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/fs/ext2 lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/fs/ext2/ext2.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/ide lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-core.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-gd_mod.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd_mod.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/cdrom lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/scsi lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/virtio lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/thermal lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/acpi lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/acpi/fan.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/acpi/thermal.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/md lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/lib lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/kernel/lib/crc-t10dif.ko lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/modules.dep.bin lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/modules.dep lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/modules.alias.bin lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/modules.alias lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/modules.symbols.bin lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/modules.softdep lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/modules.symbols lib/modules/2.6.32-5-486/modules.devname I know, that in the past, the module ide_generic was needed for this machine to access the harddisc. > also the run of mkinitramfs might be interesting > sh -x /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs -k 2.6.32-5-486 -o /tmp/foo I'm a bit puzzled about this one. I have a laptop here, where the 2.6.32-5-486 kernel is installed, included the initrd in question. But that laptop is unable to boot (this is the basic problem of this bugreport :-)) Where should I execute this command? On that laptop within a chroot? (I'm afraid, this will not work because of not enough ram) Or on another machine? > which devices do exist on boot in that initramfs > ls /dev/[hs]da* > ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/ (initramfs) ls /dev/[hs]da* ls: /dev/[hs]da*: No such file or directory (initramfs) ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/ ls: /dev/disk/by-uuid/: No such file or directory Thanks Holger -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Created with Sylpheed 2.5.0 under DEBIAN GNU/LINUX 5.0.0 - L e n n y Registered LinuxUser #311290 - http://counter.li.org/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org