With initramfs-tools 0.53c the error message is fairly straightforward: Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom: open failed. /dev/cdrom: open failed: No medium found Can't expand LV: Snapshot support missing from kernel? 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "main" now active Done. ALERT! /dev/mapper/main-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell! # modprobe dm-snapshot && vgchange -ay && exit
An admin with access to the console can hopefully work out the commands to run without too much difficulty. With version 0.60, however, the errors are much more verbose and less helpful: Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom: open failed. device-mapper: unknown target type device-mapper: error adding target to table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument 1 logical volumes(s) in volume group "main" now active Done. stdin: error 0 Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... Done. Usage: modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-b] [-o <modname>] <modname> [parameters...] modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ... modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...] mount: Cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory Begin: Running /scripts/log-bottom ... Done. Done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static failed: No such file or directory Done. mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init The system is now in some weird state where devices such as /dev/mapper/main-root and /dev/mapper/main-root-real exist, however reading from them immediately results in an EOF. # modprobe dm-snapshot && vgchange -ay && exit Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init # mount /dev/main/root /root && exit The boot then continues normally. So the regressions are that the messages displayed to the console are longer and less useful, and that there is no attempt to mount the root filesystem once the shell is exited. -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]