On 18/04/15 06:08, Jude Nelson wrote:
Hi Anto,
[snip]
1. compile and install vdev
2. copy vdev's initrd into /boot
3. rename /sbin/init to /sbin/init.novdev
4. copy vdev's init file into /sbin
The init program in example/initramfs/init goes into
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/init, not /sbin/init :) The initramfs's
init script is fundamentally different from the init program in
/sbin. That also explains your inability to reboot.
Basically, when the bootloader loads the initramfs, the kernel mounts
it as the root device and starts /sbin/init. /sbin/init, in turn,
runs the script at /init (which you can see from the initramfs shell
with "ls /"), which is copied into the initramfs image by the
update-initramfs and mkinitramfs tools from the file
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/init.
I am still using file-rc instead of sysv-rc, but I didn't clean up
/etc/rc?.d directories. I tried to use sysv-rc, but my mouse and
keyboard are not being detected when using kernel 3.18.11. They
are only being detected on kernel 3.2.0 from wheezy repository. I
think there is something wrong with my kernel config but I will
investigate that later.
Not sure yet what could be the cause of your keyboard and mouse not
working. Let's see what happens after you fix steps 3 and 4--it could
be a side-effect of the init program being broken, since the init
program should also run the console setup scripts.
Thanks,
Jude
Hello Jude,
I have just tried to boot with vdev's initrd, wheezy init, example's
init on /usr/share/initramds-tools, and only /etc/init.d/vdev on
/etc/runlevel.conf but the result is the same, i.e. ends up at
(initramfs) prompt.
I only focus on testing your vdev using the standard wheezy kernel
3.2.0, as I am using German keyboard layout so my keyboard does not work
with vdev on non-standard kernel. Thanks Isaac for pointing this out.
I took the picture of my screen, vdev debugging log and dmesg from
(initramfs) prompt. The picture is still quite bad from photographic
point of view, but I think it is good enough to give you information.
Please find them on
https://minifora.eu/public/devuan/vdev/on_initramfs_18Apr15.tar.gz.
Please just let me know if you needed more detail information.
Cheers,
Anto
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