On Feb 23 2007 15:47, Andrew Walrond wrote: >On Friday 23 February 2007 15:17, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: >> >> Try to decrease the initramfs size just to know if it boots correctly. >> >> I.e., put just a sh/bash/ash/dash binary there (probably /dev/console >> node, too), executed in init. >> >> Then, try to start the kernel with initramfs embedded in the kernel, >> then as initrd etc. - this will show if the fault is on your side, or >> kernel's. > >I have tracked this down to a broken version of gnu cpio (latest release, 2.7) >which was used to create the initramfs archive. Bloody annoying since this >has bitten me before! Last time I even sent the maintainer a bug report, and >apparently a fix is in CVS waiting for the next release. Ho hum. Forgot the -c flag, right? Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
