[Udpcast] errors with --merge

[Alain Knaff]

Mycah Mattox wrote:
> So now I am running "/lib/udpcast/makeImage -i initrd -k 
> vmlinuz-2.6.14.4udpcast -m ntfs cramfs eepro100 nls ide --cpio --bzip" 
> which makes a considerably smaller image, but it comes up with "Kernel 
> panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0)"

Weird. I used the exact same command line as you used (except for the 
path of makeImage and the kernel, and got a working initrd). I attached 
it to this mail...


> Am I missing a required module?  

No, everything seems to be complete.

> Am I doing this entirely wrong?

No, the command line looks correct. As said, I used the same, and got a 
bootable image.

> I am 
> building these on a machine thats running a 2.4 kernel, should that 
> matter?

The running kernel should not normally matter.

> Sorry about all the questions, but so far my only luck on booting this is 
> by using the Cast-o-matic images, which don't allow for pre and post 
> scripts.

This will be provided in one of the next versions.


> Thanks for your continued assistance.

Regards,

Alain
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