Hi Mirek, If you think the networking might be the source of the problem maybe try to make a very simple root file system using initramfs to see if you can get the init program (or busybox) working.
Just create a file in that looks something like: dir /dev 755 0 0 nod /dev/console 644 0 0 c 5 1 nod /dev/ttyS0 644 0 0 c 4 64 dir /proc 755 0 0 dir /sys 755 0 0 file /init usr/busybox 755 0 0 and then tell the kernel about it General_Setup-> Initramfs source file(s) It will build the file system into the kernel image. Also, thanks for the files. Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mirek23 Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:09 AM To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: RE: zImage.elf loads but does not start >It seems to be that the console works fine and the root file system is mounted properly via NFS. >I do not however understand why eldk4.1 init does not work. I have done some more investigations. My observation is as following: The eldk4.1/ppc_4xx root file system has the init which is not statically built. When I removed the lib directory on the NFS server:/opt/eldk4.1/ppc_4xx/lib the kernel has booted up to the point: [ 9.302101] VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem). [ 9.357642] Freeing unused kernel memory: 96k init [ 9.481509] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. When the lib directory was present the last printed message was: [ 9.357642] Freeing unused kernel memory: 96k init I have observed the same behaviour with busybox accessed via NFS. I have compiled busybox with crosstool-0.43 (gcc-4.0.2 glibc-2.3.2) because eldk4.1 crosscompilers failed to compile busybox. When using busybox mounted via NFS I copied the lib directory from crosstool. Unfortunately also this time the system hanged at init. My own version of init which uses printf just to print the string to the screen runs however fine. Would somebody have some suggestion what might cause the problem to properly launch the init command. Best Regards Mirek -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/zImage.elf-loads-but-not-starts-tf3607582.html#a10 621564 Sent from the linuxppc-embedded mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded