Re: initrd udev/devfs problem

[sergei@cs.utk.edu]

On (02/21/07 18:20), maximilian attems wrote:
> heya,
> 
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:29:10AM -0500, sergei@cs.utk.edu wrote:
> <snipp>
> > machine without any issues). The problem is it seems initrd is
> > somehow dependant on devfs support. As far as I can tell, what
> > happends is that when initrd get loaded it tries to mount /dev
> > using devfs when that fails it can't pivot_root as /dev doesn't
> > exist and it kernel panics. I've looked over mkinitrd.conf but
> > didn't see anything related to devfs or udev. Has anyone seen
> > anything like this before? I'd greatly appreceate any advice.
> > 
> > -Sergei
> 
> use mkinitramfs from initramfs-tools
> 
> regards

Hi,

Thanks for the reply, I will try this out. This leads me to
another question, is there any way to integrate initrmfs-tools 
with make-kpkg?

-Sergei