0001381: While Busybox 1.3.1 booted, 1.4.2 does not

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0001381

[BusyBox] Other

crash

always

06-05-07 10:04

06-16-07 16:23

Reporter

laxy

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public

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BusyBox

Priority

normal

Resolution

unable to reproduce

Status

closed

Product Version

1.4.x

Summary

0001381: While Busybox 1.3.1 booted, 1.4.2 does not

Description

I've made a two-floppy linux system. First it had Busybox 1.3.1, then I upgraded to 1.4.2 and used the exact same config (builtin shell ash+utils).
It still boots on newer comps, but on my old laptop it won't anymore.

Here I point that it booted fine with 1.3.1.

I'm sure it's busybox, 'cause that's the only thing that changed. After kernel boot it is supposed to start the init script but now it just hangs after "released 128k of kernel memory".

Init script:

#/bin/sh
echo -n "."
/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
/bin/mount -a
export PATH=/bin;/sbin;/usr/bin
openvt 2 /bin/sh
openvt 3 /bin/sh
exec /bin/sh </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1

For debugging I added that echo dot. The lappy does not get there. No errors, just hangs.

Additional Information

It still boots file Zool 1 for example..

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(0002465) vda 06-08-07 00:37	Not enough info. What is your /bin/sh? (We have four shells). What is the kernel command line? Does booting with init=/bin/ash work? etc...

(0002466) laxy 06-08-07 04:27	what does (builtin shell ash) say about which shell I use? Anyway sorry about this, I found it's a kernel bug, not busybox. Sent a bug report to the kernel mailing list, if you're interested it's here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/7/245 [^] That post should answer your new questions too..

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
06-05-07 10:04	laxy	New Issue
06-05-07 10:04	laxy	Status	new => assigned
06-05-07 10:04	laxy	Assigned To	=> BusyBox
06-08-07 00:37	vda	Note Added: 0002465
06-08-07 04:27	laxy	Note Added: 0002466
06-16-07 16:23	vda	Status	assigned => closed
06-16-07 16:23	vda	Resolution	open => unable to reproduce