Re: [leaf-user] inittab error...

[KP K. <ka...@us...>]

On Wednesday 23 April 2008 16:47:06 david wrote:
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Erich Titl <eri...@th...>
> Date:  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:54:02 +0000
>
> >David
> >
> >david wrote:
> >> i've got 3.1 installed in a virtual environement where i boot from a cd
> >> and pull packages from the floppy. it mostly seems to work (cd boots,
> >> packages get loaded), but then i get: ...
> >> LINUXRC: Loaded Packages
> >> INIT: /etc/inittab[4]: missing id field
> >> INIT: /etc/inittab[5]: missing id field
> >> INIT: /etc/inittab[24]: missing id field
> >> INIT: /etc/inittab[28]: missing id field
> >> Enter runlevel:
> >
> >looks like your init program does not like empty ID fields in the inittab
> > file. Now init in 3.1 is linked to busybox.
> >
> >Please check your busybox version, but my systems run with either 1.5.0
> > and 1.8.2
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >Erich
>
> thanks erich. looks like i'm running 1.9.2:
> BusyBox v1.9.2 (2008-04-12 21:55:14 UTC) multi-call binary
>
> should be the one that came with the 3.1 release of leaf. since i'm booting
> from the cd, i used the initrd_ide_cd.lrp (renamed to initrd.lrp) - could
> that have something to do with it?
>
> looking at the inittab file, its a _lot_ different from our old leaf boxes! 
the lines its complaing about are the only non-commented lines in the file 
(except for two tty lines), and they look like:
> ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
> ::wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
> ::restart:/sbin/init
> ::shutdown:/etc/init.d/rc 0
>
> shouldn't there be a lot more in this file?
> thanks again

Hi David

busybox 1.9.2 has been added in the 3.1.1-beta earlier this week; looks like 
you've grabbed the latest initrd_cd_ide.lrp from the packages page.

The inittab file you mention has been commited more than one year ago during 
the 3.1 beta cycle; so this one is different yes, but has proofed to be 
valid.

So first use the proper initrd (should be on the iso image, or available via 
the cvs repository and the cvs web interface); the iso image and the floppy 
are usually tested with qemu - and the latest beta wih bb 1.9.2 and the 
inittab you mention runs fine.

kp