On 6/8/06, Chris Dumoulin <cdumoulin at ics-ltd.com> wrote: > I am using the linux kernel 2.6.15 and initrd ramdisk image from ELDK > 4.0. Currently, I seem to be able to boot without errors, but after the > root filesystem is mounted, things just stop. > > I'm guessing that my problems are related to the setup of the RFS, and > more specifically, my inittab file. Here is the output I get at boot time: > Linux version 2.6.15 (cdumoulin at localhost.localdomain) (gcc version > 4.0.0 (DENX ELDK 4.0 4.0.0)) #167 PREEMPT Thu Jun 8 6Built 1 zonelists > Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,57600 ip=off > PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 8192 bytes) > Console: colour dummy device 80x25 > Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) > Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) > Memory: 62120k available (968k kernel code, 272k data, 76k init, 0k highmem) > Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 > checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an > initrd > Freeing initrd memory: 1404k freed > Linux NoNET1.0 for Linux 2.6 > io scheduler noop registered > io scheduler anticipatory registered > io scheduler deadline registered > io scheduler cfq registered > Software Watchdog Timer: 0.07 initialized. soft_noboot=0 soft_margin=60 > sec (nowayout= 0) > ipmi message handler version 38.0 > ipmi device interface > IPMI Watchdog: driver initialized > i8042.c: No controller found. > Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled > serial8250: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 24) is a 16550A > RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize > loop: loaded (max 8 devices) > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > And here is my initttab file: > ::sysinit:/etc/rc.sh > ::askfirst:/bin/sh > ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot > ::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a > ::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r > ::restart:/sbin/init >
Doesn't seem like you are respawning any login stuff? Where are your tty's? Change the askfirst to /bin/sh and you should get a shell at the start assuming you have /bin/sh. > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Chris Dumoulin > -- > *--Christopher Dumoulin--* > Software Team Leader > > <http://ics-ltd.com/> > <http://ics-ltd.com/> > > Interactive Circuits and Systems Ltd. > 5430 Canotek Road > Ottawa, ON > K1J 9G2 > (613)749-9241 > 1-800-267-9794 (USA only) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This e-mail is private and confidential and is for the addressee only. > If misdirected, please notify us by telephone and confirm that it has > been deleted from your system and any hard copies destroyed. You are > strictly prohibited from using, printing, distributing or disseminating > it or any information contained in it save to the intended recipient. > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >
