Re: Possible to delay boot process to boot from USB subsystem?

[Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com>]

Bill Catlan wrote:

> Randy,
> 
> Thanks for the patch, but it does not work for 2.4.26.  The kernel panic I get
> ("Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.")  is
> generated by the init() function in init/main.c.  Willy's patch applies to
> init/main.c, perhaps yours should now as well (i.e., in later kernels)?  (I have
> not tested Willy's patch, but he claims success with a 2.4.23 kernel.)


This is a completely different error from "VFS: Cannot open root device" or 
"unable to mount root".

Are you sure you have a "/sbin" directory with an *executable* "init" file on 
the usb harddrive?

Does your init file depend on libraries that you do not have under "/lib"? (you 
can check with "ldd init")

If your init is a script, does it specify a complete path to the interpreter, 
and do you have an *executable* interpreter there? Does the interpreter require 
libraries or is it static?

I hope this helps,

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