Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 04/25/2015 05:29 PM, songbird wrote:
> The Wanderer wrote:
> > songbird wrote:
> > > The Wanderer wrote:
> > > > songbird wrote:
> >
> > > > > /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with
> > > > > no CRC)
> > > >
> > > > So it's not compressed at all.
> > > >
> > > > Try
> > > >
> > > > cpio -i < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae
> > > >
> > > > to expand it (again, from within an _empty_ directory).
> > > =20
> > >    yes, that did not give an error.  but not much is in
> > > there:  this is interesting...  :)
> > > =20
> > > # cpio -i -v < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae
> > > kernel
> > > kernel/x86
> > > kernel/x86/microcode
> > > kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
> > > 22 blocks
> > > =20
> > > # du .
> > > du .
> > > 16	./kernel/x86/microcode
> > > 20	./kernel/x86
> > > 24	./kernel
> > > 28	.
> >
> > That's _very_ weird. If my experience is any guide, there should be an
> > entire root-like hierarchy in there; mine contains
> >
> > bin/ conf/ etc/ init lib/ lib64/ run/ sbin/ scripts/
> >
> > with appropriate content under each. Instead, this looks like a simple
> > "addon filesystem" archive.

Sorry I missed it, but what version of Debian does this occur on??


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