Subject: Re: upgrade from 3.12.3 to 3.13.0
To: David Restall <dave@restall.net>, ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
References: <20210122095509.arAVeSrMl%dave@restall.net>
From: Dietmar Rieder <dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at>
Organization: Innsbruck Medical University - Institute of Bioinformatics
Message-ID: <b2e16356-3317-c0ee-b6bc-75abf907b49a@i-med.ac.at>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:03:11 +0100
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From: Dietmar Rieder <dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at>
To: David Restall <dave@restall.net>, ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
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Subject: Re: upgrade from 3.12.3 to 3.13.0
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Hi David,

thanks for all your suggestions. However I was not able to get the=20
upgrade to work. So I decided to start from scratch with 3.13.0 and=20
manually "restored" my 3.12.3 configuration, it didn't take all to long=20
after all.

Thanks again
   Dietmar

On 1/22/21 10:55 AM, David Restall wrote:
> Hi Dietmar,
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>>>>> ISOLINUX 6.04 4.04-pre1 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter Anvin et
>>>>> al boot:
>>>>> /sbin/init not found in new root. Launching emergency recovery
>       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> seems to be the main problem.  Have you checked that /sbin/init exists =
?
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> When the system boots, it loads a file system from a compressed image
> into memory and boots from that then hands over to the installed OS.
> Check that you have /sbin/init in both places - not too sure what the
> best way to check in your situation is but on my box I'd look at the
> contents of /boot/initramfs-lts.  Use :
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> gzip -dc /boot/initramfs-lts | cpio -t | grep init
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> to see if the file is present.  Mine returns :
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> alpine:~# gzip -dc /boot/initramfs-lts | cpio -t | grep init
> init
> lib/modules/5.4.84-0-lts/kernel/drivers/scsi/initio.ko
> 246716 blocks
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> so shows that init is in / rather than /sbin.
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> Also check that it's in the uncompressed image on the usb stick.  Mount=

> the image using - again not too sure what your situation is :-
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> mount /dev/WHATEVER_YOUR_USB_ROOT_PARTION_IS /mnt
> ls -al /mnt/sbin
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> should show the file.
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> If it's not there, cp it in and see if it boots :-)
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> There are LOTS of ways this can be sorted, the above is probably not th=
e
> best, quickest or easiest but it should give you some idea of a startin=
g
> point.  Apologies,  if you have already tried this and the above is a
> complete load of rubbish :-)
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> Regards,
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> D
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>> Hi Natanael,
>>
>> thanks for your help, I was missing the lts (tried vanilla and virt).
>> But unfortunately this doesn't change anything, it just takes 10 secon=
ds =3D
>>
>> longer.
>>
>> Best
>>     Dietmar
>>
>> On 1/22/21 8:20 AM, Natanael Copa wrote:
>>> On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:25:04 +0100
>>> Dietmar Rieder <dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at> wrote:
>>> =3D20
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> thanks for the suggestion. I'm not sure how to add this option?
>>> =3D20
>>> When you see the boot prompt "boot:"  you type: lts usbdelay=3D3D10
>>> =3D20
>>> -nc
>>> =3D20
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, when the alpine is in the recovery shell ("/ #") I see that
>>>> the USB stick /dev/sda is mounted. I also see the activity led
>>>> flashing during the boot, so I guess the usb controller is
>>>> initialized. I also see the # progress bar going to 100% (see [1]
>>>> screenshot)
>>>>
>>>> I do not have such issues with older versions of Alpine.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>       Dietmar
>>>>
>>>> [1]:
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mwY6iyx8sav_-Z4zcxnwSDobJljo8G9A/v=
ie=3D
>> w?usp=3D3Dsharing>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/21/21 5:15 PM, Natanael Copa wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:02:55 +0100
>>>>> Dietmar Rieder <dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at> wrote:
>>>>>    =3D20
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to upgrade a diskless installation (config and apk
>>>>>> cache on usb) from Alpine 3.12.3 to 3.13.0 but while booting the
>>>>>> new ISO image I get the following error when the USB stick is
>>>>>> inserted:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------=
--=3D
>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> ISOLINUX 6.04 4.04-pre1 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter Anvin et
>>>>>> al boot:
>>>>>> /sbin/init not found in new root. Launching emergency recovery
>>>>>> shell Type exit to Continue boot.
>>>>>> sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
>>>>>> / #
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------=
--=3D
>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I boot the new ISO an empty USB stick all works fine and I ca=
n
>>>>>> configure Alpine from scratch. However I'd like to upgrade and
>>>>>> migrate my previous settings and packages as I used to do whenever=

>>>>>> I switched release.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any way to solve that problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does it boot if you add the boot option usbdelay=3D3D10?
>>>>>
>>>>> Might be that the usb controller needs more than a ssecond to
>>>>> initialize.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>        Dietmar
>>>>>>   =3D20
>>>>>    =3D20
>>>>
>>>>
>>> =3D20
>>
>>
>> --=3D20
>> _________________________________________
>> D i e t m a r  R i e d e r, Mag.Dr.
>> Innsbruck Medical University
>> Biocenter - Institute of Bioinformatics
>> Innrain 80, 6020 Innsbruck
>> Phone: +43 512 9003 71402
>> Fax: +43 512 9003 73100
>> Email: dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at
>> Web:   http://www.icbi.at
>>
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_________________________________________
D i e t m a r  R i e d e r, Mag.Dr.
Innsbruck Medical University
Biocenter - Institute of Bioinformatics
Innrain 80, 6020 Innsbruck
Phone: +43 512 9003 71402
Fax: +43 512 9003 73100
Email: dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at
Web:   http://www.icbi.at



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