[pocket-linux] v2.1 Chapter 3 - Unable to open initial console

[David Horton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Kral [mailto:tobias at kral-online.de]
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 08:48 AM
> To: pocket-linux at ufo.chicago.il.us
> Subject: [pocket-linux] v2.1 Chapter 3 - Unable to open initial console
> 
> Hi there!
> 
> First I was stuck in Chap. 2 because I forgot to compile "Executable
> File Formats" into Kernel. This should be added to the Guide.
> 
> 
> Here's my actual woe:
> 
> VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER
> RAMDISK: Compressed Image found at block 0
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
> Waring unable to open an initial console.
> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
> 
> 
> Is your "phase2-image.gz" also 7,2k small, or have I just forgotten a kernel setting?
> 
> 
> By the way. The output of my "ldd bash" is:
> 
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>         libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40022000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40025000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
> 
> I've stripped the last three libs to /mnt/ramdisk/lib, but I'm wondering about "linux-gate.so.1" should I copy the System.map because of this symbol?
> 
> Regards, Tobias
> 
> 

Tobias,

I have never seen linux-gate.so.1, so I'm not sure what to tell you.  What type of system are you building BASH on?  I'm hoping that whatever it is someone else on the list is using a similar system and can provide some help here.

Dave