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From: Mark Jackson <mpfj@mimc.co.uk>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mrustad@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Help using initramfs
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:27:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <492D32A5.2060300@mimc.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <492D2A2A.905@mimc.co.uk>

Mark Jackson wrote:

<snip>

> My next problem is this ... below is a copy of my /init script ...
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #Mount things needed by this script
> mount -t proc proc /proc
> mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
> mdev -s
> echo "wibble"
> echo "qwerty" > /dev/console
> exec /sbin/init
> exit 0
> 
> And this is the console output ...
> 
> mount: permission denied. (are you root?)
> mount: permission denied. (are you root?)

<snip>

> Does /init not inherently run as root ?
> 
> If not, how do I fix the problem ?

Doh ... fixed.

I didn't had busybox owner set to root.

I'm now up and running !!

Thanks

      reply	other threads:[~2008-11-26 11:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-25 20:38 Help using initramfs Mark Jackson
2008-11-25 21:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-11-26 10:51   ` Mark Jackson
2008-11-26 11:27     ` Mark Jackson [this message]

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