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From: rich turner <rich@storix.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: initrd and fc3
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:59:06 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1102622346.19320.12.camel@rich> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41B8AAF9.6000807@gmail.com>

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 11:43, Matan Peled wrote:
> rich turner wrote:
> 
> >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?
> >
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> You pretty much deduced the bug is in FC3, and not the general kernel...
> 
> So why exactly is this on topic on LKML?
i agree that this isnt the proper place for this topic if it is only
related to fc3.
> 
> 
> Is the bug reproducible on a vanilla kernel.org kernel?
i am doing this now. if this is reproducable in vanilla 2.6.9 then i
will let the list know.
> 
> - Mif
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2004-12-09 19:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-09 19:28 initrd and fc3 rich turner
2004-12-09 19:43 ` Matan Peled
2004-12-09 19:59   ` rich turner [this message]
2004-12-09 20:48 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-12-09 20:55   ` Valdis.Kletnieks

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