Solved?: Only lilo was able to boot a 2.6-test2 + initrd.

[Shaul Karl <shaulk@actcom.net.il>]

> On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:48:40 -0700 (PDT), James Horey wrote: 
> 
> --- Shaul Karl <shaulk@actcom.net.il> wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:58:50 -0700 (PDT), James
> > Horey wrote:
> >
> > > mount: /dev2/root2 is not a valid block device
> > > mount: /dev2/root2 is not a valid block device
> > > mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> > > pivot_root: No such file or directory
> > > /sbin/init: 196: cannot open dev/console: No such
> > file
> > > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> > >
> >
> >
> >   I also get this with loadlin although I am using a
> > custom image, and
> > both of us have different hardware and root fs.
> > Strangely enough, lilo
> > boots the same settings fine. I have reported about
> > it on
> >
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200308/msg04106.html.
> 
> I've essentially stopped trying to get this kernel
> working. Instead I compiled a 2.6 kernel that doesn't
> use initrd and it works fine.


  Using initrd-tools 0.1.52 fixed the problem for me.
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    Shaul Karl,    shaulk @ actcom . net . il