Re: Install Debian/armel with a custom kernel
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 07:38:38AM -0700, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * M.Oner <tenroh@o2.pl> [2009-04-08 12:52]:
> > but instead of using uimage of initrd, I have added "root=/dev/sdb1 rw"
> > to bootargs, where sdb1 is a partition where I have unpacked (gzip+cpio)
> > initrd.gz with Debian's netinstall.
> >
> > My ARM machine (Lacie NAS) loads kernel perfectly, but startup process
> > ends here:
> >
> > [...]
> > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) on device 8:17.
> > Freeing init memory: 136K
> > Setting up filesystem, please wait ...
> > pivot_root: Not a directory
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>
> afaik initramfs-tools expects a ramdisk and doesn't work with a
> filesystem on disk.
aboves message is *not* from initramfs-tools, but from the kernel
itself, when you see aboves you have no initramfs loaded yet at all.
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