We currently believe that the decoding error reported in dmesg is actually harmless and has no impact on usability on the system.
Switching from lz4 to gzip compression, simply papers over the warning, without any benefits, and slows down boot. Kernel should be fixed to correctly parse lz4 compressed initrds, or at least lower the warning, to not be user visible as an error. ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Description changed: "initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed", message appears on boot up. If I "update-initramfs" using gzip instead of lz, then boot up passes without decoding failed message. + + --- + + However, we currently believe that the decoding error reported in dmesg + is actually harmless and has no impact on usability on the system. + + Switching from lz4 to gzip compression, simply papers over the warning, + without any benefits, and slows down boot. + + Kernel should be fixed to correctly parse lz4 compressed initrds, or at + least lower the warning, to not be user visible as an error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835660 Title: initramfs unpacking failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835660/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs