jadonk / jadonk/rowboat

pre-built images result in "Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to "

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```
What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. sudo ./mkmmc-reflash.sh /dev/mmcblk0p beagleboard
2. sudo ./mkmmc-android.sh /dev/mmcblk0p beagleboard
~/rowboat-prebuilt/uImage
~/rowboat-prebuilt/beagleboard-donut-rootfs-2009-12-22.tar.bz2
3.power on board

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expected it would work. Instead, get a kernal panic while trying to open
the console.

Here is what I see
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) on device 179:2.
Freeing init memory: 168K
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Failed to execute /init. Attempting defaults...
Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Tried builds from both 2009-12-22 & 2009-11-03.

Get same result.

Please provide any additional information below.

Tried changing the bootargs. Nothing helps. As best I can tell, the
pre-built kernal is not built with the right options for the BeagleBoard.

Has anyone gotten the pre-built image to work?

```

Original issue reported on code.google.com by `rtill...@gmail.com` on 29 Jan 2010 at 7:21

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Research direction

Start with mkmmc-reflash.sh, mkmmc-android.sh, the listed uImage, and beagleboard-donut-rootfs-2009-12-22.tar.bz2; reproduce the boot on a BeagleBoard and review the reported bootargs and console output. Done means the pre-built image mounts its root filesystem, starts init, and reaches the console without a kernel panic.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux, shell
Domain
embedded-iot, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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