Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:23:45 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: (Sparc64) 2.6.20 seems to ignore initramfs |
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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?
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