Bug#270321: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: PReP boot failure
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 12:09:58AM -0500, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Sep 8, 2004, at 11:20 PM, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> >
> >Hollis Blanchard writes:
> >
> >>pivot_root: No sKernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> >>uch file or dire ctory
> >>/sbin/ini<0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..t: 426: cannot open dev/console:
> >>No such file
> >
> >What kernel command line did you use? Try passing a root option
> >there, set to wherever you keep your root file system. This should do
> >the trick.
>
> Unfortunately the machine in question is now my home router, so
> difficult to run further tests on.
>
> I have another slightly-smaller but otherwise identical machine I was
> planning on continuing tests on. Unfortunately I have wasted all night,
> ultimately decoding the tftp protocol by hand, to discover that this
> new machine apparently will not accept a 6MB kernel + initrd via
> netboot.
>
> I will try to test the original machine soon with "root=/dev/hda3".
Ok, this speaks loudly for a smaller image than the main netboot one (maybe
called netboot-minimal ?), which would have the following network adapters
only :
oldworld used ones.
via-rhine (for pegasos 1)
pcnet32
some smaller common ones maybe ?
And be available only in english. This should bring the size down to a
reasonable level, which should work on oldworld and prep boxes, not sure if it
will be ok for pegasos 1 too.
Does this seem reasonable ? I will checkin an not automatically enabled one
later today and build it for you for testing.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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