On 9/6/06, Clint Thomas <cthomas at soneticom.com> wrote: > > > Hey, > > I'm running the latest kernel pull from the mvista powerpc 2.4 dev source. I > built a root file system using Busybox 1.2.0 and the mkrootfs script by > Wolfgang Klingauf (removed all DOS carriage returns). When the system boots > up, i'm getting this output. > > Mounted devfs on /dev > Freeing unused kernel memory: 44k init > init started: BusyBox v1.2.0 (2006.09.06-19:44+0000) multi-call binary > Starting pid 10, console /dev/console: '/etc/init.d/rcS' > Bummer, could not run '/etc/ > PowerPC Linux 2.4.26 > (none) login: root > Process '/sbin/getty 38400 tts/0' (pid 11) exited. Scheduling i > PowerPC Linux 2.4.26 > (none) login: > > it keeps looping through the login every time I try to enter root. I have > the root user in the passwd file, and I believe I have the RFS setup > properly. What would cause this kind of an issue? Is this a problem related > to getty? or just a missing file or device of some kind? Thanks >
Hi Clint, You know in the back of my head (very dusty place) I seem to recall that this is a Busybox issue with getty. Something about security. Not sure... but I'd check with their forums. -stv > > > Clinton Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > >