severity 440536 normal tags 440536 moreinfo unreproducible stop On Sun, 02 Sep 2007, Paul Check wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.85h > Severity: critical > Justification: breaks the whole system highly overrated, downgrading serverrity. > Running kernel 2.6.16 on stable, root/boot on raid 1 on scsi devices, > rest of system is lvm on raid 1 on same scsi devices. urrgs why are you using such an old kernel? > Upgrading from initrd-tools to initramfs-tools results in the error message: > > "runaway modprobe loop" can you post more context no idea where this should happen. > on boot, and then hangs (hence critical). The looping messages are modprobe > for: > > net-pf-1 > char-major-5-1 > > I used modules=list and put the same list of modules in the > initramfs config file as are in my initrd config file. > > When I unpack the cpio archive I see that initramfs added the module > "unix" to the list, which of course is alised to net-pf-1. Also, > I have no idea what char-major-5-1 is. check the modprobe alias files ;) also this bugs pertains to module-init-tools, as initramfs-tools directly invoces modprobe. regards -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]