Bug#640418: Does not use an initrd on mipsel/loongson-2f systems
Hi Joey,
On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 10:42:33AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Matt Kraai wrote:
> > When I install on a Lemote Yeeloong, the resulting system fails to
> > boot because the root filesystem uses ext4 and the kernel doesn't have
> > a way to mount it since it doesn't use an initrd. The attached patch
> > should make it do so.
>
> This adds subarch-specific logic to a new location. If mipsel
> uses an initrd now, perhaps this in templates-arch should be changed?
> Or does the kernel somehow only support an initrd on the loongson?
>
> Template: base-installer/kernel/linux/initrd-2.6
> Type: boolean
> Default: true
> Default[mips]: false
> Default[mipsel]: false
> Default[m68k]: false
The loongson-2f sub-architecture uses GRUB and is able to use an
initrd. I don't know about the other subarchitectures...
Copying debian-mips to see if anyone there knows.
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Matt Kraai
https://ftbfs.org/kraai
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