Do I need to build a new initramfs?
what changes do I need to make?
>From some howto from xen I think I know what to do:
cp -a ./lib/modules/* /lib/modules/
depmod 2.6.18.1-bb2
cd /boot/
mkinitramfs -o initrd.img-2.6.18.1-bb2 2.6.18.1-bb2
The initrd.img is now on the host file system.
./vmlinux-2.6.18.1-bb2
initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18.1-bb2\
umid=base6.10 \
con=pts con0=fd:0,fd:1\
ubd0=b.img \
The initrd file is used in the boot process.
I have also tried putting it in the image file.
Thank you for your time,
Nicholas A. Schembri
State College PA USA
----- Original Message ----
From: Adrian Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: n schembr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 1:03:39 AM
Subject: Re: [uml-user] Fw: Booting ubuntu 6.10 from a physical disk
>>>>> "Nicholas" == n schembr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Nicholas> Thank you for the info. I searched for your name and
Nicholas> could not find a how to.
>> From looking at howto's and the Book "User Mode Linux", I know
>> that I can use any block device to boot from.
Nicholas> I have a clean Install of ubuntu 6.10 Edgy on /dev/sde1.
Nicholas> I pulled the drive from a working system.
Nicholas> filesystem) readonly. Warning: unable to open an
Nicholas> initial console.
Just guessing here but I wonder whether this has something to do with
not running an initrd ? From initramfs-tools init script :-
#!/bin/sh
mkdir /sys
mkdir /proc
mkdir /tmp
mkdir -p /var/lock
mount -t sysfs none /sys -onodev,noexec,nosuid
mount -t proc none /proc -onodev,noexec,nosuid
# Note that this only becomes /dev on the real filesystem if udev's scripts
# are used; which they will be, but it's worth pointing out
tmpfs_size="10M"
mount -t tmpfs -o size=$tmpfs_size,mode=0755 udev /dev
> /dev/.initramfs-tools
mkdir /dev/.initramfs
mknod /dev/console c 5 1
mknod /dev/null c 1 3
Note the /dev/console.
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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