Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.76
Severity: important
Hi all,
I've seen lots of discussion already on the initramfs/lilo dependency when
people are using grub, but I didn't see any report of my issue.
I'm using grub only (lilo is not installed) on my machine and during the last
2 upgrades of initramfs-tools I received the following error message :
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-2-k7
/usr/sbin/update-initramfs: line 88: lilo: command not found
I resolved the issue with a simple
touch /usr/sbin/lilo
chmod +x /usr/sbin/lilo
But I wondered what would have happened if lilo WAS installed. As I'm using grub
it would certainly have broken my boot...
If I remember correctly the issue started with 0.75 (at least I remember only
having to use the above workaround only twice).
Let me know if you need more info, I'll be glad to help.
Cheers
Anthony
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/hda1 ro vga=791
-- /proc/filesystems
cramfs
reiserfs
vfat
iso9660
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
isofs 33020 1
nvidia 3929132 12
vmnet 28460 9
vmmon 167180 0
binfmt_misc11272 1
ipx26340 0
p8023 2432 1 ipx
xt_limit3008 8
xt_tcpudp 3392 21
iptable_mangle 3136 0
ipt_LOG 6400 8
ipt_MASQUERADE 3968 0
ip_nat 17132 1 ipt_MASQUERADE
ipt_TOS 2560 0
ipt_REJECT 5440 1
ip_conntrack_irc7024 0
ip_conntrack_ftp7920 0
xt_state2496 6
ip_conntrack 48672 5
ipt_MASQUERADE,ip_nat,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_conntrack_ftp,xt_state
nfnetlink 6936 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
iptable_filter 3328 1
ip_tables 13348 2 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables 13572 8
xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_TOS,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables
ppdev 8772 0
lp 11108 0
ipv6 224416 12
wlan_wep6848 1
nls_iso8859_1 4480 2
nls_cp437 6144 1
vfat 12288 1
fat47196 1 vfat
dm_snapshot15968 0
dm_mirror 19152 0
dm_mod 50456 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
w83781d29480 0
hwmon_vid 2880 1 w83781d
i2c_isa 5184 1 w83781d
ide_generic 1664 0 [permanent]
snd_emu10k1_synth 7232 0
snd_emux_synth 30848 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 7168 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 6208 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_dummy 4100 0
snd_seq_oss28928 0
snd_seq_midi8416 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7424 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq46736 9
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
shpchp 34528 0
snd_emu10k1 101668 4 snd_emu10k1_synth
tsdev 7680 0
mousedev 11108 1
snd_rawmidi23200 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 82976 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_bus2624 1 snd_ac97_codec
pci_hotplug27516 1 shpchp
evdev 9344 2
snd_pcm_oss36768 1
snd_mixer_oss 16192 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm74948 4 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_device 8012 8
snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 21124 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9800 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem4864 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 8964 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
wlan_scan_sta 12480 1
ath_pci81888 0
ath_rate_sample13376 1 ath_pci
wlan 169628 5 wlan_wep,wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal 191824 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ali_agp 6912 1
agpgart30152 2 nvidia,ali_agp
eth139418564 0
snd48548 16
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
i2c_ali1535 6852 0
i2c_ali15x3 7556 0
parport_pc 32612 1
parport33544 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
soundcore 9440 2 snd
i2c_core 19904 4 w83781d,i2c_isa,i2c_ali1535,i2c_ali15x3
pwc45948 0
emu10k1_gp 4096 0
8250_pnp8960 0
compat_ioctl32 1728 1 pwc
gameport 14600 2 emu10k1_gp
pcspkr