Package: udev Version: 0.093-1 Severity: minor I've traced a couple of error messages down to upslash_write being used after initramfs.bottom has run. usplash_write tries to use stuff in /dev but initramfs.bottom has moved /dev to $rootmnt/dev. The following patch replaces the empty /dev with a symlink to the new location. It has to be a symlink rather than a 'mount -o bind' so that nuke can remove it later just before pivot_root.
--- udev-0.098.orig/extra/initramfs.bottom.orig 2006-09-06 +++ udev-0.098.orig/extra/initramfs.bottom 2006-09-06 @@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ mkdir /dev/.static/dev/ mount -n -o bind $rootmnt/dev /dev/.static/dev mount -n -o move /dev $rootmnt/dev - +nuke /dev +ln -s $rootmnt/dev /dev -- Package-specific info: -- /etc/udev/rules.d/: /etc/udev/rules.d/: total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2006-04-05 10:00 020_permissions.rules -> ../permissions.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-11-05 22:36 025_libgphoto2.rules -> ../libgphoto2.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2006-08-11 11:03 025_libsane.rules -> ../libsane.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2006-07-10 12:37 025_libticables.rules -> ../libticables.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2006-01-05 21:10 025_logitechmouse.rules -> ../logitechmouse.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-12-24 10:06 035_kino.rules -> ../kino.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2006-08-29 11:25 libnjb.rules -> ../libnjb.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2006-04-05 10:00 udev.rules -> ../udev.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2006-04-05 10:00 z20_persistent-input.rules -> ../persistent-input.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-04-05 10:00 z20_persistent.rules -> ../persistent.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2006-04-05 10:00 z50_run.rules -> ../run.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2006-04-05 10:00 z55_hotplug.rules -> ../hotplug.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-11-05 22:36 z60_alsa-utils.rules -> ../alsa-utils.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-12-13 09:46 z60_hdparm.rules -> ../hdparm.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2006-04-05 10:00 z70_hotplugd.rules -> ../hotplugd.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-05-11 21:50 z75cd-aliases.rules -> ../cd-aliases.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2006-08-30 09:43 z99_hal.rules -> ../hal.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 354 2006-02-17 12:13 z99_local.rules -- /sys/: /sys/block/hda/dev /sys/block/hda/hda1/dev /sys/block/hda/hda2/dev /sys/block/hda/hda3/dev /sys/block/hda/hda4/dev /sys/block/ram0/dev /sys/block/ram1/dev /sys/block/ram10/dev /sys/block/ram11/dev /sys/block/ram12/dev /sys/block/ram13/dev /sys/block/ram14/dev /sys/block/ram15/dev /sys/block/ram2/dev /sys/block/ram3/dev /sys/block/ram4/dev /sys/block/ram5/dev /sys/block/ram6/dev /sys/block/ram7/dev /sys/block/ram8/dev /sys/block/ram9/dev /sys/class/graphics/fb0/dev /sys/class/input/input0/event0/dev /sys/class/input/input1/event1/dev /sys/class/input/input2/event2/dev /sys/class/input/input2/mouse0/dev /sys/class/input/input2/ts0/dev /sys/class/input/input3/event3/dev /sys/class/input/input3/mouse1/dev /sys/class/input/input3/ts1/dev /sys/class/input/input4/event4/dev /sys/class/input/mice/dev /sys/class/misc/agpgart/dev /sys/class/misc/device-mapper/dev /sys/class/misc/hpet/dev /sys/class/misc/psaux/dev /sys/class/misc/rtc/dev /sys/class/sound/adsp/dev /sys/class/sound/audio/dev /sys/class/sound/controlC0/dev /sys/class/sound/dsp/dev /sys/class/sound/mixer/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0p/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D1c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D1p/dev /sys/class/sound/seq/dev /sys/class/sound/sequencer/dev /sys/class/sound/sequencer2/dev /sys/class/sound/timer/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev2.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev2.2/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev2.3/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev3.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev3.2/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev4.1/dev -- Kernel configuration: -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages udev depends on: ii initscripts 2.86.ds1-15 Scripts for initializing and shutt ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries ii libvolume-id0 0.093-1 libvolume_id shared library ii lsb-base 3.1-15 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip udev recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]