Bug#479607: lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs

2008-11-02 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 18:13 +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > Christian is the expert and already reviewed it and you tested it > AFAICS. The patch looks also not invasive and would be very welcome from > a user point of view. > > Please upload. Done. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise si

Bug#479607: marked as done (lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs)

2008-11-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:17:04 + with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#479607: fixed in lilo 1:22.8-6.1 has caused the Debian Bug report #479607, regarding lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs to be marked as done.

Bug#479607: lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs

2008-11-01 Thread Luk Claes
Paul Wise wrote: > On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 17:07 +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > >> Any reason why you didn't upload your NMU yet? > > As I wrote to debian-release, I'm not hugely familiar with debconf and > maintainer scripts, so I was hoping the release team wouldn't mind > reviewing and ACKing the pat

Bug#479607: lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs

2008-11-01 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 17:07 +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > Any reason why you didn't upload your NMU yet? As I wrote to debian-release, I'm not hugely familiar with debconf and maintainer scripts, so I was hoping the release team wouldn't mind reviewing and ACKing the patch. -- bye, pabs http://wik

Bug#479607: lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs

2008-11-01 Thread Luk Claes
Hi Paul Any reason why you didn't upload your NMU yet? Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#479607: French translation update

2008-10-27 Thread Christian Perrier
Here's the updated translation, consistent with the last version of templates proposed by Paul Wise. -- fr.po Description: application/gettext signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#479607: proposed fix for lilo RC bug

2008-10-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 11:56 +0900, Paul Wise wrote: > I propose to fix #479607 with the attached patch. Ugh, the patch was buggy. Here is a new and tested one. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise diff -u lilo-22.8/debian/lilo.config lilo-22.8/debian/lilo.config --- lilo-22.8/debian/li

Bug#479607: proposed fix for lilo RC bug

2008-10-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 11:56 +0900, Paul Wise wrote: > I propose to fix #479607 with the attached patch. Since I'm not hugely > familiar with debconf and maintainer scripts, I'm hoping you won't mind > reviewing and ACKing the patch. PS: the maintainer has ACKed the patch on IRC. -- bye, pabs h

Bug#479607: proposed fix for lilo RC bug

2008-10-26 Thread Paul Wise
Hi RMs, I propose to fix #479607 with the attached patch. Since I'm not hugely familiar with debconf and maintainer scripts, I'm hoping you won't mind reviewing and ACKing the patch. debian-i18n folks will do a second NMU after translations are ready and also fix the grammar issues reported in #31

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 13:46 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > Thinking deeper, it woul dbe better if I send my rewritten version: Thanks a lot, will include this in my NMU. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Justin B Rye ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I'd propose "You will need to run the 'lilo' command..." > > This is only part of your suggestions where I can see any trace of > French influence (it's that "the foo file/the file 'foo'" thing > again). Stick with "re-run lilo", an expression that w

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > > for passing the initrd to the kernel. You will need to re-run lilo > > to make this option take effect. > > Here, s/lilo/LILO is more debatable as one wants to run the "lilo" > command. > > I'd propose "You will need to run the 'lilo' command..." This is only part

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Thinking deeper, it woul dbe better if I send my rewritten version: Template: lilo/add_large_memory Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Do you want to add the large-memory option? By default, LILO loads the initrd file into the first 15Mb of memory to avoid a BIOS limitation with older sy

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Paul Wise ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > _Description: Do you want to add the large-memory option? > By default lilo loads the initrd file into the first 15Mb of memory > to avoid a BIOS limitation with older systems (earlier than 2001). I'd personnally write "By default, LILO loads..." The c

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 10:51 +, Justin B Rye wrote: > Paul Wise wrote: > > Template: lilo/add_large_memory > [...] > > If you have an older BIOS you may need to reduce the size of the initrd > > *before* rebooting, please see README.Debian for tips on how to do that. > ^ >

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Justin B Rye
Paul Wise wrote: > Template: lilo/add_large_memory [...] > If you have an older BIOS you may need to reduce the size of the initrd > *before* rebooting, please see README.Debian for tips on how to do that. ^ Since you ask: this is a "comma splice". A semicolon or period woul

Bug#479607: French translation update

2008-10-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Here's a quick update of the French translation of templates, based on the wording proposed by Paul in this bug. -- fr.po Description: application/gettext signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Paul Wise ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 07:46 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > > > Will you leave time for a translation update round? > > Well, the bug sprint lasts 5 days and I want cookies, so I'll add any > translations available in that time period. I'm happy to do a

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 07:46 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > Will you leave time for a translation update round? Well, the bug sprint lasts 5 days and I want cookies, so I'll add any translations available in that time period. I'm happy to do a followup NMU for translations, or the i18n folks mi

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-25 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Paul Wise ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi all, > > [Please reply to myself, the bug and the list] > > As part of the bug sprint for cookies, I've been assigned to fix an RC > bug in lilo (#479607 and clones). Since I don't know assembly, my > proposed fix will be to add a debconf prompt asking

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-25 Thread William Pitcock
This looks fine. I intended to do this myself, but have not been upload enabled recently, nor have had enough time to test large-memory on older machines. My estimate though is that anything P3-era or newer has a new enough BIOS to handle large-memory. That said, this looks like the best solution

Bug#479607: please review new lilo debconf question

2008-10-25 Thread Paul Wise
Hi all, [Please reply to myself, the bug and the list] As part of the bug sprint for cookies, I've been assigned to fix an RC bug in lilo (#479607 and clones). Since I don't know assembly, my proposed fix will be to add a debconf prompt asking if the person doing the upgrade wants to add the larg

Bug#479607: Upgrades broken

2008-10-20 Thread Duncan Findlay
Hi, As others have pointed out, this bug is not fixed for users upgrading from previous versions. Would it be possible to provide a warning of some sort when the initramfs is too big and large-memory is not used? At the very least, some information about this in the lilo documentation wou

Bug#479607: Still doesn't work..

2008-08-14 Thread annonygmouse
With newest lilo (22.8-6) my linux-image 2.6.25 and 2.6.26 still fail to boot... debianmbp:~$ ll /boot/*2.6.25* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82331 27 jun 03:27 /boot/config-2.6.25-2-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6797686 3 ago 01:34 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6797272 10 j

Bug#479607: - kernel panic after initramfs-tools upgrade that makes lilo to be executed

2008-08-09 Thread Monkey D. Luffy
Another request for adding the "large-memory" line in lilo.conf after it's upgraded. Or at the very least issue a warning. After I upgraded initramfs-tools my system I got kernel panics. It was solved by adding that magic line. Full story here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494

Bug#479607: Fwd: Bug#492918: [PANIC][REGRESSION] linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64: kernel fails to mount root on LVM2

2008-07-31 Thread Eddy Petrișor
Forwarding for completeness purposes -- Forwarded message -- From: Eddy Petrișor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2008/7/31 Subject: Re: Bug#492918: [PANIC][REGRESSION] linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64: kernel fails to mount root on LVM2 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Bug Tracking System wrote

Bug#479607: marked as done (lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs)

2008-07-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:02:58 + with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#479607: fixed in lilo 1:22.8-6 has caused the Debian Bug report #479607, regarding lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs to be marked as done. This

Bug#479607: large-memory did fix the problem for me

2008-07-26 Thread Carl Witty
I installed from debian-LennyBeta2-amd64-netinst.iso, which worked; I then upgraded to linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64, which failed (it did not even try to run /init from initrd.img). I then added large-memory to /etc/lilo.conf (at the global level), and now it works. (I did not try MODULES=dep.) Ma

Bug#479607: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: Kernel panic: Unable to mount root

2008-07-21 Thread Anders Häggström
Hello, I am yet another "me too" on this lilo-bug. I installed a clean debian (debian-40r3-amd64-netinst) just a day ago, and directly updated to lenny throu "aptitude dist-upgrade" and I got a panic after rebooting into my new kernel and system. My common sence is that I am installing on lvm2 on

Bug#479607: Still doesn't boot with "large-memory" on lilo.conf

2008-07-17 Thread annonygmouse
Hi, I haven't tried the workaround of "MODULES=dep", but the workaround of "large-memory" in lilo.conf does not work for me... /debianmbp:~# ll /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6797272 10 jul 21:39 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6738343 6 jul 01:5

Bug#479607: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: Kernel panic: Unable to mount root

2008-07-15 Thread William Pitcock
Hi, Thanks for the suggestion. I will be sure to do this in -6. William On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 19:31 +0200, Joergen Bergmann wrote: > Package: lilo > Version: 1:22.8-5 > > CPU: intel Core2Duo 8400 > Board: Gigabyte GA P35-DS3R > > Hi, > > the kernel linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 (Version 2.6.25-6

Bug#479607: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: Kernel panic: Unable to mount root

2008-07-15 Thread Joergen Bergmann
Package: lilo Version: 1:22.8-5 CPU: intel Core2Duo 8400 Board: Gigabyte GA P35-DS3R Hi, the kernel linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 (Version 2.6.25-6, migrated to testing) fails to boot with Kernel panic, even with lilo 1:22.8-5. Adding "large-memory" to lilo.conf solves the problem for me. If i

Processed: Re: Processed: Re: Bug#479607: With lilo 22.8-5 still can't boot on macbookpro

2008-07-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > close 479607 Bug#479607: lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs 'close' is deprecated; see http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#closing. Bug closed, send any further explanations to Eugen Dedu <

Bug#479607: With lilo 22.8-5 still can't boot on macbookpro

2008-07-14 Thread Eugen Dedu
reopen 479607 thanks annonygmouse wrote: Hi folks I've seen bug 479607 has been closed with lilo version 22.8-5 but I still can't boot my machine with 2.6.25-2... debianmbp:~# LANG=C aptitude show lilo Package: lilo State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 1:22.8-

Processed: Re: Bug#479607: With lilo 22.8-5 still can't boot on macbookpro

2008-07-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reopen 479607 Bug#479607: lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs 'reopen' may be inappropriate when a bug has been closed with a version; you may need to use 'found' to remove fixed versions. B

Bug#479607: With lilo 22.8-5 still can't boot on macbookpro

2008-07-14 Thread annonygmouse
Hi folks I've seen bug 479607 has been closed with lilo version 22.8-5 but I still can't boot my machine with 2.6.25-2... debianmbp:~# LANG=C aptitude show lilo Package: lilo State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 1:22.8-5 Priority: optional Section: admin Maintaine

Bug#479607: marked as done (lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs)

2008-06-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:47:06 + with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#479607: fixed in lilo 1:22.8-5 has caused the Debian Bug report #479607, regarding lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs to be marked as done. This

Bug#479607:

2008-06-19 Thread Richard Salts
Package: lilo Version: 1:22.8-4 Followup-For: Bug #479607 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-1-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1

Bug#479607:

2008-05-27 Thread Eugen Dedu
William Pitcock wrote: Hi, On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 19:57 +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote: William Pitcock wrote: Hi, Is this because of the image size being too large? I need to know so I can talk with upstream about this issue. He may not choose to help though because we patch lilo a lot (something I

Bug#479607:

2008-05-27 Thread William Pitcock
Hi, On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 19:57 +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote: > William Pitcock wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is this because of the image size being too large? I need to know so I > > can talk with upstream about this issue. He may not choose to help > > though because we patch lilo a lot (something I inten

Bug#479607:

2008-05-27 Thread Eugen Dedu
William Pitcock wrote: Hi, Is this because of the image size being too large? I need to know so I can talk with upstream about this issue. He may not choose to help though because we patch lilo a lot (something I intend to look through and see how many of these patches we *really* need at some p

Bug#479607:

2008-05-27 Thread William Pitcock
Hi, Is this because of the image size being too large? I need to know so I can talk with upstream about this issue. He may not choose to help though because we patch lilo a lot (something I intend to look through and see how many of these patches we *really* need at some point). William signatu

Bug#479607: Bug#479101: #479101: Kernel panic: Unable to mount root also with 2.6.25-3

2008-05-22 Thread Noèl Köthe
Am Dienstag, den 20.05.2008, 23:49 +0200 schrieb maximilian attems: > > I have the described problem also with linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 > > 2.6.25-3. > > this is a lilo bug, haven't seen much reaction from lilo maintainer/dev > side yet. see http://bugs.debian.org

Bug#479607: Works

2008-05-16 Thread Eugen Dedu
Sebastien Cevey wrote: Selon Eugen Dedu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: My machine prints: [...] [0.657884] ata_piix :00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ] [0.684065] PCI: Setting latency timer of device :00:1f.2 to 64 [0.684121] scsi0 : ata_piix [0.684256] scsi1 : ata_piix [0.685195] a

Bug#479607: Works

2008-05-16 Thread Eugen Dedu
Sebastien Cevey wrote: Selon Eugen Dedu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have just found that the MODULES variable is in the /etc/initramfs/... file. So I changed it and the kernel boots! I had the initial problem too and I tried to change MODULES. Now the boot process does find the root fs and starts

Bug#479607: Works

2008-05-16 Thread Sebastien Cevey
Selon Eugen Dedu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have just found that the MODULES variable is in the /etc/initramfs/... > file. So I changed it and the kernel boots! I had the initial problem too and I tried to change MODULES. Now the boot process does find the root fs and starts initializing stuff, h

Bug#479607: Works

2008-05-16 Thread Eugen Dedu
Hi, I have just found that the MODULES variable is in the /etc/initramfs/... file. So I changed it and the kernel boots! Official initrd: 6.7MB With MODULES=dep: 3.2MB -- Eugen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Bug#479607: Cmd line

2008-05-16 Thread Eugen Dedu
Could you please give me the command line? Is it "MODULES=dep mkinitramfs -k -o /tmp/initramfs-2.6.25-2-amd64-mod 2.6.25-2-amd64"? It generates a file at nearly the same size as the official one. -- Eugen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Bug#479607: workaround: MODULES=dep

2008-05-15 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, just as a possible workaround: maks asked me to try with MODULES=dep to make the created initramfs smaller, - and indeed after changing it and regenerating the initramfs (and running lilo ;) ) 2.6.25-2-amd64 booted fine on my MacBook (x86_64). Regards, Rene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#479607: lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs

2008-05-14 Thread Eugen Dedu
Zack Weinberg wrote: I was having exactly the same problem and found that adding "large-memory" to lilo.conf made it work. Hi, On my machine the bug persists with large-memory too (global section of lilo.conf). -- Eugen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Bug#479607: lilo fails to boot 2.6.25 kernel image due to wrongly passing initramfs

2008-05-13 Thread Zack Weinberg
I was having exactly the same problem and found that adding "large-memory" to lilo.conf made it work. zw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#479607: Previous version of lilo does not work either

2008-05-08 Thread Eugen Dedu
After downgrading lilo to 1:22.8-3.1 (sept. 2007) andexecuting lilo -v, the bug still persists. So it seems this has nothing to do with lilo?? -- Eugen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]