On # Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:38:35 -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: >> RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0 >> RAMDISK: loading 1032 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done. >> Freeing initrd memory: 1032k freed >> cramfs: wrong magic >> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01
> Strange...it is recognized as a cramfs filesystem, but then fails to mount. > Are you able to mount the initrd using a loop device? Yes, I am. Here is what it contains: 124 Jul 7 20:09 bin 104 Jul 7 20:09 dev 0 Jul 7 20:08 devfs 24 Jul 7 20:09 etc 72 Jul 7 20:08 lib 566 Jul 7 20:08 linuxrc 48 Mar 13 2002 linuxrc.conf 137 Mar 13 2002 loadmodules 0 Mar 13 2002 mnt 0 Nov 22 2002 proc 80 Nov 22 2002 sbin 0 Mar 13 2002 script 0 Mar 13 2002 scripts 0 Mar 13 2002 tmp 16 Nov 22 2002 usr 0 Feb 2 2002 var I must confess that I cannot see whether something is wrong here. [I left the image at: http://simbol.math.hr/~nenad/test/initrd.img-2.4.22-pre3c0 if somebody cares to look at it.] > > Besides, it does not (yet) contain some of the features I need (e.g. >> new ACPI). > Neither does kernel.org source, and you can patch both of them easily. Could I just use acpi-20030619 patch from ACPI project page, and apply it to kernel-source-2.4.21-2? It was not working in 2.4.20. --- Nenad.