[Mkdump-devel] Unable to load mini kernel

[rahul K. <rah...@ya...>]

Hello,

I am unable to load mini-kernel.

Folowing are the details.

I am using redhat linux AS 4.0.

I have patched kernel  2.6.12.1 with mkexec patch "mkexec-patch-2.6.12-2.1".  

Then after booting through this patched kernel (mkexec),
        I have compiled and loaded the mkexec module. 
 
Then I have compiled minikernel 
with block device driver (SCSI : Qlogic device driver). File system, swap, SMP support , networking is not enabled in this minimized kernel.

I am using /dec/sdc5 partition to save the dump.
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[root@rmdevlin1 ~]# ls -l /dev/sdc5
brw-rw----  1 root disk 8, 37 Dec 12  2006 /dev/sdc5
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mkexec parametrs are :
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[root@rmdevlin1 ~]# cat /proc/mkexec/*
0x800025
/boot/initrd-minik.img
16
ro console=tty0 lpj=2367488 no-hlt dump_delay=20
/boot/minik-2.6.12.bin
1
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I faced one problem while creating initrd image: 
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[root@rmdevlin1 ~]# mkinitrd --with=mkdump initrd.img 2.6.12.1
No module mkdump found for kernel 2.6.12.1, aborting.
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Then I created initrd image by executing:  #mkinitrd initrd.img 2.6.12.1

Then I have copied this image to /boot as initrd-minik.img.

I am not able to boot minikernel. Is it because of initrd image? 

Am I missing something in the configuration? 

 				
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