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Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device

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Control: reassign -1 udev
Control: forcemerge 917124 -1

On Sun, 2018-12-30 at 13:48 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Ben,
> 
> 
> Am 29.12.18 um 19:55 schrieb Paul Menzel:
> 
> > Am 29.12.18 um 17:47 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> > > On Sat, 2018-12-29 at 11:19 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > > > Am 25.12.18 um 21:55 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Mon, 2018-12-24 at 15:05 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > > > > > Updating the Linux kernel package fails with the error below.
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think this is bug #917124.  Try downgrading udev to version 239-15
> > > > > (still in testing).
> > > > 
> > > > Downgrading udev and libudev1 to 239-15 did not help. It also still
> > > > happens with udev 240-2.
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > You might need to reboot first.
> > 
> > I did reboot, and the problem is still there.
> > 
> > No idea, if the initrd needs to be updated, but that does not work due 
> > to the issue at hand.
> 
> That was indeed the problem. Editing 
> `/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions` and 
> `/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptroot` to ignore the missing file 
> `/dev/mapper/sda3_crypt` and running `sudo update-initramfs -u` fixed 
> the issue for me.
> 
>      $ ls -l /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Dez 30 13:42 /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt ->
> ../dm-0
> 
> Should this bug report be merged with #917124?

Yes, it sounds like this really is the same thing although it was
harder for you to recover from.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
                                                       - Robert Coveyou

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Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> - 2018-12-24 15:20 +0100
  Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-12-25 22:00 +0100
    Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> - 2018-12-29 11:40 +0100
      Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-12-29 18:00 +0100
        Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> - 2018-12-29 20:00 +0100
          Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> - 2018-12-30 14:00 +0100
            Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-12-30 19:30 +0100
              Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> - 2018-12-31 10:10 +0100
  Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Rémi DUCCESCHI <remi.ducceschi@gmail.com> - 2018-12-29 17:30 +0100
    Bug#917234: [initramfs-tools] Unable to detect root device Rémi DUCCESCHI <remi.ducceschi@gmail.com> - 2018-12-30 10:30 +0100

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