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Old 03-16-2004, 02:29 AM   #1
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Boot initrd FAILED!?


I have recently reinstalled Mandrake 9.2 on my machine and I was testing installing it with the security level of "higher". During bootup, Lilo prompts me to pick a type of bootup but the default is "linux-secure"... so I pick that one.

As it boots one of the first things is a failure on the following line:
Unmounting initrd: umount: /initrd: device is busy

I bootup normally and go around my business. But out of curiosity I reboot and pick other options in Lilo and I didn't get the failed initrd. All is well until I reboot and pick "linux-secure" again. Yup!

Unmounting initrd: umount: /initrd: device is busy [FAILED]

I've seen very little on this. As the matter of fact there was a post on LQ in 2002 on this very problem but it never gave a solution.

Help. Thanks in advance,

ian
 
Old 03-22-2004, 07:11 AM   #2
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which kernel are you trying to boot?
 
Old 03-24-2004, 12:27 PM   #3
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Smile Thanks...

I'm using Mandrake 9.2 which is based on Linux 2.4.22.

Thanks is advance,
ian
 
Old 03-24-2004, 03:03 PM   #4
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it could be a problem with your initrd.

try making a new initrd file

as root:

# mkinitrd initrd-<any identification>.img 2.4.22

where 2.4.22 is the name of the kernel from uname -r

change your grub/lilo file to reflect initrd as the new image you have made.
if you're running lilo be sure to run /sbin/lilo after editing the file.

if you want to be on the safe side, then make this a new entry, ie, copy all the lines, but change only the initrd filename, so that you can revert to the old one anytime you need to.

see if the new initrd helps. i've read this issue quite a few times, but can't really understand. it seems to be a problem with initrd, devfs and security modes
 
Old 03-25-2004, 10:05 PM   #5
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hmm...

Thanks. As a newbie I will have to read up on half of what you've just said but I'll give it a try.

Once again thanks.

ian
 
Old 03-26-2004, 01:54 AM   #6
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in simple words, run (as root):

mkinitrd 2.4.22-new.img 2.4.22

then open lilo.conf or grub.conf

copy the lines that talk about the name, kernel, image:

lilo.conf looks like
Code:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-0.43.6
	label=linux
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.0-0.43.6.img
	read-only
	root=/dev/hda5
grub.conf looks like
Code:
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.22-10)
	root (hd0,1)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-10 ro root=/dev/hda3 hdc=ide-scsi
	initrd /initrd-2.4.22-10.img
paste these lines as new entries, changing the label/title and the initrd file name.

if you have lilo run /sbin/lilo

then restart and use the new entry

best of luck
 
Old 04-06-2004, 07:32 PM   #7
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thanks
 
  


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