[Cbe-oss-dev] Can't boot PS3 without using initrd

[Gerhard Stenzel]

> Jonathan Adamczewski <jadamcze at utas.edu.au>
> I've been trying to set up an initrd-free boot for my PS3 without
> success.  I've built everything I can identify as being necessary
> into the kernel, turned off initrd support, and get a kernel that
> loads, flashes some penguins and text to the screen for the briefest
> of moments and then the screen goes black and the system freezes -
> no lights indicating activity, press the power button until the
> second beep to shutdown.
>
> I have tried kernel 2.6.29 and 2.6.30-rc7 with the same result.
>
> Booting a working (with initrd) kernel without the initrd=foo part
> of the command line results in the same black screen and no response.
>
> I'm currently running 2.6.30-rc7 with initrd support without problem.
>
> Any ideas?

The first thing I would check is that you have some devices on your root
file system. Most devices are created during boot, but I think /dev/null
and /dev/console need to exist.

>
> jonathan.
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Best regards,

Gerhard Stenzel, Linux on Cell/Hybrid Technologies, LTC
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