Re: Amstrad ppc640

[Joost Vermeulen <jvermeul@sci.kun.nl>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 11:20:59PM +0100, Riley Williams wrote:
 >Hi Joost.
 >
 > >> According to those messages, the root image is missing both
 > >> /bin/init and /bin/sh so it would be an idea to verify whether
 > >> those files are actually present at those paths within the
 > >> root image.
 >
 > > The image runs perfectly on my workstation, so I guess both
 > > /bin/init and /bin/sh are on the file system :)
 >
 >The easy way to be certain...
 >
 > 1. Copy the root image to the file ~/elks-root.img on your
 >    workstation.
 >
 > 2. Run the following commands thereon:
 >
 >	mkdir ~/elks-root
 >	mount -o loop ~/elks-root.img ~/elks-root
 >	ls -l /bin/{init,sh}
 >	umount ~/elks-root
 >
 >If the ls -l command fails to list either file, that file isn't
 >where it's supposed to be...
 >

Both files are where they supposed to be, so that couldn't be the problem
I'm thinking that it has to do something with dup, 'cause it says dup failed
but it is kinda odd, that is runs out of filehandlers, that isn't hardware
based is it ? A quick manlookup of dup says: 

ERRORS
     Dup() and dup2() fail if:

     [EBADF]            Oldd or newd is not a valid active descriptor

     [EMFILE]           Too many descriptors are active.

But it could also be something else :)

Joost