On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Sri Ram Vemulpali <sri.ram.gmu06@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > but when I used the following command > "find . | cpio --quiet -H newc -o | gzip -9 -n > /boot/imagefile.img" > to make cpio archive of initrd, I do not see any errors in creating > device files, > when I unarchive it. really weird, but glad you solved it...and it's nice that you share it to us... > There was a wrong entry > "/dev/root", this device > do not exist in initrd image and grub do not create nor attach initrd > contents to /dev/root. Grub creates /dev/ram0 or /dev/ram or > /dev/initrd and attaches initrd contents > to this device. Kernel then reads contents from one of these devices > as root fs. IIRC, /dev/root is like generic name for the rootfs device. Sometimes ago I checked kernel source and I conclude that it is a name actually given when initramfs is mounted....but then kernel do pivot to real root device in the disk > Now the current problem is, I am stuck on, unable to get console. I > got stuck after sshd (I want dropbear daemon on my machine), it seems > sshd got started, but no prompt is displayed. > I think I should get console control. Any ideas. i think in "man ssh", there is an option to force tty allocation. Anyway, it's going OOT here... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
