From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from web51309.mail.yahoo.com (web51309.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.175]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EE05667B1C for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:34:44 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <20050418153442.83479.qmail@web51309.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:34:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Pawel Studencki To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: using initramfs with ppc List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hello, I use a custom board with 8xx and kernel 2.6.11 and try to mount root fs based on cramfs. I still have problems with mounting VFS: VFS: Cannot open root device "mtdblock1" or unknown-block(31,1) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(31,1) I found, that perhaps the reason is initramfs. How do you use initramfs on ppc? Is it possible to turn off initramfs? If I've understood correct "Documentation/early-userspace/README", there is possibility to boot direct from flash. My filesystem for initramfs is very simple in default "initramfs_list" file: dir /dev 0755 0 0 nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1 dir /root 0700 0 0 do I have to append special files or directories? thanks for any hints. regards Pawel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/