I'm working on a custom Ubuntu 10.04 live cd, and I've found updating the Plymouth splash uses up a lot more disk space. The culprit seems to be the command update-initramfs -u, which is needed to apply the new splash image. I'm guessing it's making a new intrd image or something.
View 3 RepliesAfter copying a filesystem to be used as an image on a PXE server, is it possible to update that image's initramfs on the PXE server?
On PXE server, I added several ethernet modules/drivers to the following file:
/nfsroot/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
Before the changes will take effect, I need to run:
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$ sudo update-initramfs -u
I'm finding myself in a situation where I am locked out of my machine (because of a initramfs that doesn't allow me to log in). I think I know where the problem is, but I do not know how to go about rebuilding an initrd file from another machine (especially since my second machine is running on a lower kernel version).
I have tried booting from a LiveCD, but that does not allow me to make any changes to /etc/update-initramfs/. Currently do not have a USB drive handy. How would one go about this?
just installed hardy after I removed Maverick since it doesn't support my ati graphics. I installed it inside my windows xp pro and run smoothly after installation, added couple of widgets and so on... after I restarted it the next time, a balloon showed on top saying 113 or so updates are available, so I updated it.
After update I reboot my lappy and it won't get to my ubuntu anymore but works fine with my xp. I tried several searches on the net to find the solution but can't really figure it out. I just tried running Boot info script as it might help experts figure out what's wrong with my box and here's what it shows:
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I'm just completing an upgrade from wheezy to jessie and get the following error
Code: Select allProcessing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.120) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
E: intel-microcode: unsupported kernel version!
With a message like this I'm wondering if it's safe to reboot as well as how to resolve.
Is this somehow related to the change to only update the microcode on boot as reported earlier in the upgrade?
Code: Select allintel-microcode: microcode will be updated at next boot
On two Centos5 servers, yum gives a segmentation fault error when trying 'yum update' or 'yum check-update' after running 'yum clean' :
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The error is the same for the other computer except while attempting to update the rpmforge repository. Nothing has really changed on the servers in some time and 'yum update' worked fine on each yesterday and I have no idea why they would both suddenly fail!
I just removed a proprietary (fglrx ) driver which didnt work out well.Now all my updates hanging on: Setting up initramfs-tools (0.98.1ubuntu6) ...update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)Setting up linux-image-2.6.36-020636-generic (2.6.36-020636.201010210905) ...Running depmod.update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.36-020636-genericAnd I dont know how to solve it...besides a clean install.
View 9 Replies View Relatedafter yesterday's update to kernel 2.6.35.10-72 my grub.conf didn't get updated and ll /boot shows that neither vmlinuz or initramfs exist for that kernel. uname -r though tells me I'm running 2.6.35.10-72.
How can I do that? and on another more reallystic matter how can I generate the missing files so I can manually update grub.conf?
I'm trying to compile and install new kernel 2.6.32.14 in my ubuntu karmic. After compiling source and executing the deb package for the kernel, I tried to run update-initramfs but got "No space on device" error. My /boot partition size is 100 MB and is currently having 37MB free. After I run the update-initramfs command I noticed that space in /boot got depleted and soon came to naught which led to no space error thrown by gzip. I believe the resultant gzipped archive is no more than 20MB...then why is the whole 37MB is being used up? Please correct me If I'm wrong here otherwise I might be left with no choice but to increase the size of /boot partition. Is there anyway I can make update-initramfs to use the temporary space from other drives(may be /tmp) when creating gzipped archive?
View 1 Replies View RelatedWith the updates received with Ubuntu 10.10 my grub splash screen has become very busy. Is there a proper way to clean off the older update options?My dual boot for Windows 7 has now been pushed off to a second screen.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a Dell Laptop C640 Latitude that locks up with in a min or two of booting up after I update from 09.04 to 09.10 or if I do a clean install of 04.10. I do not know if it is the laptop or the 09.10 that is doing it.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI did a clean install of Natty 32 bit on my desktop last Saturday. Now the update manager wants to remove empathy via a partial upgrade. I waited for a day to see if the issue would be resolved, but it isn't. I cannot see the changelog either. On running
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sudo apt-get update
I get the following text.
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Ign http://download.skype.com stable InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release.gpg
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I was using Fedora 9 until about 1 month ago when my hard drive crashed. I installed F12 on a new hard drive last week. Due to some other software issues (empathy), I decided I should try to get the latest updates. PackageKit kept giving errors and would not update. So, I researched and found that I needed to run " su -c 'yum update' " for the first update then PackageKit would work. I did this and after about an hour of updating, the screen went black. Nothing you can do at that point but hard reboot.
When I did that, I could only get a "GRUB" command line. I played with it for a minute but really I have no idea what to do with GRUB cmd (beyond my experience level). So I decided to wipe it out and reinstall F12. I did that, and was just working thru the updates again. Same thing happened, went to black screen. I have not rebooted it yet, but Im sure when I do, it will be GRUB again. What in the world am I supposed to do with this? I am not a Linux star, but I have been using it for around 8 years now with various distros, so I would say I have at least moderate experience.
I Have not been able to complete an update since i clean installed Lynx: Perhaps you'l understand my situation better than me by looking at these messages:
"Not all updates can be installed Attempt a partial ingrade?" When i attempted a partial upgrade, It will hang all day at:
Setting up libgdatal.4-cil (1.4.0.2-3) Installing 14 assemblies from libgdatal. 4-cil into Mono. Another mssge i get is. Software index is broken
It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first.
nnjond@nnjond-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for nnjond:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
nnjond@nnjond-desktop:~$
nnjond@nnjond-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libgdata1.4-cil (1.4.0.2-3).
* Installing 14 assemblies from libgdata1.4-cil into Mono
I tried to set up an alias for update, upgrade and clean by putting this line into my .bach.rc file
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#alias ud= 'aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade && sudo aptitude autoclean' but when I type ud I get this error message, by the way I tried the bash.rc entry both commented and uncommented with the same result.
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I have problem with my printer HP Deskjet D1460. My printer is configured and works. When I send a file on the print, the printer clings a sheet of paper and starts to print, but a paper as was clean so clean and remains, after printing.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI configured cron to clean my /tmp directory, should I also add other locations to clean and especially /var/tmp.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI am using Ubuntu 9.10 and am facing an issue while booting up. It goes into initfs command prompt on one of the 4 kernels that show up in the boot menu. I tried to look around for a likely solution and hence did the following:1. ran "chkdsk c: /f" in my windows partition.2. Added "rootdelay=90" in "/boot/grub/menu.lst" file.This is how my /boot/grub/menu.lst file looks and the problem is with the kernel 2.6.31-20-generic:
title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-20-generic
uuid ceacd229-2b68-41bf-a967-8ee470085fd8
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=ceacd229-2b68-41bf-a967-8ee470085fd8 ro quiet
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After installing Ubuntu 8.4 on an old laptop. Double boot w/ XP. I was brought to the terminal with "initramfs". I installed it through the windows partition and assigned it to partition F: which I made sure was reformatted before installation. I tried doing some commands but it seems to bring me nowhere.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have one hard drive and one operating system on that one drive. No dual boot, no raid, no windows, no usb boot. Just 9.10 installed on one 40 gb drive. After trying the various techniques from this forum, I'm now stuck at Grub loading, error, grub rescue prompt. No menu list to choose from or edit (e).Here is the output of 'sudo fdisk -l'
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40000000000 bytes
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I am trying to learn how to modify the initramfs in a way which is so Ubuntu-friendly as possible. I do not just want to unpack it, change it and re-pack it, as my changes won't be kept when I upgrade my kernel next time.
What I want to do is: Add curl to the binaries available in the initramfs Add a script which is run after networking is set up which calls curl In case there is no "after networking" I have to setup networking myself using DHCP. There is a tiny client inside BusyBox if I am not mistaken. I have googled a lot to get this information. As well as looked trough more than a few books.
Can i add a c program file to initramfs such that it runs when kernel loads and before root file system getting busy...
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am having trouble accessing my computer after abruptly shutting it down because it was booting off of a live CD and I just wanted it to boot of the HDD. When I try to boot up from the normal HDD I used to get a lot of errors about /dev/sda being not found, and then it went to an (initramfs) prompt, from which I could do pretty much nothing. I booted into a live CD, and basically I didn't need any of my data so I wanted to just get rid of the problem partition and reinstall. I attempted to delete the partition, but that didn't work, saying something about /dev/sda being busy (even though I had booted from a live CD and had not mounted the partition).
Anyhow, now when I try to boot from the HDD I get:
"Error: no such partition. grub rescue>"
Basically what I'm trying to do is just get rid of this partition and reinstall, but I keep getting errors about it being busy and not being able to delete the partition. Is there someone with a way to allow me to just blast this partition and reinstall? I've got a windows 7 partition on the same HDD and I'd really like to leave that one alone, but the ext4 and swap partition can just go.
I upgrade to 10.10, and now I can't boot normally. The only way I can get X going is if I boot to the previous kernel's recovery mode and choose failsafeX.
In an attempt to fix this, I ran
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dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a
However, I get this,
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update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic
stop: Unknown instance:
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the package
I have been using 11.04 for about a day, I go to boot up and it goes into busybox initramfs instead of booting into Ubuntu. The options to my boot in grub, and the errors I get when booting into initramfs are in the pictures attached to this post.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI either installed Hardy heron or its predecessor by accident, but began running it exclusively. I did it way back when while trying to create a test drive disk, and I did not repartition the drive, because all my windoze NT stuff survived. I'm now 8.04. Yesterday I had a bunch of updates to do, did them, closed a ton of windows and then pulled up 3 open office files and each, when it came up said there wasn't enough space to save all needed information as they opened. I then closed them and one hung and froze the whole machine, leading me to do a reset. This is BEFORE rebooting from the updates.
Now when I boot into Ubuntu (I'm dual boot) I start to get the opening Ubuntu GUI screen but then get :
BusyBox V1.1.3 (Debian 1.1.1.3-5ubuntu12)built in shell (ash) line followed by:
initramfs)
I'm essentially a total noob, I've rarely used command line and not for a long time. I made a version 11.04 live disk, and it says that the file system is clean, but will not show me any of my old files, only the NT files and directories. I have a ton of unbacked up important data in Hardy Heron so I don't want to do an install from the 11.04 CD.
I've read several threads so far, and can't seem to find anything addressing this that I understand. The drive is a 160GB drive on an HP Pavilion dual core that has a 154GB NTFS boot partition, which is where I'm sure the Hardy Heron files are, and a 6GB FAT32 HP_RECOVERY partition that windoze lists ad drive D (the NTFS is C) The live disk says the FAT32 partition is /dev/sda1 and the NTFS is /dev/sda2
Where should I start? I've seen stuff about booting into recovery mode, but that isn't an option when I boot from the hard drive, and the only older ubuntu disk I have is for 7.something and generates "defective CD" type error messages.
I keep getting this error message when installing anything using the terminal or synaptic manager in ubuntu 10. I was installing pidgin when this message happened. The funny thing is pidgin did get installed and works fine. I am booting from a USB stick. I am using the perdition version which saves any changes i make to ubuntu on the USB stick.E: initramfs-tools: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1E: bcmwl-kernel-source: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen booting I am being dropped to initramfs/busy box heres the error: Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev) ALERT! /dev/mapper/dev-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
I try to mount initramfs-kernel-ver from boot directory.mount -t ramfs initramfs-kernel-ver /mnt/testbut i can't see any files.
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