Re: boot/root floppy: "Kernel panic: no init found"

[Chris Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca>]

[milos]14:39:41[bin]$ ldd busybox 
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4001b000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)

Aha! Thanks! (I assumed this thing would link statically by default -- 
still can't see why it doesn't..)

-chris


On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote:

> Chris Majewski wrote:
> > 1) rdev the kernel on the floppy to /dev/fd0, mkfs.ext2 on a second floppy,
> > install   Busybox  on   this  floppy   (Busybox  is   a   really  tiny
> > implementation   of  various   unix  essentials,   like   /bin/sh  and
> > /sbin/init.) Boots fine, then prompts  for root diskette. I insert the
> > root diskette, press Enter, and get the above error message. Yes there
> > is  an executable  /sbin/init on  the  root floppy.  Perhaps the  root
> > floppy should  not have  a filesystem  on it?? But  the kernel  says it
> > mounted root. Hmm. 
> 
> You will get the same "not found" message if you don't have a libc on
> the floppy and your program is dynamically linked. Link it statically or
> look into using mklibs.sh from the debian boot-floppies source to
> generate a reduced libc.
> 
> -- 
> see shy jo
>