2.6 kernels, initrd and /sys

[Michael Tautschnig]

[...]
> 
> mkinitrd.yaird is called in the postinst from linux-image-2.6.15-1-686
> {,-smp} from backports.org (and, IIRC, in the versions in etch and sid, 
> too.)  I don't know why the initrd needs to be built in the postinst, and I 
> couldn't care less, but apparently that's how things work.
> 
> I just wrote a hook to mount /sys before software installation starts, but I 
> feel I shouldn't be the first to encounter this problem.
>

What happens if you install initramfs-tools -- does it work without /sys being
mounted? Actually I haven't installed a system since linux-image-2.6.15 has
entered testing, thus I were not aware of this problem until today...

Regards,
Michael

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