On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 05:51:27AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:35:50 +0100
> "J. Fahrner" <jf@???> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I did a dist-upgrade from Devuan Jessie to Devuan Ascii.
> > Now I have a long boot wait, same message as described here:
> > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/368322/long-boot-time-ssd-black-screen-with-blinking-cursor-gave-up-waiting-on-sus
> >
> > Some problem with initramfs and swap partition.
>
> How do you know it's with initramfs or swap partition? There's some
> reference to a swap file in the earlier referenced URL, but that didn't
> fix the problem.
>
> > Any ideas what caused this, and how to repair?
>
> The thing that strikes me is that you boot a System Rescue CD disk,
> mount all partitions used on your computer, and do a fsck on each to
> guarantee no problem with them.
>
> If you suspect it's your initramfs, one tricky thing is that IIRC your
> initramfs has its own fstab,

If that;s the case, it explins why I'm having trouble with my
copied Jessie system.

> so changing the fstab on your root
> partition wouldn't effect the initramfs' fstab. I guess you have to
> unzip the initramfs, verify its inittab is OK, change if necessary, and
> then rezip.
>
> People wonder why I don't like initramfs? This is just one of many
> possible pathological cases that can exist. This might not be
> the case on your computer, but you still have to check for it, and it's
> not a quick process.

Is there any documentation on what *is* in our Devuan initramfs?
It seems like a black hole of mystery to me.

-- hendrik