highbank quantal installer regression
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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flash-kernel (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Installing Quantal on highbank fails.
During the install, we get this:
Aug 9 16:47:59 in-target: Unpacking linux-image-
Aug 9 16:48:00 in-target: Done.
Aug 9 16:48:14 in-target: Selecting previously unselected package linux-firmware.
Aug 9 16:48:14 in-target: Unpacking linux-firmware (from .../linux-
Aug 9 16:48:16 in-target: Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-
Aug 9 16:48:16 in-target: Unpacking linux-image-
Aug 9 16:48:17 in-target: Setting up linux-image-
Aug 9 16:48:17 in-target: Running depmod.
Aug 9 16:48:19 in-target: Examining /etc/kernel/
Aug 9 16:48:19 in-target: run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
Aug 9 16:48:19 in-target:
Aug 9 16:48:19 in-target: Setting up linux-firmware (1.88) ...
Aug 9 16:48:19 in-target: Setting up linux-image-
What I expect to see instead is this:
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-
(Reading database ... 38503 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-
Done.
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-
Unpacking linux-image-
Setting up linux-image-
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-
Processing triggers for flash-kernel ...
flash-kernel: installing version 3.5.0-8-highbank
Generating boot script u-boot image... done.
Installing new boot.scr.
The initrd is not created, and this causes flash-kernel to fail later. The installer then reports an error.
Workaround: drop into a shell. Then:
mount -o bind /proc /target/proc
mount -o bind /sys /target/sys
chroot /target /bin/bash
dpkg -P linux-image-
apt-get install -y linux-image-
umount /target/proc /target/sys
exit
Then resume with "Make the system bootable"
Full syslog attached. I think this is due to the update-initramfs diversion done by flash-kernel. There have been relevant changes recently which I think coincide with this regression.