Bug#386347: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#386347: initscripts: BOOT FAILURE: checkroot.sh can't fsck /dev/shm/root because /dev/shm is mounted nodev

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Sébastien Phélep]
> I gave it try, but it did not solve the problem, my system was still
> unbootable ...

Strange.  When I test the commands used in the patch, it work for me.
Any error messages or anything else you can tell us to make it easier
to pinpoint the problem?

> Just in case other readers experience this same problem, I've been able to 
> solve it by downgrading to 2.86.ds1-1 (as found in sarge).

Good.  How did you downgrade when the system was unbootable?  Did you
have to use a rescue CD?

Friendly,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen