Jim,
YES it works now: just added init=/linuxrc rw in my loadlin!
Thanks!
Marc
Jim McQuillan a �crit :
>
> Marc,
>
> what did you specify for your init= in loadlin ?
>
> When I tag a kernel, I use the following:
>
> mknbi-linux --output=vmlinuz.ltsp \
> --append="init=/linuxrc rw" \
> --rootdir="/dev/ram0" \
> bzImage initrd.ltsp.gz
>
> If you don't supply the 'init=' parameter, the kernel will first try to
> run /sbin/init, then if that fails, it will try to run a shell. You need
> to force it to run /linuxrc.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Jim McQuillan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Marc Delisle wrote:
>
> >Jim,
> >
> >Do you mean messages before "VFS: mounted root" ?
> >
> >Here are the message after "VFS: mounted root":
> >-----------------------------------------------
> >Freeing unused kernel memory: 168k freed
> >
> >Busybox v0.60.1 (2001.09.16-20:45+0000) multi-call binary
> >
> >Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...
> > or: [function] [arguments]...
> >
> >Busybox is a multi-call binary that combines (...)
> >
> >currenlty defined functions:
> >
> >[, ash, busybox, cat, chroot, cut, echo, expr, hostname, ifconfig,
> >insmod, kill, mount, pivot_root, route, sh, sleep, test, umount
> >
> >Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> >--------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >Jim McQuillan a �crit :
> >
> >>Marc,
> >>
> >>Can you show us more of the messages ?
> >>there may be something that will give us a clue as to the problem.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Jim McQuillan
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >>Marc Delisle wrote:
> >>
> >>>Good! now it mounts:
> >>>
> >>>======================================
> >>>VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> >>>Feeing unused kernel memory: 168k freed
> >>>
> >>>BusyBox v0.60.1 ....
> >>>.
> >>>.(Snip)
> >>>.
> >>>
> >>>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> >>>=====================================
> >>>
> >>>Hmm, isn't that the point where it would start init?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>Marc
> >>>
> >>>Jim McQuillan a �crit :
> >>>
> >>>>Marc,
> >>>>
> >>>>You might want to say root=/dev/ram0
> >>>>
> >>>>That is what I do when I use mknbi-linux to setup the kernel
> >>>>for Etherboot.
> >>>>
> >>>>Jim McQuillan
> >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>
> >>>>Marc Delisle wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I am using loadlin to boot the ltsp bzImage, with initrd= option. Here
> >>>>>are the last messages I see:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Mounting rootfs
> >>>>>Doing the pivot_root
> >>>>>Mounting devfs...
> >>>>>Running /sbin/init
> >>>>>Usage: init 0123456sQqAaBbCcUu
> >>>>>
> >>>>>VFS: cannot open rootdevice nfs
> >>>>>Please append a correct "root=" boot option.
> >>>>>--------------------------------------------
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I guess loadlin should pass a "root=/dev/something" option to the
> >>>>>kernel, but which device?
> >>>>>I tried /dev/nfs but it doesn't work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Marc Delisle
> >>>>>Coll�ge de Sherbrooke (Qu�bec)
>
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