After an update today, that -I think- also involved initramfs-tools, I get the following error-message: 'cpio: .etc/modprobe.d/arch-aliases.conf: function (stat) failed: no such file or directory. I can't update-initramfs anymore. What is the best thing to do? Has it got something to do with the renaming of the files in modprobe.d? I looked at etc/modprobe.d/arch-aliases.conf. It's a symbolic link dat leads to a (non-existent?) file or directory. I can't find it ...

Hannes Worst,

I have run into similar problems before with initramfs, seems like I ran in console as root

update-initramfs -t -k all -c

if you like take a read of initiramfs man page before you execute the above,


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Oldhoghead,

I'm affraid this option doesn't work, because of the missing link. It still gives the same error. It seems that etc/modprobe.d/arch-aliases.conf has to be linked at the right file or directory. Right now it's pointed at arch/i386, but that directory doesn't exist. I think I have to create the right symbolic link before update-initramfs works, but to what file or directory?

The problem is solved now I just deleted the symbolic link, and now update-initramfs works without errors. I actually don't know how the link got there in modprobe.d in the first place. __{{emoticon}}__