Re: initrd udev/devfs problem

[maximilian attems <maks@stro.at>]

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

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maks