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| From | Marc Auslander <marcslists@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: update-initramfs |
| Date | 2023-04-11 17:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <GjnN7-1kPi-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <Gja3v-1c3b-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <GjcoF-1dp8-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <GjnN7-1kPi-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | usenet-news.net |
On 4/10/2023 11:00 PM, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 10 Apr 2023 at 20:17:11 (-0400), Marc Auslander wrote: >> I'm on Buster. >> >> In /boot I keep a copy of the current working linux named by appending >> -knowngood to the four files. My idea is that if an update fails, I >> have a recent working linux. This is different from vmlinuz.old which >> is the previous kernel version. The updates in question are not to >> the kernel but to initrd.image of course. >> >> Suddenly, update-initramfs insists in trying to first update >> initrd.....-knowngood which of course fails because there are no >> underling file with that name. This never happened in the past, >> AFAIK. Once it fails it gives up. >> >> There seems no way to force update-initramfs to update the right kernel. > > Perhaps check that "all" hasn't been accidentally inserted: > > $ grep update /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf > # Configuration file for update-initramfs(8) > # update_initramfs [ yes | all | no ] > # If set to all update-initramfs will update all initramfs > # If set to no disables any update to initramfs beside kernel upgrade > update_initramfs=yes > $ > > A workaround: change the sort order of the backup initrd files > by adding an appropriate prefix, like backup-knowngood-… > so the "real" ones get updated first. > > Cheers, > David. thanks but that's the first thing I checked - it's yes, not all. But my backup names contain the current version string. I'm not sure about the sort order hack. My goal is to have update-grub see the knowngood as a bootable linux and include it in the boot menu. That's also why .bak of initrd isn't good enough - I need a complete copy.
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update-initramfs Marc Auslander <marcslists@gmail.com> - 2023-04-11 02:30 +0200
Re: update-initramfs David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-04-11 05:00 +0200
Re: update-initramfs Marc Auslander <marcslists@gmail.com> - 2023-04-11 17:10 +0200
Re: update-initramfs davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-04-11 19:40 +0200
Re: update-initramfs Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-04-11 21:00 +0200
Re: update-initramfs davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-04-11 21:50 +0200
Re: update-initramfs davidson@freevolt.org - 2023-04-11 22:00 +0200
Re: update-initramfs zithro <slack@rabbit.lu> - 2023-04-11 22:20 +0200
Re: update-initramfs David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-04-12 04:10 +0200
Re: update-initramfs Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-04-12 04:40 +0200
Re: update-initramfs The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2023-04-12 13:40 +0200
Re: update-initramfs Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-04-12 13:50 +0200
Re: update-initramfs The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2023-04-12 14:00 +0200
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Re: update-initramfs Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-04-13 04:20 +0200
Re: update-initramfs David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-04-13 21:00 +0200
Re: update-initramfs Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-04-13 22:40 +0200
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Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-04-23 11:20 +0200
Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-04-23 11:50 +0200
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Re: update-initramfs davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-04-12 13:00 +0200
Re: update-initramfs davidson@freevolt.org - 2023-04-12 13:00 +0200
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Re: update-initramfs zithro <slack@rabbit.lu> - 2023-04-11 15:30 +0200
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Re: update-initramfs zithro <slack@rabbit.lu> - 2023-04-11 18:10 +0200
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