Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.120 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
Problem occurs when attempting to do an nfs network boot with no /usr directory present on the nfs root partition. At https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/apcs02.html.en it says that /etc, /bin, /sbin, /lib & /dev must be present on the root partition in order to boot. But in the script /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/nfs there is: # loop until nfsmount succeeds nfs_mount_root_impl nfs_retry_count=0 while [ ${nfs_retry_count} -lt ${delay} ] \ && ! chroot "${rootmnt}" test -x "${init}" ; do [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Retrying nfs mount" /bin/sleep 1 nfs_mount_root_impl nfs_retry_count=$(( ${nfs_retry_count} + 1 )) [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg done which attempts to execute /usr/bin/test immediately after mounting the root partition and before mounting any of the filesystems in /etc/fstab. This fails if your are trying to mount /usr from another filesystem by using an entry in /etc/fstab. The script could be modified to use the shell built-in "test" command by changing the line && ! chroot "${rootmnt}" test -x "${init}" ; do to && ! chroot "${rootmnt}" sh -c "[ -x \"${init}\" ]" ; do which enables the system to boot when /usr is not present. -- Package-specific info: -- initramfs sizes -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.6M Nov 15 01:17 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14M Apr 15 12:38 /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-686-pae -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11M Nov 19 15:07 /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-686-pae -- /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae root=UUID=704cf8be-047f-406e-903b-677e3dd1e24d ro quiet -- resume RESUME=UUID=da7f8ef7-dcc2-4203-b8f3-b2d7673c9768 -- /proc/filesystems ext3 ext2 ext4 fuseblk xfs jfs msdos vfat ntfs minix hfs hfsplus qnx4 ufs btrfs -- lsmod Module Size Used by btrfs 850694 0 xor 25716 1 btrfs raid6_pq 95207 1 btrfs ufs 72668 0 qnx4 12876 0 hfsplus 91910 0 hfs 48797 0 minix 30809 0 ntfs 197660 0 vfat 16967 0 msdos 16863 0 fat 52647 2 vfat,msdos jfs 162644 0 xfs 699897 0 crc32c_generic 12576 2 libcrc32c 12394 1 xfs dm_mod 83002 0 binfmt_misc 12733 1 speedstep_lib 12463 0 cpufreq_powersave 12422 0 cpufreq_userspace 12477 0 cpufreq_stats 12694 0 cpufreq_conservative 13872 0 nfsd 236959 13 auth_rpcgss 45765 1 nfsd oid_registry 12387 1 auth_rpcgss nfs_acl 12463 1 nfsd nfs 168022 0 lockd 73443 2 nfs,nfsd fscache 44782 1 nfs sunrpc 211341 19 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl nouveau 1008276 2 snd_ens1371 22679 0 snd_ac97_codec 96151 1 snd_ens1371 snd_pcm_oss 44124 0 mxm_wmi 12467 1 nouveau snd_mixer_oss 21822 1 snd_pcm_oss wmi 17147 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau snd_pcm 78128 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ens1371 video 17763 1 nouveau ttm 72160 1 nouveau drm_kms_helper 44450 1 nouveau drm 203555 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau snd_seq_midi 12744 0 snd_seq_midi_event 13124 1 snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi 22284 2 snd_ens1371,snd_seq_midi i2c_algo_bit 12647 1 nouveau via686a 17099 0 pcspkr 12531 0 i2c_viapro 12451 0 i2c_core 36838 5 drm,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_viapro,nouveau evdev 17136 9 snd_seq 51555 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi serio_raw 12737 0 shpchp 30673 0 snd_seq_device 12980 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi snd_timer 22010 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd 55101 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_ens1371,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss soundcore 12890 1 snd ac97_bus 12462 1 snd_ac97_codec gameport 13270 1 snd_ens1371 button 12824 1 nouveau processor 27590 0 thermal_sys 27122 2 video,processor loop 21987 0 fuse 77496 1 parport_pc 26004 1 ppdev 16686 0 lp 12766 0 parport 35213 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc autofs4 34865 2 ext4 438464 2 crc16 12327 1 ext4 mbcache 17027 1 ext4 jbd2 72879 1 ext4 hid_generic 12369 0 usbhid 43759 0 hid 81008 2 hid_generic,usbhid sg 25573 0 sd_mod 43684 5 crc_t10dif 12399 1 sd_mod sr_mod 21568 0 cdrom 46828 1 sr_mod crct10dif_generic 12517 1 crct10dif_common 12340 2 crct10dif_generic,crc_t10dif ata_generic 12450 0 pata_via 12722 4 uhci_hcd 38948 0 ehci_hcd 64933 0 libata 161865 2 pata_via,ata_generic e100 35304 0 mii 12595 1 e100 usbcore 170994 3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid usb_common 12408 1 usbcore scsi_mod 164132 4 sg,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod floppy 56098 0 -- /etc/initramfs-tools/modules -- /etc/kernel-img.conf # Kernel image management overrides # See kernel-img.conf(5) for details do_symlinks = yes do_bootloader = no do_initrd = yes link_in_boot = no -- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf MODULES=most BUSYBOX=y KEYMAP=n COMPRESS=gzip DEVICE= NFSROOT=auto -- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf update_initramfs=yes backup_initramfs=no -- mkinitramfs hooks /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks: busybox dmsetup fsck fuse keymap klibc kmod ntfs_3g resume thermal udev zz-busybox zz_nvidia-blacklists-nouveau -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on: ii busybox 1:1.22.0-9+deb8u1 ii cpio 2.11+dfsg-4.1 ii klibc-utils 2.0.4-2 ii kmod 18-3 ii module-init-tools 18-3 ii udev 215-14 Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends: ii busybox 1:1.22.0-9+deb8u1 Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests: ii bash-completion 1:2.1-4 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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