Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:00:26 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Help using initramfs |
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Mark Jackson wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the correct place to be asking, but I've spend a > while searching Google and am still no wiser. > > I'm looking to use initramfs to create a simple bootable linux distro > for our AVR32 based boards. > > However, I have hit a brick wall at nearly the first step. > > So far I've managed to create a "bloated" kernel containing the > initramfs directory structure and I'm just trying to get a simple "Hello > World" test app running. > > The kernel boots, and the app runs, but I get no output on the console. >
Make sure /dev/null, /dev/zero, and *especially* /dev/console exists in your initramfs.
-hpa
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