Ubuntu
busybox package

update-initramfs breaks booting kernel

Bug #1254428 reported by syscon-hh
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
busybox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

Startting a wubi-installation after the kernel-image has been managed by

 * sudo update-initramfs -u -k 3.12.0-1

it is not possible to boot with these kernel-image. It ends in a busybox. See also the Information given by the attachment

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-2.7-generic 3.12.0
Uname: Linux 3.12.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 24 12:39:51 2013
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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syscon-hh (syscon-kono) wrote :
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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) wrote :

Hello,

is this a dual-boot with Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ?

Please read this , as to better understand in what shape the wubi project is.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-April/036993.html

Best Regards
    NikTh

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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syscon-hh (syscon-kono) wrote :

@ NikTh:

No these ist an older computer with basic operating system (at time)
 * Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04.3 LTS)
which has inside the grub.cfg an option to start two further ubuntu-OS as wubi-installation (loop-devices) located on a seperate NTFS formated partition for testing purposes (see the attached script for /etc/grub.d).

Until aprox. mid of nov. 2013 all works fine - but with update kernel 3.12.0-3-generic I realized the not working system. Starting the older kernel 3.12.0-1-generic resp. 3.12.0-2-generic I could start the system and evaluate the damages.

The restrictions regarding wubi are well known.

N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux)
Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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syscon-hh (syscon-kono) wrote :

Now I found the real brocken packages:

 * busybox-initramfs
 * busybox-static

both version of > 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1 <

Downgrading to the former packages version > 1:1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1 < lets boot the system without any malfunction.

In accordance with the date of installation of the latest busybox packages approx. nov. 15th the failfunction couldn't be detected directly due to the later installation / upgrade of an imagefile approx. nov. 21st.

So I haven't any correlations indicating the real reason.

What I did: Restoring a backup taken early november and updated all relevant packages step by step to find out the troublemaker.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) → busybox (Ubuntu)
Changed in busybox (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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syscon-hh (syscon-kono) wrote :

With version busybox-1:1.22.0-5ubuntu1 fix has been released.

Changed in busybox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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