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Bug#909643: installation-reports: doing a dist-upgrade from debian7 to debian8 ended with a non bootable system

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Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
doing a dist-upgrade from debian7 to debian8

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
# apt-get upgrade
editing  /etc/apt/sources.list changing instances of "wheezy" to "jessie"
# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade
# apt-get dist-upgrade
# apt-get autoremove
reboot

   * What was the outcome of this action?
system boots a newly installed 3.16.0-6-686-pae kernel but gets stuck on a BusyBox initramfs prompt

kernel 3.2.0-6-686-pae from previous distribution works fine

kernel/initrd files copied form a working debian8 that was installed from scratch with CD on an identical machine boots fine too

if update-initramfs -u is ran to update the initrd, the resulting initrd file makes the system in the same unbootable state

when at initramfs prompt, it is possible to
-activate LVM with vgchange -ay
-mount and access the root partition
However, ussing the "exit" command ends up in a kernel panic, root filesystem being mounted on /root or not


the last lines in the console:

done.
Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... mount: Mounting /dev on /root/dev failed
: No such file or directory
doe.
No Init found. Try passing init= bootarg.
[several messages about ACPI and USB related stuff like usbcore initialization
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BusyBox v1.00-pre10 (Debian 20040623-1) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
(initramfs)

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

system run with newly installed distribution and its kernel/initrd flawlessly

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Bug#909643: installation-reports: doing a dist-upgrade from debian7 to debian8 ended with a non bootable system stranche <stephane.tranchemer@asahinet.com> - 2018-09-26 10:30 +0200
  Bug#909643: installation-reports: doing a dist-upgrade from debian7 to debian8 ended with a non bootable system Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-09-27 03:40 +0200

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