From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3D234DA8.E18192F4@wvi.com> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 12:16:56 -0700 From: Jim Potter Reply-To: jrp@wvi.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Kernel panics running from ramdisk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: I'm building a ramdisk image for use with my embedded SMP ppc system, and I'm getting pernicious reoccurring (although seemingly random) kernel panics: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds.. Sometimes the panics occur when typing the first command, sometimes several minutes into the session. My goal is to assemble a flash-based ramdisk image that is a bit more full-featured than the minimal ones available in various places. After copying and stripping various libraries and binaries from a recent YDL install I've got one that gzips down to around 3meg, and after running ldd on everything it looks like the libraries are in all the right places (/lib & /usr/lib). I'm passing "init=/bin/sh" to the kernel. Has anyone found a cause for the "Attempted to kill init" panic that doesn't involve mis-placed (or missing) libraries? According to ldd I've got the libraries sorted out. Thanks, all. -- Sincerely, Jim Potter 45th Parallel Processing Those that would give up a necessary freedom for temporary safety deserve neither freedom nor safety. -- Ben Franklin ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/