> > Has anyone tried to build their own kernel without > > using initrd as suggested by the documentation in > > section 7.2.3.2? I am curious what kernels people > > have confirmed to work. I have tried 2.4.18 but I > > have problems with NFS-root. I found 2.4.19 fixes > > the NFS-root problem but breaks the ramdisk used > > for the RW /tmp filesystem. > > I've done it sucessfully, but why bother. > Hack the initrd-kit to do anything-you-want. > I've used it for a bootable-cd install, and for an > embedded flash system. > > If you've used syslinux for your system, you are > 90% of the way there with the initrd kit.
Well, that seemed like a reasonable suggestion so I tried it and had the same problem with mounting the ramdisk on /tmp with and without initrd. So that made me take a closer look and I found it was mounting the /dev/ram1, but not as an ext2 filesystem. It turns out that the /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/rc.local (line 65) does not pass the '-t ext2' flag to tell mount what type of filesystem to use, so when I added that it finally worked. I think it is because I included the kernel config option CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=Y and in the LTSP prebuilt kernel it is configured as a loadable module. Adding the '-t ext2' would be a simple improvement for the 3.1 release! :) BEFORE: /bin/mount -n /dev/ram1 /tmp AFTER: /bin/mount -t ext2 -n /dev/ram1 /tmp Regards, Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
