Re: [Qemu-devel] initrd & kernel panic

[Ed Swierk]

On 6/25/06, VMiklos <address@hidden> wrote:
> initrd=initrd-i686.img.gz -> dropped
> load_ramdisk=1 -> dropped
> prompt_ramdisk=0 -> dropped
> ramdisk_size=33888 -> dropped
> rw -> kept
> root=/dev/ram -> dropped
> console=ttyS0 -> kept as you requested
>
> now it panics with:
> "RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
> VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(33,2)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(33,2)"
>
> ok, let's append root=/dev/ram again, still panics:
> "RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
> XFS: bad magic number
> XFS: SB validate failed
> No filesystem could mount root, tried:  reiserfs ext3 ext2 xfs
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0)"
>
> have i missed something?

What format is your initrd? It should be either a gzipped cpio archive
(initramfs) or an uncompressed filesystem image file.

See http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/initrd.txt and
http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/early-userspace/README.

--Ed