Ubuntu
initrd-tools package

  1. Bug #128833
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 128833

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jhansonxi (jhansonxi) wrote :

I recently began playing with the system again. I was able to install 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) off the alternate CD but nothing newer. The CD kernels of Hardy, Intrepid, and Jaunty couldn't find the IDE device (and thus the CD or hard drive). Gutsy still failed to boot with the generic kernel as it didn't include ide-generic. I had to reboot with the CD into rescue mode and install linux-386 to get the module. The 386 kernel would still fail to boot and end up in initramfs. I created a script, idegeneric and put it in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top. Then I ran update-initramfs to add it to the 386 kernel image and it booted without problems. I then ran do-release-upgrade and rebooted a few times to get Hardy, Intrepid, and Jaunty. With Jaunty, the kernel started segfaulting. Obviously, the Integrated Technology Express IT8330G is the source of the problem.

Note - I indicated I had used "vaird" to create the kernel image. The correct name is Yaird:
http://yaird.alioth.debian.org