On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 09:41:04AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Jerome Acks Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 11:52:55PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > >> This should not be necessary. In fact, it's probably a bug if your > >> box doesn't work without it. > > > > Is your statement in reference to putting the root file system module in > > /etc/mkinitrd/modules or, putting "jbd" in /etc/mkinitrd/modules? > > Both, in fact, if you have to touch /etc/mkinitrd at all, it either means > that you've got a very esoteric setup (e.g., NFS root), or that there is > a bug in initrd-tools
I used to need to put "ext3" before "ext2" in /etc/mkinitrd/modules. Then who was talking... he must be right. Now I know a related bug was closed recently. http://bugs.debian.org/135537 Time to update it :) Version: 0.1.26 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... Changes: initrd-tools (0.1.26) unstable; urgency=low * Added recursive probing for RAID. * Handle errors within cpio pipeline (closes: #148061). * Allow initrd image with no modules (closes: #151386). * Only mount /proc if mounts is not there (closes: #151318). * Improved error message for unknown root devices (closes: #154712). * Use pivot_root (closes: #135537). -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki @ Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ also http://qref.sf.net `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
