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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:45:49 +0100
From: "Christian MICHON" <christian.michon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] How to run qemu (i386) without hda image?
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On 1/28/07, Neo Jia <neojia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. After removing "root=/dev/hda", I still get the following
> error messages. I think the kernel should be boot even without the
> fc3.img, right?

not necessarily. if your kernel contains an initramfs, then it is
self sufficient. Again, the boot process ends with the initrd
you supplied... Maybe this initrd lacks drivers or shell scripts
to properly start init. I cannot tell unless I've a close look
at the initrd content and the config file used to compile the
kernel.

try now adding "init=/bin/sh" :)

--
Christian