[linuxdc-dev] Building my own DC distro

[Mike B. <mik...@ho...>]

    I'm building my own distro from scratch using a base of Gatliff's =
set up.  I'm up to date and able to build the kernel, busybox etc.  I'm =
a novice when it comes to the Linux boot process so forgive me if my =
questions are basic.

    I'm stuck at two places currently:
1)  /dev/gdrom isn't showing up in the /dev directory
2)  I'm not sure how to leave myself with a busybox shell using inittab


#1 - I'm using fsdev to populate the /dev directory, with the exception =
being /dev/console.  There's a bunch of devices shown in /dev, but not =
/dev/gdrom.  The gdrom driver is clearly being initialized and I traced =
it into the kernel and found that it is indeed being registered.  When I =
look at /proc/devices I can see that the gdrom is a block device with =
major of 250 (correct).  So why isn't /dev/gdrom appearing?  I can =
manually do a mknod and create it, mount it, etc.

#2 - If I don't use an inittab, then the system boots up into a busybox =
shell.  Just press enter and I'm given a shell prompt.  But, /proc and =
my gdrom devices are not mounted.  I thought perhaps using inittab to =
run a script to do a mount -a would cause /proc and /gdrom to be =
mounted.  When I put an inttab in place, I don't know how to leave =
myself a shell running after the init is finished.  What's a good init =
line to put in inittab to cause this to happen?  I've looked at examples =
but can't find an example using busybox with the /dev/console.

Thanks
Mike