From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
To: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: initrd problems??
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:21:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040702122139.GB3320@phunnypharm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040701194809.3e060eb0.tvaroqua@ie2.u-psud.fr>
> I'm confused: isn't the standard init for an initrd /linuxrc?
> How do I pass options to the kernel with tilo?
> How come busybox is called when there isn't even an init link??
> My kernel is the one from the Debian boot cd (I don't have the time to
> compile a new one until I get this problem solved).
Read Documentation/initrd.txt in the kernel sources. It gives a lot of
details about how initrd (and especially use of /linuxrc) is supposed to
work, and what the kernel expects.
You could just try doing init=/bin/bash and see if that works. (boot net
linux init=/bin/bash)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-02 12:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-01 17:48 initrd problems?? till varoquaux
2004-07-02 12:21 ` Ben Collins [this message]
2004-07-02 12:44 ` Ben Collins
2004-07-02 12:58 ` till varoquaux
2004-07-07 14:06 ` till varoquaux
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