From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261585AbULITYn (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:24:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261590AbULITYn (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:24:43 -0500 Received: from [206.71.178.18] ([206.71.178.18]:17845 "EHLO storix.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261585AbULITYf (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:24:35 -0500 Subject: initrd and fc3 From: rich turner To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1102620480.19320.8.camel@rich> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:28:01 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org i am testing fc3 by using an old-school initrd. by old-school i mean not the new initramfs/cpio type initrd. the process i use to create the initrd works for all other distributions (suse, mandrake, debian, fc2, 2.2.x, 2.4.x, 2.6.x, etc) but fails with fc3 (2.6.9-1.667). upon system boot, the kernel executes, checks to see if the initrd is initramfs (it isnt), finds the initrd (ext2), mounts it, and then immediately exits without executing linuxrc. anyone have any ideas as to why linuxrc is not being executed?