One question, is your devfs mounted or are you using static nodes under /dev (as created with mknod)? 2012/9/20, Stayvoid <stayvoid@xxxxxxxxx>: >> So you (or your distro rather) needs to do something like >> >> # mount /dev/mapper/root /mnt >> # switch_root /mnt /sbin/init >> >> The distribution you use will affect exactly how you configure this >> because >> it's not standard. > > It's "something completely different." > I'm using Lemote YeeLoong and PMON as a bootloader. > > PMON's conf is pretty easy to understand: > > title 1 > kernel (wd0,0)/vmlinuz-linux-libre > initrd (wd0,0)/initramfs-linux-libre.img > args root=/dev/mapper/main console=tty no_auto_cmd > > But this is not working. > It drops me to a recovery shell: > > :: running early hook [udev] > :: running hook [udev] > :: Triggering uevents... > ERROR: device '/dev/mapper/main' not found. Skipping fsck. > ERROR: Unable to find root device '/dev/mapper/main'. > You are being dropped to a recovery shell > Type 'exit' to try and continue booting > sh: can't access tty; job control turned off > Trying to continue (this will most likely fail) ... > :: mounting '/dev/mapper/main' on real root > mount: special device /dev/mapper/main does not exist > You are now being dropped into an emergency shell. > sh: can't access tty; job control turned off > > Should it work this way? > Should I decrypt the main partition using the recovery shell? > (I can't access /dev/mapper from the recovery shell.) > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
