Re: Customized 2.6.10 kernel on a Compact Flash

[Roland Dreier <roland@topspin.com>]

    govind> Thanks for all the pointers.  We had taken the /sbin/init
    govind> from the existing Linux installation from where we had
    govind> created the customized image. We need to have a inittab
    govind> and we believe that we have set it correctly. The GRUB
    govind> detects the CF hard disk as hda0 when we boot the embedded
    govind> board and so in both the kernel parameter in grub.conf as
    govind> well as in the inittab file we have / (root) marked as
    govind> /dev/hda0. But we are perplexed by the message that the
    govind> kernel prints out on being booted from the flash and just
    govind> before panic'ing...

Using /dev/hda0 as root seems a little strange to me, as the usual way
of naming partitions starts with 1 (so the first partition would be
/dev/hda1).  However the kernel seems to be finding and starting your
init executable, so that likely isn't your problem.

I would suggest starting by using a statically linked shell as your init
and building up from there.

 - Roland