About build of L4Linux

[Adam Lackorzynski]

On Wed Jul 18, 2007 at 10:22:07 +0900, Lin wrote:
> > Do you get a prompt when you add a 'init=/bin/sh' to the Linux kernel
> > command line? What type of Red Hat are you using? Seeing this for the
> > first time.
> 
> I don't get a prompt.
> I use "Fedora 7 (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)" in "/dev/hda1".
> And the "/bin/sh" in it is GNU bash 3.2.9 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu).
> The kernel command line values and their massage logs are the following:
> 
> 
> #####################################################################
> 
> (1) task "vmlinuz26" "earlyprintk=yes console=ttyLv0 mem=256MB root=/dev/hda1"
>   .....
>   VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem).
>   modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.21-l4/modules.dep: No
>   such file or directory
> 
>   udevd[73]: init_uevent_netlink_sock: bind failed: No such file or directory
>   udevd[73]: main: error initializing netlink socket
>   Restarting system.
>   l4lx    | Terminating L4Linux.
>   simplets| Exit D.02
> 
> 
> (2) task "vmlinuz26" "earlyprintk=yes console=ttyLv0 mem=256MB
> init=/bin/sh root=/dev/hda1"
>   .....
>   VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem).
>   Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>   panic: going to sleep forever, bye
>   l4lx    | panic: going to sleep forever, bye

The shell is exiting for some reason. I'd guess because /dev is kind of
empty. I cannot check this right now, maybe tomorrow.

> ####################################################################
> 
> 
> What should I set to "init=" generally ?
> Without it, is the default init run automatically ? (but it looks make
> some errors in (1).)

Yes, if not setting it the default init will be started.

> And, do programs such as "/bin/sh" which runs on Fedora run also on L4Linux ?

Yes, L4Linux is binary compatible with native Linux.

You should try a ramdisk first to make sure something works. You can get
one of the L4Linux site.


Adam
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