Bug#442103: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs fails with lilo and a degraded raid1 array

Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.91a
Severity: wishlist

When running a degraded raid1 array lilo fails with a fatal error (that
can be overriden with -H).

Although this is obviously desirable, it effectively breaks any upgrades
of packages that run update-initramfs during post-install. Thus my
suggestion is running lilo -H and rely on the user to rerun lilo after
fixing the array.

Ideally, update-initramfs should run lilo -t and grep for this specific
problem, and if detected, it would prompt for overriding while warning
about the risks, and if the user decides to do so, run lilo -H.

-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=fd00

-- /proc/filesystems
        cramfs
        reiserfs
        fuseblk

-- lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia               7249460  34
binfmt_misc            11400  1
rfcomm                 37016  1
l2cap                  23232  5 rfcomm
button                  8208  0
ac                      5508  0
battery                10308  0
ipv6                  239524  16
fuse                   42388  1
snd_emu10k1_synth       7296  0
snd_emux_synth         31360  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi         7168  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul       6208  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_emu10k1           123328  3 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_dummy           4036  0
snd_seq_oss            29760  0
snd_seq_midi            8480  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7360  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                46864  9 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_rawmidi            23264  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
firmware_class          9984  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_intel8x0           32412  6
snd_ac97_codec         93220  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            39904  0
ac97_bus                2560  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device          8012  8 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_mixer_oss          15872  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                72772  7 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21380  5 snd_emu10k1,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem            4864  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep               9092  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd                    48804  25 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
hci_usb                16668  2
bluetooth              50148  7 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
emu10k1_gp              4032  0
gameport               15304  2 emu10k1_gp
pcspkr                  3392  0
rtc                    13144  0
shpchp                 31380  0
pci_hotplug            29568  1 shpchp
soundcore               7840  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          9800  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2             6144  0
i2c_core               24000  2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2
nvidia_agp              8732  1
agpgart                32264  2 nvidia,nvidia_agp
tsdev                   8320  0
evdev                   9664  4
reiserfs              221952  3
dm_mirror              21376  0
dm_snapshot            16804  0
dm_mod                 52672  11 dm_mirror,dm_snapshot
raid1                  22784  1
md_mod                 74196  3 raid1
ide_cd                 36896  0
cdrom                  33184  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               16832  0
generic                 5124  0 [permanent]
sd_mod                 27584  2
usbhid                 26144  0
hid                    25792  1 usbhid
amd74xx                13788  0 [permanent]
ide_core              114436  4 ide_cd,ide_disk,generic,amd74xx
sata_sil               11208  1
firewire_ohci          16960  0
firewire_core          39424  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               2432  1 firewire_core
ata_generic             7876  0
libata                116912  2 sata_sil,ata_generic
scsi_mod              137356  2 sd_mod,libata
forcedeth              46088  0
ehci_hcd               31116  0
ohci_hcd               20036  0
usbcore               125704  5 hci_usb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
thermal                13768  0
processor              31368  1 thermal
fan                     5124  0

-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = yes
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no

-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii  cpio                         2.9-3       GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii  klibc-utils                  1.5.7-1     small statically-linked utilities
ii  module-init-tools            3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  udev                         0.114-2     /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii  busybox                       1:1.1.3-5  Tiny utilities for small and embed

-- no debconf information



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[maximilian attems-9]

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Ionut Ciocirlan wrote:

> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.91a
> Severity: wishlist
>
> When running a degraded raid1 array lilo fails with a fatal error (that
> can be overriden with -H).
>
> Although this is obviously desirable, it effectively breaks any upgrades
> of packages that run update-initramfs during post-install. Thus my
> suggestion is running lilo -H and rely on the user to rerun lilo after
> fixing the array.

this is a very specific case:
* lilo is not the default since long
* if lilo fails you can't boot on powercut

so it is urgent for the user to intervene.
 
hey guys sorry if you still use lilo, you need to do
manual intervence, i see no other way.

unless a real strong argument comes up, i'll close that bug in a month.


best regards

--
maks





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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.91a
Severity: wishlist

When running a degraded raid1 array lilo fails with a fatal error (that
can be overriden with -H).

Although this is obviously desirable, it effectively breaks any upgrades
of packages that run update-initramfs during post-install. Thus my
suggestion is running lilo -H and rely on the user to rerun lilo after
fixing the array.

Ideally, update-initramfs should run lilo -t and grep for this specific
problem, and if detected, it would prompt for overriding while warning
about the risks, and if the user decides to do so, run lilo -H.

-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=fd00

-- /proc/filesystems
        cramfs
        reiserfs
        fuseblk

-- lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia               7249460  34
binfmt_misc            11400  1
rfcomm                 37016  1
l2cap                  23232  5 rfcomm
button                  8208  0
ac                      5508  0
battery                10308  0
ipv6                  239524  16
fuse                   42388  1
snd_emu10k1_synth       7296  0
snd_emux_synth         31360  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi         7168  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul       6208  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_emu10k1           123328  3 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_dummy           4036  0
snd_seq_oss            29760  0
snd_seq_midi            8480  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7360  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                46864  9 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_rawmidi            23264  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
firmware_class          9984  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_intel8x0           32412  6
snd_ac97_codec         93220  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            39904  0
ac97_bus                2560  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device          8012  8 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_mixer_oss          15872  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                72772  7 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21380  5 snd_emu10k1,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem            4864  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep               9092  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd                    48804  25 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
hci_usb                16668  2
bluetooth              50148  7 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
emu10k1_gp              4032  0
gameport               15304  2 emu10k1_gp
pcspkr                  3392  0
rtc                    13144  0
shpchp                 31380  0
pci_hotplug            29568  1 shpchp
soundcore               7840  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          9800  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2             6144  0
i2c_core               24000  2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2
nvidia_agp              8732  1
agpgart                32264  2 nvidia,nvidia_agp
tsdev                   8320  0
evdev                   9664  4
reiserfs              221952  3
dm_mirror              21376  0
dm_snapshot            16804  0
dm_mod                 52672  11 dm_mirror,dm_snapshot
raid1                  22784  1
md_mod                 74196  3 raid1
ide_cd                 36896  0
cdrom                  33184  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               16832  0
generic                 5124  0 [permanent]
sd_mod                 27584  2
usbhid                 26144  0
hid                    25792  1 usbhid
amd74xx                13788  0 [permanent]
ide_core              114436  4 ide_cd,ide_disk,generic,amd74xx
sata_sil               11208  1
firewire_ohci          16960  0
firewire_core          39424  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               2432  1 firewire_core
ata_generic             7876  0
libata                116912  2 sata_sil,ata_generic
scsi_mod              137356  2 sd_mod,libata
forcedeth              46088  0
ehci_hcd               31116  0
ohci_hcd               20036  0
usbcore               125704  5 hci_usb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
thermal                13768  0
processor              31368  1 thermal
fan                     5124  0

-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = yes
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no

-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii  cpio                         2.9-3       GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii  klibc-utils                  1.5.7-1     small statically-linked utilities
ii  module-init-tools            3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  udev                         0.114-2     /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii  busybox                       1:1.1.3-5  Tiny utilities for small and embed

-- no debconf information



the lilo bugs have been cloned off to #459714 and #459713.
they have seen zero activiy since.
happy to get notified if one hacks on them.
no initerest in keeping lingering bug reports of other packages
thus closing.