I compiled the kernel but it doesn't do any thing, its a bit like typing "halt
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init=/bin/sh is already defined in
init/main.cisn't it?Once the kernel has booted, it usually passed control to init. The kernel usually looks for init in /sbin /etc and /bin, but if there is no init in those locations,
/bin/shis looked for as a last resort.I am assuming that you have an init on your system, but something is wrong.
Perhaps. It may be the kernel.
Using init=/bin/sh will allow you to use the shell as the init
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process, which proves it's an init problem.
I did it but to no avail... Alas Mandrake sucks :-)
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I accidentally compiled initrd in, but ive got it off with "noinitrd".
I don't really understand what you're trying to do.
Ok John, I'll put it simply, Im trying to compile a 2.5.* kernel. ;-)
Once ive got a 2.5.* series kernel to work on my machine, I've decided to download .66 when I can get the one Ive got now to compile.
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Ok John, calm down you seem a bit agitated :-) Maybe you've been talking to Andre ;-)
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init=/bin/sh is already defined in
init/main.cisn't it?Once the kernel has booted, it usually passed control to init. The kernel usually looks for init in /sbin /etc and /bin, but if there is no init in those locations,
/bin/shis looked for as a last resort.I am assuming that you have an init on your system, but something is wrong.
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Perhaps. It may be the kernel.
Using init=/bin/sh will allow you to use the shell as the init
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process, which proves it's an init problem.
I did it but to no avail... Alas Mandrake sucks :-)
So, does the shell run successfully, or does the kernel still hang?
If the shell runs successfully, it's an init problem. If the kernel hangs, it's probably a kernel problem.
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I accidentally compiled initrd in, but ive got it off with "noinitrd".
I don't really understand what you're trying to do.
Ok John, I'll put it simply, Im trying to compile a 2.5.* kernel. ;-)
OK...
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Once ive got a 2.5.* series kernel to work on my machine, I've decided to download .66 when I can get the one Ive got now to compile.
So, if your init works fine with 2.4.x, why are you assuming that it's likely to be an init problem when a 2.5.x kernel doesn't boot? I thought maybe you were having specific problems that suggested that init might be to blame.
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Ok John, calm down you seem a bit agitated :-)
Eh? What are you basing that on!? I'm not agitated at all.
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Maybe you've been talking to Andre ;-)
Errr, no.
John.