On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Andres Salomon wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.92f > > On OLPC machines, root is a nand device that is mounted as mtd0 (it is > neither a block device nor a char device). The arguments passed to the > kernel are "ro root=mtd0 rootfstype=jffs2".
could you try to give the full device string root=/dev/mtd0 > Unfortunately, attempting to use an initrd based upon initramfs-tools > on such a machine results in a kernel panic and a syntax error. > > > Begin: Mounting root file system ... /init: line 172: syntax error: > 0xmtd0 > > The probably appears to be in parse_numeric(); the init scripts assume > that normal devices are always prefixed with /, and root= strings that > aren't are raw device numbers (prefixing them with 0x). I'm not sure > if there are other devices similar to mtd that don't begin with a /. parse_numeric is for legacy lilo support, right. does aboves circumvent it? thanks for report! -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
