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0000997

[buildroot] Architecture Specific

minor

always

08-16-06 13:10

02-12-07 05:43

Reporter

amja

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public

Assigned To

buildroot

Priority

normal

Resolution

fixed

Status

closed

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Summary

0000997: system mounted on /dev/root

Description

I'm playing about with buildroot at the moment. I've no real need for
embedded linux but was interested in seeing how minimal a system I
could use. When I try to boot into the system the root filesystem is
/dev/root and mounted read-only.

I tried build root a few months ago and don't recall this being a
problem. Google turns up nothing that appears to be relevant.

If I am booting with a 2.4 kernel (vmlinuz-ide-2.4.31 from slackware
10.2) I can mount /dev/hda on /mnt and then use pivot_root to get a new
root. If I boot a 2.6 kernel (vmlinuz-2.4.12-24mdk from mandriva 2006) I
get a device busy message if I try the above.

Additional Information

This happens both when I boot into the system with qemu or copy the files on to a fresh partition on an old pc.

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Notes
(0001569) amja 08-17-06 09:18	I've tried a busybox snapshot (20060817) which seems to solve the problem. I'm still experiemntimg with various combinations of uClibc, busybox and buildroot.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
08-16-06 13:10	amja	New Issue
08-16-06 13:10	amja	Status	new => assigned
08-16-06 13:10	amja	Assigned To	=> uClibc
08-17-06 09:18	amja	Note Added: 0001569
12-01-06 10:08	bernhardf	Status	assigned => closed
12-01-06 10:08	bernhardf	Resolution	open => fixed
02-12-07 05:43	vapier	Status	closed => assigned
02-12-07 05:43	vapier	Assigned To	uClibc => buildroot