Bug#582342: grub-pc: system with RAID & CRYPTO; tested initramfs-tools under bug #582177

[cropper at acm.org]

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Smoke-tested system with most recent version of grub-pc and grub-common from 
sid (versions 1.98+20100617-1 and 1.98+20100617-1) and all recent updates for 
Squeeze.  Sorry for the delay, I had to backup everything to the moon before I 
could do this... ;-)

During the execution of update-grub an error message was posted with the NEW 
kernel (2.6.32-5-amd64) with the OLD grub:
paraphrased... cannot identify / (is /dev mounted?)

After updating OLD grub to version 1.98+20100617-1 and executing update-grub, 
the above error message disappeared.

However, when I booted the machine, I cannot load the NEW kernel (2.6.32-5-
amd64) at all... 
error message: "error: you need to load the kernel first"
"Press any key to continue..." and the grub menu reappears...
...but now I CAN load the initramfs image for the old kernel (2.6.32-3-amd64) 
that was the original problem.  Repeat: I do NOT need to load the initramfs 
backup image now.

The above acts identically with and without the firewire device attached.

I am still using the 0.96.1 version of initramfs-tools.


C. Cropper