Of course having looked at this for a couple of days I found the answer to my own question ten minutes after the post
You have to be clever enough to append the correct arguments to the kernel boot command :-( append root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.ltsp init=/linuxrc rw and NOT append ram=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.ltsp init=/linuxrc rw Thanks to anybody who thought about this anyway. | Ian Neilson > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ian > Neilson > Sent: 01 August 2002 14:33 > To: LTSP-Discuss > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Problem exec'ing /sbin/init with PID 7 > > > Does anybody have any ideas why my /linuxrc script should be running with > a PID of 7 ? This causes /sbin/init to fall over as in log below. > I've seen > some similar questions in other newsgroup archives but no answers > as to what > I've done or missed in my configuration. > > The kernel is built using the config-2.4.18-ltsp-1 from the LTSP > initrd-kit > download with sources from ftp.kernel.org. > > The initrd is built using the buildk script from the initrd-kit > > The kernel and initrd are then loaded by pxelinux and then > everything seems > to be going fine until /linuxrc finishes. > > Thanks for any advice. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~ > > Loading vmlinuz.............. > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > Freeing initrd memory: 718k freed > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > ================================================================== > ========== > === > Running /linuxrc > Mounting /proc > linuxrc: Installing eepro100 driver > modprobe eepro100 > /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-ltsp-1/kernel/drivers/net/eepro100.o > Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-ltsp-1/kernel/drivers/net/eepro100.o > Symbol version prefix '' > eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker > http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100. > html > eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin > <saw@sa > w.sw.com.sg> and others > eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, 00:D0:B7:B8:6F:C8, IRQ 10. > Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45 > Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. > General self-test: passed. > Serial sub-system self-test: passed. > Internal registers self-test: passed. > ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b). > Running dhclient > Mounting root filesystem: /opt/ltsp/i386 from: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > Doing the pivot_root > Mounting the devfs filesystem > Running /sbin/init as PID 7 <<<<< I changed it only here > to print PID > Usage: init 0123456SsQqAaBbCcUu <<<<<< Falls over here > VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:01 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~ > > | Ian Neilson > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
