On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:57:07 +0200 Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> > This might be a regression from recent util-linux, or some > > misconfiguration, or incompatibility with extlinux, not sure. > > fsck.ext4 definitively exists (i. e. e2fsprogs is installed), and > > /dev/vda1 also exists; it's also apparently able to map the root > > UUID to /dev/vda1. > [...] > > fsck.ext4 is not present in the initramfs, probably because > initramfs-tools was installed before e2fsprogs. Unfortunately, we > cannot simply make initramfs-tools depend on the appropriate package > because it depends on which filesystem is used for root. > > vmdebootstrap should install the kernel last so that all programs that > may be wanted in the initramfs will be available when the initramfs is > built. Installing the kernel separately is awkward due to the extra dependencies and a need to re-run debootstrap which is a slow task. Is it sufficient to just run update-initramfs -u later in the process? It works at this end (for extlinux & grub) with a small change to vmdebootstrap. This results in a process like: $ sudo ./vmdebootstrap --verbose --image=sid.img --distribution=sid --mirror=http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/debian --owner=neil Creating disk image Creating partitions Creating filesystem ext4 Mounting /dev/mapper/loop0p1 on /tmp/tmpyiZMML Debootstrapping Give root an empty password Removing udev persistent cd and net rules Setting up networking Updating the initramfs Installing extlinux Changing owner to neil Cleaning up $ I've pushed the change to master, if this sounds ok, Ben, I'll upload with this change. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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