Netboot: kernel panic no init found

[Graham Leggett]

C. Linus Hicks wrote:

> You stated earlier that the boot process dies with the "No init found"
> message. Way before that, you should see something like this, except
> your root will be different:
> 
> Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hde7 rhgb console=tty0
> 
> I would make sure your command line doesn't have "quiet" on it, then you
> will have to suspend output shortly after it starts booting. Use Ctrl-S
> and Ctrl-Q to stop and start console output. Then you can use shift page
> up and shift page down to scroll backwards and forwards.

None of the above key combinations do anything - the screen scrolls by 
and won't pause or scroll up. Looking for a line starting with "Kernel" 
as it scrolls past: couldn't see any.

I have managed to confirm that the command line specified is being read, 
because if I purposefully put bogus entries in the command line, the 
kernel stops booting with a corresponding error message.

What I still haven't figured out is why the kernel refuses to read it's 
init parameter from the initrd. The line "init=disklessrc" is included 
as a command line option, and the file "disklessrc" exists, yet the 
kernel still refuses point blank to acknowledge this.

Unfortunately the kernel doesn't tell you the name of the init file it 
is trying to bootstrap, so it remains a stab in the dark. I have tried 
swapping different kernels, I've tried using different client machines - 
no go no matter what I do.

Has anybody gotten diskless booting to work ever? If so, was there 
something special you needed to do to make it work?

Regards,
Graham
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