From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261592AbULITzk (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:55:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261596AbULITzk (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:55:40 -0500 Received: from [206.71.178.18] ([206.71.178.18]:35509 "EHLO storix.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261592AbULITzd (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:55:33 -0500 Subject: Re: initrd and fc3 From: rich turner To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <41B8AAF9.6000807@gmail.com> References: <1102620480.19320.8.camel@rich> <41B8AAF9.6000807@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1102622346.19320.12.camel@rich> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:59:06 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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? > > > >- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > > > > 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 > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/