From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937884AbXG3XrO (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:47:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759839AbXG3XrB (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:47:01 -0400 Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.5]:54776 "EHLO smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757722AbXG3XrA (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:47:00 -0400 Message-ID: <46AE786F.3010208@blueyonder.co.uk> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:46:55 +0100 From: Sid Boyce Reply-To: g3vbv@blueyonder.co.uk Organization: blueyonder.co.uk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc1-git3 init failure References: <46ABF0FA.8060301@blueyonder.co.uk> <6bffcb0e0707300725i3bb8b677i75aeec6fed66bee2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6bffcb0e0707300725i3bb8b677i75aeec6fed66bee2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michal Piotrowski wrote: > Hi Sid, > > On 29/07/07, Sid Boyce wrote: > >> > Boot failure on x86_64 (64X2), says it can't find init, specifically >> > /init. 2.6.23-rc1-git1 boots and runs successfully. I haven't tried >> > -git2. I shall reboot on 2.6.23-rc1-git3 tomorrow and record the full >> > message. >> > Strings from vmlinux in both the above:- >> > >> > Kernel alive >> > /dev/console >> > <4>Warning: unable to open an initial console. >> > <4>Failed to execute %s >> > <4>Failed to execute %s. Attempting defaults... >> > /sbin/init >> > /etc/init >> > /bin/init >> > /bin/sh >> > No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. >> > >> > Tried option "init=/sbin/init" and got the same failure. >> > Regards >> > Sid. >> >> I see the sam problem with 2.6.23-rc1-git5. >> >> Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed >> failed to execute /init >> kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to >> kernel >> >> Copying /sbin/init to / results in the same error. >> openSUSE 10.3Alpha6plus >> # rpm -qf /sbin/init >> sysvinit-2.86-90 >> > > Please read chapter 4.1 and 4.5 > http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/handbook/handbook-en-0.3-rc1.pdf > > It should be very simple > > git-bisect start > git-bisect bad > git-bisect good 0de085bb474f64e4fdb2f1ff3268590792648c7b > > and so on and so forth > > >> Regards >> Sid. >> > > Regards, > Michal > > Looks like a job for the weekend. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks