similar to: Query on Initramfs' and Initrd's coexistence

Hi 1. Is it possible to load an initrd from initramfs ? How would you do this if the initramfs is being loaded dynamically in the kernel (ie having the initramfs as initrd ) Because in this case, you will say root = /dev/initrd and specify 'initrd' as your 'initramfs source file' How will you specify the second initrd source? Thanks Rachita.

Hi I had some doubts regarding what all the init application should do: >> so, that should that application do? >> - mount /dev/hda1 /new-root >> - cd /new-root >> - run-init 1. Of what I understand, before exitting, init should mount the realroot and execute the init process. Is realroot the '/' or the empty directory created (in the cpio archive) ?

Hi, I 'am trying to launch linux kernel 2.6.7 with initramfs. My pxelinux.cfg/default file looks as follows: default a1 prompt 1 timeout 600 label a1 kernel vmlinuz-2.6.7-1 append initrd=initramfs_data.cpio.gz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc Kernel image vmlinuz-2.6.7-1 and initramfs_data.cpio.gz was loaded succesfully by pxelinux. Kernel says: checking if image is initramfs... it is but

Hi I am looking at inserting functions in the early user space and want to use initramfs for this. I understand this can be achieved using 'initrd' or by making changes in the 'usr/gen_init_cpio.c' file. Can someone kindly give me pointers as to how to go about this. I am looking at the 2.6.x kernel. Thanks Rachita.

Hi, I am looking for a solution to boot MY system on any PC. To store most of the system and all of my data I want to use an USB storage (in my case an external USB harddisk (2.0 capable)). Since booting off an USB device is not an universal thing I would prefer to have a boot disk with a minimal system - just enough to load most (all?) of the system from the attached USB device. Is this an

I converted my lvm root initrd to an initramfs by putting glibc, lvm, pivot_root, my linuxrc, etc. in my initramfs source file. I use ash compiled against klibc to run my linuxrc Unfortunately - pivot_root . initrd - complains - pivot_root: Invalid argument I suspect this may be because you can't pivot_root using a cpio initramfs root? If so, what should I do instead? Should I

hi ya syslinuxerz - i've been slowly working on a making a custom bootable standalone usb-stick with X11 and kde - it's basically builds itself off of a slackware-10.1 server - create a custom initrd.gz ( /dev/ram0 ) http://linux-boot.net/Bootable/InitRD/ - create a custom rootfs.gz ( /dev/loop0 ) http://linux-boot.net/Bootable/RootFS/ - create X11 and kde loopfiles

Hello, I'm trying to fix netbooting and I got quit far. Before this, it reported that it had no root disk, I fixed this by specifying my initrd. Nou it crys's: Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream I think I made the mistake whit the creation of the initrd file. What should I put in it except the /linuxrc. I put a echo "TEST" in de /linuxrc to see if it runs, in

[Who wants to be on CC here? I took several names from the posters to the last lkml and klibc list threads: Olaf Hering, H. Peter Anvin, Roman Zippel, Jeff Bailey, Aaron Griffin, Gerd Hoffmann, Milton Miller, Andi Kleen, Jeff Garzik. Since I'm not subscribed I only see the From unless I am Cc'd]. On Mon Jul 10 21:48:34 PDT 2006, Olaf Hering wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at

Hi, I am trying to figure out a poor mans install ... I want to be able to boot CD iso thats on my hard disc .. There is an option to install via hard drive .. but I keep getting VFAT16 files system errors .. I know where copied iso image is ... I can boot kernel but linuxrc will not start LiveCD ... Maybe I could rewrite linuxrc to allow this but as it works from ram I am finding hard to

ROOT_DEV carries a root device number communicated in an architecture- specific way. We now pass it to kinit via the real-root-dev sysctl call. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> --- commit 0f5a324d655ad582246b6830843114d09835f593 tree fd3a96a69b6d74ee33dcd54a58b8666c02139a3a parent f3e41698e540a7d39658d6590fde1379c0f5bab0 author H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> Thu,

Hello, Im a Gentoo kernel maintainer thats trying to fix some bugs on are upcoming 1.4 livecd release that uses IsoLinux. Our isolinux.cfg is pretty standard : ######################################### default gentoo append initrd=initrd acpi=off root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc timeout 300 prompt 1 display boot.msg F1 boot.msg F2 help.msg label livecd kernel gentoo append

Hi, I can get into basic shell (from linuxrc) but now I want to boot main system ... ie chroot into untar system & run from there ... but when I run /sbin/init 3 I get kernel panic wondered if /dev was set up .. if not how do I get it working ... sorry to so vague but its diffcult to describe what I want to do...... so to sum up I want to go from initrd (linuxrc) to log into console of

hi, i am wondering about how submission of append parameters can be done. i have the following isolinux.cfg: --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFAULT linux PROMPT 1 TIMEOUT 100 LABEL linux KERNEL vmlinuz APPEND initrd=initrd.gz nomce quiet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- what i want to do is to tell at

> /diskless/pxelinux.cfg/default > --- > DEFAULT /gentoo-x86_64/boot/kernel-3.14.14-gentoo > APPEND ip=dhcp ro rootfstype=nfs root=/dev/nfs > nfsroot=10.0.0.11:/diskless/gentoo-x86_64 > init=/linuxrc That pxelinux.cfg/default seems "tolerable" for older versions, but not for Syslinux 5+. Is this an inadequate copy of the actual content? Or is it really a

I have tried to use isolinux 2.05, and I am running into a problem where it will not boot. I have previously used version 1.66, and the older version works just fine. Changing nothing except dropping the new version in does not work. Below is all of the relevant info, I believe. This occurs on multiple machines with different BIOS. I am currently in process of doing a binary search to find the

I'm wondering where things are on the roadmap for klibc and initramfs/early userspace. When will everything be harmonized with the kernel and be the default? What is left to do? I'm in my own little world, but I have a pretty good klibc/hotplug/udev/kinit early userspace that just works (for me). It's taken me a bit to get things to work because I just couldn't find all the

Hello, I am using with success SYSLINUX-1.48 to boot a CD-Rom in order to realize an automatic installation of Linux. Actually all messages during the boot step are displayed on VGA screen. In the operational version, we have only a VT on COM1. I have tested to modified my syslinux.cfg like the following listing but boot messages are always displayed on VGA screen ! Can you help me, please ? (I

Dear All, I have a following query: - My initrd image is created using ext2 filesystem. - The filesystem type of / is specified as ext3 in /etc/fstab file. - I dont mount the real root during execution of linuxrc because I referred some documents saying that if you dont mount real root from linuxrc the kernel will mount it after linuxrc is finished. - The system boots up successfully, mount

Hello again, I'm always not able to boot-up my CF-FileSystem. (It works with a 2.4.x Kernel!) See: http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2006-June/006942.html I dont't understand, why the kernel can't mount the root-fs on exit of "linuxrc". Before finising "linuxrc" I can work on it, start a "bash"-shell, do all sorts of linux-cmds on the root-fs...