Hello Richard,
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> I finally got my main machine back up after Linux-2.3.39 trashed
> all file-systems as previously reported.
>
> The last 3 kernels have problems with initial ramdisk support. I
> read that those who are capable of testing this sort of thing do
> not want to go through all the trouble of creating an initial
> ram-disk for testing.
>
> The following script will make an initial ramdisk to boot from
> a floppy "/dev/fd0". It does not touch your hard disk nor in any
> way mess up your present configuration.
>
> If this was called "make_ramdisk", you would put a floppy into the first
> drive and execute `make_ramdisk 2.3.39`
> |_________ Kernel version number.
>
> This script presumes that you have initial ramdisk support compiled into
> your kernel and that the loop device is either installed as a module, or
> otherwise working. It also presumes that the kernel you want to use
> is /usr/src/linux-VERSION/arch/i386/boot/bzImage, where you enter
> the version number. Additionally, it presumes that your /boot/boot.b
> exists.
>
> Once a boot-floppy is created, reboot from the floppy. Once initial
> ramdisk support is again working, it will print a moving message on
> the screen. If it doesn't work (currently), you will see the panic
> and resulting crash. I don't presently have any way of capturing
> this crash data.
... snip ...
> # Set some compatibility links.
> #
> ln -s /dev/tty0 ${RAMDISK}/dev/systty
> ln -s /dev/tty0 ${RAMDISK}/dev/console
> ln -s /dev/ram1 ${RAMDISK}/dev/ram
> ln -s /lib ${RAMDISK}/usr/lib
> ln -s /lib ${RAMDISK}/usr/local/lib
> #
... snip ...
Are you sure of these links ? I didn't see a chroot above
to change the location of / to the ${RAMDISK} . JimL
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