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From:   Jeffrin Thalakkottoor <jeffrin@rajagiritech.edu.in>
Date:   Sat, 21 Apr 2018 19:10:26 +0530
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Subject: POSSIBLE BUG: boot gets stuck and loads initramfs shell
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hello,

i did a new git pull on my mainline linux kernel repository
i did "make localmodconfig" and compiled
i got a boot failure related. i got message about not able to mount
filesystem. it then loaded the initramfs shell.

i recompiled the kernel with ext4 file system inbuilt (i mean not as a module )
then the system did not have that problem.

but i think the problem did not exist before even when the ext4 was compiled
as a module. i think the problem occurred after i compiled using "make
localmodconfig"


Linux debian 4.17.0-rc1+ #3 SMP Sat Apr 21 03:41:44 IST 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux

GNU Make            4.2.1
Binutils            2.30
Util-linux          2.31.1
Mount                2.31.1
Linux C Library      2.27
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.27
readlink: missing operand
Try 'readlink --help' for more information.
Procps              3.3.14
Kbd                  2.0.4
Console-tools        2.0.4
Sh-utils            8.28
Udev                238


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software engineer
rajagiri school of engineering and technology