Chasing down why installing the kernel segfaulted
The article discusses issues encountered while installing a kernel on a server, specifically a segmentation fault during the installation process. The author investigates the problem, focusing on the dracut script and the hardlink command implicated in the error. The troubleshooting process involves using debugging tools to gather more information about the failure.
- ▪The author runs a server for continuous integration and faces a segmentation fault during kernel installation.
- ▪The issue appears to be related to the dracut script and the hardlink command used in the installation process.
- ▪The author employs debugging tools like gdb to further investigate the cause of the segmentation fault.
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Chasing down why installing the kernel segfaulted May 19, 2026May 19, 2026cb I’ve been running a server for continuous integration targeting a specific architecture. If you’ve been running servers recently, you’ll know about the constant treadmill of kernel patches due to widely publicized issues like Copy Fail. Usually, these go pretty smoothly (except the previous kernel, which had a PowerPC specific build regression). Now this time, when running make install for the kernel, I noticed a very curious message: # make install INSTALL /boot /usr/bin/dracut: line 3125: 3644490 Segmentation fault hardlink "$initdir" 2>&1 3644491 Done | ddebug Generating grub configuration file ... [...] That’s pretty concerning. Now I’m worried about if this will even work when I reboot into it.
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