Re: [Fwd: Installing from distribution CDs]

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Jared Rhine wrote:

>While I can't speak to the cause, I do know that XenCD does need a
>init=/linuxrc on the kernel boot line to function properly.  I
>didn't/don't think this should be necessary, given my experience with
>initrds in other environments.  Please feel free to use it as a
>working case study, if you will.
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Your /linuxrc is actually an init process.  You should probably have a 
symlink from it to /sbin/init.

initrd is actually a fairly complicated process.  The idea is to allow 
an executable (/linuxrc) to run prior to init to allow distros to do 
things like load modules.  When /linuxrc exits the normal init process 
is continued.

What makes things a little more complicated is that initrd does some 
weird things with remounting the root file system and has some subtle 
side-effects.  That's why Xen should probably just call the kernels code...

>-- jared@wordzoo.com
>
>War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. -Ambrose Bierce
>
>  
>


-- 
Anthony Liguori
anthony@codemonkey.ws



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