unrecognizable initrd magic on openSuse 10.3

[ppazera]

proposed fix is to replace one line in /usr/sbin/mindi:

local lcMagicInitfs=" initramfs..."

more details:

was using v1.2.4-r1532 from mindi-1.2.4-1.suse10.2

and getting

FATAL ERROR. Filesystem UNSUPPORTED not supported for initrd image. Terminating.

log file:

... Call GetInitrdFilesystemToUse() with parameter /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-default to get filesystem to use for initrd.

GetInitrdFilesystemToUse(): called with parameter: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-default.\n GetInitrdFilesystemToUse(): gzip magic found at lvOffset 8322.\n GetInitrdFilesystemToUse(): Filesytem to use for initrd is UNSUPPORTED.\n

FATAL ERROR. Filesystem UNSUPPORTED not supported for initrd image. Terminating. ...

then did:

dd ibs=1 skip=$lvOffset if=$lvKernelImage obs=1M 2>/dev/null | gunzip -c 2> /dev/null | strings > /tmp/mindi-unupported-magic

grep ramfs /tmp/mindi-unupported-magic

and the results were:

<6>Unpacking initramfs... ramfs ACPI: Override [%4.4s-%8.8s] from initramfs - tainting kernel

so it looks like " initramfs..." magic should cover both old and new signatures

[Bruno Cornec]

I made modifications laredy for upcoming 2.2.5 Could you try with the latestbeta to see if that point in indeed fixed ?

Cf: ​ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/suse/10.3/test

[Bruno Cornec]

Should be fixed with official 2.2.5. If not, please reopen the bug report.