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#1 2014-11-18 15:12:24

kaslusimoes
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[Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

As the title says, I'm getting the following error whenever I boot my system:

[   0.358582] Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive

I've also checked my /etc/mkinicpio.conf file and it gets me:

# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"

So I guess the compression I'm using is the 'gzip' default, which shouldn't be a problem

Although this annoy me quite a bit, my system continues to boot normally, so it doesn't seem to be a problem.

Other (maybe useful) informations:

:: running early hook [udev]
starting version 217
hwdb.bin does not exist, please run udevadm hwdb --update
:: runnig hook [udev]

Dunno what does that mean neither. Would appreciate if someone explained.

Nov 18 10:02:10 gene kernel: Linux version 3.17.3-1-ARCH (builduser@thomas) (gcc version 4.9.2 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 14 23:13:48 CET 2014
Nov 18 10:02:10 gene kernel: Command line: initrd=\Arch\arch-initramfs.img initrd=\Arch\intel-ucode.img root=/dev/sda3 rw

I'm using Gummiboot and, as you may see on the journalctl ouput above, my .img files are not located directly on /boot but on /boot/Arch (I've changed accordingly on my linux.preset, so I guess there is no chance I'm getting an out-of-date .img issue)

Thanks

Last edited by kaslusimoes (2014-11-19 12:16:07)

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#2 2014-11-18 16:46:46

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

About hwdb.bin I've found this topic: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=189536 so I guess I will just ignore it

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#3 2014-11-18 16:59:34

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

Have you regenerated your initramfs?

mkinitcpio -p linux

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#4 2014-11-18 17:13:56

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

Yep

linux.preset:

# mkinitcpio preset file for the 'linux' package

ALL_config="/etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
ALL_kver="/boot/vmlinuz-linux"

PRESETS=('default' 'fallback')

#default_config="/etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
default_image="/boot/Arch/arch-initramfs.img"
#default_options=""

#fallback_config="/etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
fallback_image="/boot/Arch/arch-initramfs-fallback.img"
fallback_options="-S autodetect"

and mkinitcpio -p linux output:

==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/Arch/arch-initramfs.img
==> Starting build: 3.17.3-1-ARCH
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/Arch/arch-initramfs.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/Arch/arch-initramfs-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 3.17.3-1-ARCH
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/Arch/arch-initramfs-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful

I've been using this configuration for a couple of months ago and I never got this message until the last 2 kernel updates, I guess

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#5 2014-11-18 17:30:08

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

The first thing I would do is try to rule out a hardware problem.

Check your disk(s), and check your RAM.


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#6 2014-11-18 17:33:41

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

I preferred xz compressor.
Have you re-try to remake the initramfs ?
Have you tried

$ gzip -tv /boot/Arch/arch-initramfs.img

do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint wink

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#7 2014-11-18 17:33:53

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

@WorMzy thanks, I had no idea about these. I'll check them out later

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#8 2014-11-18 17:37:07

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

You changed name to you initramfs, does it match with the boot loader ?


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#9 2014-11-18 17:37:10

kaslusimoes
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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

@TheSaint checked gzip integrity now and I seems ok

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#10 2014-11-18 17:46:32

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

@TheSaint yes it matches, otherwise I guess it wouldn't even be able to boot

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#11 2014-11-18 18:49:16

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

So you denote an error,but won't it stop you to run the machine ?


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#12 2014-11-18 21:21:47

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

@TheSaint Well, I didn't mean to cause the wrong impression but I originally thought of it as an error since it shouldn't happen. If you prefer it's more like a warning, I guess. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear by the title, but I thought it was clear that I could boot from my initial post

@WorMzy Checked my disk and got nothing wrong:

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      2326         -
# 2  Conveyance offline  Completed without error       00%      2324         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2324         -

Couldn't use memtest86+, though. Do you know how to use it on UEFI?

Anyway, tried some remaking of the initramfs varying my compression and it seems to work fine now. Thanks all you guys

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#13 2014-11-18 21:26:18

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

Please don't use [Closed], it denotes a locked thread, use [Solved] instead...


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#14 2014-11-18 21:36:53

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Re: [Solved] Boot error: "Initramfs unpacking failed"

kaslusimoes wrote:

Couldn't use memtest86+, though. Do you know how to use it on UEFI?

The easiest way is probably to boot an Arch Linux liveCD/USB in legacy mode.


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