I have the exact same problem, on a homebrew system with Intel ATA controller.
linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 2.6.14-4 worked fine, 2.6.14-5 doesn't boot. (It goes like this:) ... Freeing unused kernel memory: 180k freed mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx /bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on ia0060/serio0 /bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up Device /sys/block/hda/dev seems to be down. Debugging opportunity, type ^D to continue. /bin/dash: can't access tty; job control turned off If I press ^D, the same thing starts over, this time about hda2... ii yaird 0.0.12-1 Yet Another mkInitRD ii linux-image-2. 2.6.14-5 Linux kernel 2.6.14 image on With 2.6.14-5: # yaird -v -o crap.img 2.6.14-2-686 yaird: goal: template, prologue (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:52) yaird: action: prologue, {} yaird: goal: module, fbcon (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:56) yaird: goal: input, -- (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:73) yaird: hardware: completed platform/i8042/serio1 yaird: goal: module, mousedev (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:103) yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/input/mousedev.k o {optionList=-- } yaird: goal: module, evdev (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:104) yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/input/evdev.ko { optionList=-- } yaird: goal: mountdir, / (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:143) yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-core.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/generic. ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: hardware: completed pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.1/ide0/0.0 yaird: action: mkbdev, /dev/hda {sysname=hda } yaird: action: mkbdev, /dev/hda2 {sysname=hda/hda2 } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/fs/exportfs/exportfs.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.ko {optionLis t=-- } yaird: action: mount, /mnt {device=/dev/hda2 fsType=xfs isRoot=1 options=-- } yaird: goal: template, postlude (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:156) yaird: action: postlude, {} After downgrading the linux-* packages to 2.6.14-4: # yaird -v -o crap2.img 2.6.14-2-686 yaird: goal: template, prologue (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:52) yaird: action: prologue, {} yaird: goal: module, fbcon (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:56) yaird: goal: input, -- (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:73) yaird: hardware: completed platform/i8042/serio1 yaird: goal: module, mousedev (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:103) yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/input/mousedev.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: goal: module, evdev (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:104) yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/input/evdev.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: goal: mountdir, / (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:143) yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-core.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/generic.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: hardware: completed pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.1/ide0/0.0 yaird: action: mkbdev, /dev/hda {sysname=hda } yaird: action: mkbdev, /dev/hda2 {sysname=hda/hda2 } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/fs/exportfs/exportfs.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: insmod, /lib/modules/2.6.14-2-686/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.ko {optionList=-- } yaird: action: mount, /mnt {device=/dev/hda2 fsType=xfs isRoot=1 options=-- } yaird: goal: template, postlude (/etc/yaird/Default.cfg:156) yaird: action: postlude, {} -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]