Hi Tom, My previous mail had a link with the exact commands to execute: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bucd-develop.xml.html#id3256747
Eric > indeed .. for the making of the image I had to use "dd if=initrd.lrp" > instead of "dd if=/dev/zero" I guess .. So I changed this, and my file is > now a lot bigger .. but still 70kb's smaller then the original file and > still blocking on the same > > So I must be doing something wrong somewhere .. I'm not a real expert > at these things, so it's possible I'm looking over something very small > > grtz, Tom > > > > Citeren KP Kirchdoerfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> On Wednesday 26 March 2008 10:56:47 Tom Hendrickx wrote: >> >>> Hi Eric >>> >>> >>> My plan is indeed to load the packages from an ext2 fs .. >>> So what I did was the following: >>> >>> >>> initrd.lrp >>> >>> initrd.lrp is a different package - it's a compressed, minix >>> formatted filesystem. To add or change it's content you have to >>> uncompress it and mount it on a minix formatted mount point: >>> >>> dd if=/dev/zero of=initrd bs=1k count=1500 mkfs.minix initrd 4096 mount >>> -t minix initrd /mnt -o loop >>> >>> >>> Copy the contents for the initrd package to the /mnt directory: >>> this is the ext2.o file >>> >>> sync umount /mnt gzip -9 initrd mv initrd.gz initrd.lrp >>> >>> then when I try to start the machine to see if everything still works >>> I >>> get this error: Warning : unable to open an initial console. >>> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to Kernel. >>> >>> >>> *and everything hangs* >>> ps: it's still on a fat filesystem .. but that's still inside the >>> initrd normally so it shouldn't make any difference >>> >>> Tom >>> >> >> It looks like you created an nearly empty initrd, only containing >> ext2.o - that's not enough. >> >> Start again, mount an initrd_ide.lrp and _add_ ext2.o to >> /boot/lib/modules >> and load it in /boot/etc/modules. >> >> kp >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/market >> place >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >> Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketpl > ace > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
