Bug#865536: systemd-sysv: Causes kernel panic if /usr isn't mounted due to liblz4.so being in /usr/lib

[Ansgar Burchardt]

On Thu, 2017-06-22 at 07:56 -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> After the upgrade to stretch, my kernel paniced on boot.  I
> eventually tracked the problem down to /usr not yet being mounted,
> and /sbin/init needing liblz4.so which was in /usr.

The /usr filesystem must be mounted by the initramfs (if it is a
separate partition).  See [1].

Ansgar

  [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#late-mounting-usr