[Bug 155689] Re: nuking initramfs contents: Kernel panic at boot

[Seth Forshee]

This problem is caused by being unable to fully terminate udev when
switching from the initramfs to the real root filesystem. Bug 613273 has
a more detailed description of the situation. In short, the problem
should be fixed for oneiric, but for the versions of udev used in older
releases there doesn't seem to be any way to fix the problem 100% of the
time.

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Title:
  nuking initramfs contents: Kernel panic at boot

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux-source-2.6.22” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  When booting my Ubuntu Gutsy desktop (kernel 2.6.22-14-generic), I
  often get a kernel panic. This happens quite often (almost at every
  boot) and as a result I have to reset the machine multiple times to
  make it boot. But once the system is finally running, it works just
  fine. (I had exactly the same problem with Ubuntu Feisty and hoped the
  upgrade would have fix the problem.)

  The last two messages on the screen are:

  run-init: nuking initramfs contents: Directory not empty
  [24.805436] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

  I can provide more information if required, but I don't know where to
  look.

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