The error occured which the update last Saturday or Sunday.
(Re-)Building an initrd results in unusable initrds
Checking the directory shows that there is not a single module included in the archive.
The initrd itself is much smaller as a first visual indication.
Booting a kernel with such an initrd strands the machine in the initrd busybox
with almost no available devices (due to the missing kernel modules)
The error occured which the update last Saturday or Sunday.
(Re-)Building an initrd results in unusable initrds
Checking the directory shows that there is not a single module included in the archive.
The initrd itself is much smaller as a first visual indication.
Booting a kernel with such an initrd strands the machine in the initrd busybox
with almost no available devices (due to the missing kernel modules)
No kernel modules: charion: /tmp/mkinitramf s_kDABiK/ lib/modules/ 3.16.0- 28-generic$ ls -la charion: /tmp/mkinitramf s_kDABiK/ lib/modules/ 3.16.0- 28-generic$
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total 208
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 260 Dez 17 10:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Dez 17 10:04 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45 Dez 17 10:04 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Dez 17 10:04 modules.alias.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6299 Dez 12 19:38 modules.builtin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8273 Dez 17 10:04 modules.builtin.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dez 17 10:04 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Dez 17 10:04 modules.dep.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52 Dez 17 10:04 modules.devname
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 162124 Dez 12 19:38 modules.order
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55 Dez 17 10:04 modules.softdep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 Dez 17 10:04 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Dez 17 10:04 modules.symbols.bin
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euffer@ charion: /tmp/mkinitramf s_kDABiK/ lib/modules/ 3.16.0- 28-generic$ ls -la /boot 0-17-generic- working 0-26-generic 0-28-generic img-3.16. 0-17-generic- working 3.16.0- 17-generic- working 3.16.0- 26-generic 3.16.0- 28-generic img-3.16. 0-17-generic- working img-3.16. 0-26-generic img-3.16. 0-28-generic _multiboot. bin map-3.16. 0-17-generic- working map-3.16. 0-26-generic map-3.16. 0-28-generic 3.16.0- 17-generic- working 3.16.0- 26-generic 3.16.0- 28-generic charion: /tmp/mkinitramf s_kDABiK/ lib/modules/ 3.16.0- 28-generic$
total 120356
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dez 17 10:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Dez 16 20:07 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1206876 Sep 28 09:41 abi-3.16.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1207195 Dez 1 20:59 abi-3.16.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1207195 Dez 12 19:38 abi-3.16.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31075053 Dez 16 10:21 ba.initrd.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171664 Sep 28 09:41 config-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171760 Dez 1 20:59 config-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171760 Dez 12 19:38 config-
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dez 16 20:08 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31075053 Sep 28 09:41 initrd.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15158157 Dez 16 20:08 initrd.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11293654 Dez 17 09:33 initrd.
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Mai 30 2014 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Mär 12 2014 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178176 Mär 12 2014 memtest86+.elf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Mär 12 2014 memtest86+
-rw------- 1 root root 3498250 Sep 28 09:41 System.
-rw------- 1 root root 3500830 Dez 1 20:59 System.
-rw------- 1 root root 3500841 Dez 12 19:38 System.
-rw------- 1 root root 6399936 Sep 28 09:41 vmlinuz-
-rw------- 1 root root 6407488 Dez 1 20:59 vmlinuz-
-rw------- 1 root root 6406800 Dez 12 19:38 vmlinuz-
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ProblemType: Bug mkinitramfs] ature: Ubuntu 3.16.0- 17.23-generic 3.16.3 dules: btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic usbhid hid dm_crypt crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd psmouse e1000e ahci libahci ptp sdhci_pci pps_core sdhci_acpi video sdhci ture: all
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu8 [modified: usr/sbin/
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.15-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Dec 17 10:20:06 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-30 (201 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)