GParted 0.3.4-11 Live CD problems [SOLVED]

[Qqmike]

GParted 0.3.4-11 Live CD problems

Has anyone had problems with the new GParted Live CD, version -11:
0.3.4-11 Live CD (12-17-08)

Specifically,
There is no “eject & reboot" option, only reboot and shutdown (and one other).
Trying to “shutdown” gives:
INIT: Sending processes to KILL signal!
etc etc
Remounting remaining filesystem read only.
--and it freezes at that screen--

Related issue and question:
After removing the Live CD, damage to Kubuntu start up resulted:
“INIT 34 Can't open /scripts/functions
Kernel Panic—not syncing—Attempted to Kill INIT!”
--and it froze right there--unable to boot into Kubuntu 7.10--

Incidentally, anyone know a fix to that kernel panic?
(Didn't find much with google per se, and I could not locate /scripts/functions.)

I was not doing any partition work prior to exiting GParted (only exploring various menus, the terminal, & features). I find it hard to believe I would be the only one encountering this issue.

(BTW, no problems with the previous -10 version; also, I posted at GParted forum.)

[dibl]

Re: GParted 0.3.4-11 Live CD problems

Hmmm -- that's surprising. I have -10 and, as you say, it works just fine. Just used it yesterday to set up for Hardy Heron Alpha 4.

[Qqmike]

Re: GParted 0.3.4-11 Live CD problems

Surprising, yes, indeed. The Live CD has not been supported for some time now, and I hope that's not the future of the project.

I can't imagine why any developer would omit the option Eject & Reboot in a partition editor.

I'd be curious to know if anyone else has encountered such issues with -11.

[Qqmike]

Re: GParted 0.3.4-11 Live CD problems

This may have solved it:

(with root privileges)

Open /boot of sdb2 (where the broken Kubuntu 7.10 is located).
Rename initrd-img-2.6.22-14-generic.bak as initrd-img-2.6.22-14-generic.
Reboot twice to test it. So far, it works fine.
Then I copied that same initrd file onto Desktop, renamed it initrd-img-2.6.22-14-generic.bak to make it my new backup copy, and copied the new .bak file back into /boot.
Not sure how Linux experts would feel about this sort of messing around, but it seems to work.


A google suggests that such init/ issues with /scripts/functions comes up in various ways, esp updates. For other folks who might google here, I'll mention two other tips I've run into.

Using a Live CD, access that broken partition, and as root, run
sudo update-initramfs -u -v
(you can omit the -v for verbose if you don't care to see the progress).

If that doesn't work or hangs on you, you might try repairing the tools by re-installing initramfs-tools (using Adept Manager). If you have problems doing that, use Konsole to uninstall it, then install it as follows:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get --purge remove initramfs-tools
sudo apt-get install initramfs-tools
Then repeat:
sudo update-initramfs -u -v

(That did not work for me, so I did what I indicated at the start of this post.)