From: Sven Anders <anders@anduras.de>
To: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>, kexec@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: kexec kernel with embedded initrd?
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:21:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <494BE644.9000705@anduras.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <494BD7DF.8080101@am.sony.com>
Geoff Levand schrieb:
> Sven Anders wrote:
>> I want to boot a kernel (bzImage) with an embedded initrd (CPIO archive using
>> the CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE option).
>>
>> Can I simply load the kernel with kexec or do I have to extract the initrd
>> first and load them using the --initrd option?
>>
>> If I have to extract them first, is there a tool for this?
>
> You should be able to just load the bzImage. The kernel image should know
> how to then use the initramfs. I know it works for powepc64 at least.
Hmm?!
If I load the same image directly (in kvm) in works. If I use kexec, it gives
me a kernel panic "Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,0).
Any special option needed?
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, I will double check (again)...
(I'm using bzImage on i386).
Regards
Sven
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2008-12-17 23:45 kexec kernel with embedded initrd? Sven Anders
2008-12-19 17:20 ` Geoff Levand
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