Hi.

 > I  am new to ELKS.
 >
 > I am using elks-0.1.1,elksnet-0.1.1, elkscmd_20020501.tar.gz,
 > Dev86src-0.16.11.tar.gz and I am compiling on a Pentium - Linux
 > Kernel 2.4. I have been able to compile and get all the Binaries.
 > The boot floppy comes up fine. The root floppy is giving me a
 > panic.
 >
 > ***********************
 >
 > ELKS version 0.1.1
 > fd: probing disc in /dev/fd1
 > fd: /dev/fd1 probably has 18 sectors and 80 cylinders
 > VFS: Mounted root (minix filesystem).
 > Loading init
 > sys_execve("/bin/init",args,18) => 65528.

That 65528 is -6 written as an unsigned integer, and indicates a bug
in the printk routine (more specifically in the numout() routine it
calls to actually display the values). I have just committed a patch
to fix that bug, and the patch is enclosed.

 > panic: Oops - trying to access dir
 > apparant call stack:
 > (0) ret addr = 3296 params =  67B4 26C4 2 26D0 2F64 0
 > (1) ret addr = 33F4 params =  3D6 26EA 26EC 67B4 26E6 80
 > (2) ret addr = 35C3 params =  3D6 3 8000 2706 0 3
 > (3) ret addr = 41C0 params =  3D6 2 0 310 FFF8 2268
 > (4) ret addr = 103 params =  0 0 0 0 0 0
 > (5) ret addr = 0 params =  2268 A9 9FC0 2C74 3FF2 1E
 > (6) ret addr = 9C params =  E120 1DA4 E5EC 0 0 1

We really need something to convert those return addresses into actual
routine names, as the addresses themselves are basically meaningless 8(

 > I saw an identical posting by Mark Robson in Mar 03. I did not
 > find a solution to it. It looks like the init is not able to get
 > executed. Has anybody faced this problem ?

Unfortunately, I can't help with your problem itself. Sorry.

Best wishes from Riley.
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