Public bug reported:
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The problem
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While dist-upgrading edgy => feisty (22. Jan. 07), initrd-2.6.17 (and
initrd-2.6.15) was empty (0 B).
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research
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After trying update-initrd and/or update-lilo (I don't know for shure what it
was exactly), I was told that the new udev needs kernel version 2.6.19 and
higher. That seems to be the reason for the empty initrd.
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what happened
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No initrd means that lilo won't install a new MBR any more - with all the
concequences. My solution was to uninstall all old linux-image-* packages.
After that, the system booted normally with 2.6.20.
This bug isn't critical, because the old MBR remains intact. But it
prevents users from using either the 2.6.20 or any other custom kernel.
I recommend at least to show an info box before dist-upgrading.
I'm sorry that I can't post any debug information, because I thought of
posting this comment *after* all the steps above. But I hope it will
help nevertheless.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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initrd-2.6.17 empty after Edgy => Feisty upgrade
https://launchpad.net/bugs/80996
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