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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 06:32:18PM +0200, Andrew ruskie Levstik wrote:
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> I had the same problem with starting up so I simply did a init=/bin/bash 
> and mounted root rw then mkfifo /dev/initctl and restarted problem 
> solved...(this happened to me on 2.4.x and 2.6.x
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> just my 2 cents... but for now I'm sticking with static...

Ok, i'll add creation of the initctl fifo to the init.d spell.
simpleinit really should create it when it doesn't exist though (it does
here).

> On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:35:41 +0800
> "Craig Dyke" <grail AT westnet.com.au> wrote:
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> > Jason
> > 
> > I have the original 2.4.24 from 0.9 ISO and i have
> > two 2.6 kernels one with and one without devfs
> > 
> > Craig
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jason Flatt" <jason AT flattfamily.com>
> > To: <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] udev and devfs
> > 
> > 
> > > On Saturday 27 March 2004 7:19 am, Craig Dyke wrote:
> > > > Arwed
> > > >
> > > > Error I get is:
> > > >
> > > > init: error opening fifo
> > > > rc: Booting to runlevel default...
> > > > INIT_ROOT environment variable not set, using current directory!
> > > > Error opening //dev/initctl: No such file or directory
> > > >
> > > > It stops hear nad the only action I seem to be able to take is to 
> > > > press
> > > > ctrl-alt-delete
> > > > and then reboot process kicks off.
> > > >
> > > > Craig
> > >
> > > Someone on IRC (xeon-, IIRC) was having this problem also.  It was
> > determined
> > > (although it could not be verified) that the problem was somehow related
> > to
> > > compatibility problems between a 2.6 kernel and a 2.4 kernel.  Do you 
> > > have
> > > one of each?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jason Flatt (jason @ flattfamily . com)
> > > Father of five (http://www.flattfamily.com/)
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Arwed v. Merkatz                              Source Mage GNU/Linux developer
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