Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-15 Thread Elisabetta Falivene
You're right! Thanks 2018-01-15 15:19 GMT+01:00 Sven Hartge : > Elisabetta Falivene wrote: > > > In the end, changing in > > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy > > MODULES=dep to MODULES=most and > > and then > > update-initramfs -u -k 3.16.0.4-amd64 (in my case it was that the > > proble

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-15 Thread Sven Hartge
Elisabetta Falivene wrote: > In the end, changing in > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy > MODULES=dep to MODULES=most and > and then > update-initramfs -u -k 3.16.0.4-amd64 (in my case it was that the > problematic kernel) > did the trick. As I said: you are better of if you just remove

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-15 Thread Elisabetta Falivene
In the end, changing in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy MODULES=dep to MODULES=most and and then update-initramfs -u -k 3.16.0.4-amd64 (in my case it was that the problematic kernel) did the trick. My debian is booting correctly again! Thank you very much to all of you! Elisabetta 2018

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-12 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/243657/appending-files-to-initramfs-image-reliable > > BTW the necessity of directories to be unpacked before their contents > still pertains, ie ignore the trick in "cpio -o"'s manpage about using > find … -depth to create arch

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-12 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: > It seems likely that it's because you can add blobs to a preexisting > initramfs without polluting it/having to unpack and repack it. Greg's > example seems to contain an Intel blob. Not compressing it could be > down to futility, or even licence restrictions (not "hiding" it

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-12 Thread David Wright
On Thu 11 Jan 2018 at 20:26:24 (+0100), deloptes wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > I don't actually know how many cpio archives are concatenated together > > in that image.  At least two, obviously, with the first uncompressed > > and the second gzipped. > > This kernel is custom, produced on o

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-11 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > I don't actually know how many cpio archives are concatenated together > in that image.  At least two, obviously, with the first uncompressed > and the second gzipped. This kernel is custom, produced on one stretch system. On other stretch system another custom image is as

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 01:05:01AM +0100, deloptes wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Moreover, the simple zcat|cpio -i no longer works with stretch's initrd > > images.  They're in a different format, and you have to use > > lsinitramfs or unmkinitramfs to see or extract their contents. > > > >

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-11 Thread Elisabetta Falivene
> > > > The driver policy file? It is safe to just remove it? > > Yes. It is a left-over from something. It is old and it is certainly not > needed, it is just annoying. > Ok > > I had it on my Wheezy systems and removed it during the upgrade to > Jessie, because it was causing the same problems

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-11 Thread Sven Hartge
Elisabetta Falivene wrote: >>> Thank you, it was "dep" indeed! >> Then remove those additional files, check that MODULES=most is set in >> /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf, do a "update-initramfs -u -kall", >> and you should be good to go. > The driver policy file? It is safe to just remove i

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-11 Thread Elisabetta Falivene
> > > > Thank you, it was "dep" indeed! > > Then remove those additional files, check that MODULES=most is set in > /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf, do a "update-initramfs -u -kall", > and you should be good to go. > The driver policy file? It is safe to just remove it? Btw, isn't a bit dange

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Moreover, the simple zcat|cpio -i no longer works with stretch's initrd > images.  They're in a different format, and you have to use > lsinitramfs or unmkinitramfs to see or extract their contents. > > On a jessie system, the zcat|cpio -i may still work (not sure about > b

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 03:56:17PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > deloptes composed on 2018-01-10 19:48 (UTC+0100): > > > 7.1 if you need to examine initrd > > > cd /tmp/ > > mkdir test > > cd test/ > > zcat /boot/initrd.img- | cpio -id > > > do whatever you

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread Felix Miata
deloptes composed on 2018-01-10 19:48 (UTC+0100): > 7.1 if you need to examine initrd > cd /tmp/ > mkdir test > cd test/ > zcat /boot/initrd.img- | cpio -id > do whatever you need to do > find . ! -name *~ | cpio -H newc --create | gzip -9 >> /boo

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread deloptes
Elisabetta Falivene wrote: > It wasn't me to configure the machine in the first place so is a bit > tricky. I can give more information if you can point me out what you could > need. thank you a lot well it is interesting to know if you have raid or so, if your boot and root are on LVM, or probab

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread Sven Hartge
Elisabetta Falivene wrote: >>> Unfortunately is already 'most'. >> Please check if you have a file /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy >> or any other file containing a different configuration. Anything in >> /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ takes precedence over the main config file. > Thank

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread Elisabetta Falivene
> > > > Unfortunately is already 'most'. > > Please check if you have a file /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy > or any other file containing a different configuration. Anything in > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ takes precedence over the main config file. > Thank you, it was "dep" indeed!

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread Sven Hartge
Elisabetta Falivene wrote: > Unfortunately is already 'most'. Please check if you have a file /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy or any other file containing a different configuration. Anything in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ takes precedence over the main config file. > There is a way

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread Elisabetta Falivene
> > looks like initrd and/or udev > There were similar issues with upgrade from wheezy to jessie in my upgrades > as well. > I usually boot with usb stick and fix the initrd - you might need to > configure or reconfigure few things. the easiest to try is to recreate > initrd. Yes, all the hints p

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread Elisabetta Falivene
> > > > Truly, it boots correctly with the old kernel 3.2, but not with 3.16. > > > > In the kernel 3.16 case, moreover, when the initramfs prompt is shown, it > > seems not to load the usb keyboard so i'm truly able to do anything. > > This sounds like the initramfs doesn't have the appropriate mo

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-09 Thread deloptes
Elisabetta Falivene wrote: > I did an upgrade from debian 7 wheezy to debian 8 jessie on the master of > a cluster (1 master + 8 nodes). It seemed all went well. Then I rebooted > the machine and the problems began. I can't boot the master anymore > returning an error: > > *Running scripts/local-

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-09 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 09 Jan 2018, Elisabetta Falivene wrote: > Hi, > I did an upgrade from debian 7 wheezy to debian 8 jessie on the master of a > cluster (1 master + 8 nodes). It seemed all went well. Then I rebooted the > machine and the problems began. I can't boot the master anymore returning > an error: >

System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-09 Thread Elisabetta Falivene
Hi, I did an upgrade from debian 7 wheezy to debian 8 jessie on the master of a cluster (1 master + 8 nodes). It seemed all went well. Then I rebooted the machine and the problems began. I can't boot the master anymore returning an error: *Running scripts/local-block* *Unable to find LVM volume*