[klibc] problems when exec()ing /sbin/init from an initramfs
Martin Hicks
mort at bork.org
Sun Nov 30 14:50:18 PST 2003
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 16:01, Martin Hicks wrote:
> This is an early userspace type question. I have an initramfs that does
> some root device setup, then tries to mount the real root partition and
> exec /sbin/init to start the real userland. It seems to do what I want,
> except that bootlogd hangs while mount /proc. I can't seem to figure
> out why.
Seems to be a kernel problem. It works fine if I use an old-style
initrd. There must be some problem with switching from ramfs / to a
real / then trying to mount /proc again.
Investigating will continue...
mh
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