Package: initrd-tools Version: 0.1.74 Severity: wishlist I'd like to see some warning, if /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev is equal 0. That means no root device was found and the message would be very helpful.
I've spend an hour trying to reboot the kernel 2.6 with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p2 parameter. I didn't know the kernel doesn't understand such parameter and I've found the real reason by my own inspection in initrd's mini-shell. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686 Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) Versions of packages initrd-tools depends on: ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities ii cpio 2.5-1.1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii cramfsprogs 1.1-6 Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM F ii dash 0.5.1-3 The Debian Almquist Shell ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management utilities ii util-linux 2.12h-3 Miscellaneous system utilities -- no debconf information