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PSW

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From: Brighton

Registered: 2011-06-15

Posts: 32

[SOLVED] Error compiling initrd image with USB support.

I'm trying to install Arch on a USB and need to add support to the initrd image as stated in the relevant documentation. However when running mkinitcpio I get the following error:

==> Building image from preset: 'default'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
/sbin/mkinitcpio: line 86: /dev/fd/62: No such file or directory
==> ERROR: invalid kernel specifier: '/boot/vmlinuz-linux'

Does anyone know what the problem may be?

EDIT: Looking in /dev I only have three files. console, null, and zero. This doesn't seem right.

Last edited by PSW (2011-08-24 08:42:22)

falconindy

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Re: [SOLVED] Error compiling initrd image with USB support.

mkinitcpio needs to refuse to run without /dev mounted to avoid errors like this.

mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev

Last edited by falconindy (2011-08-23 17:47:01)

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PSW

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From: Brighton

Registered: 2011-06-15

Posts: 32

Re: [SOLVED] Error compiling initrd image with USB support.

mkinitcpio needs to refuse to run without /dev mounted to avoid errors like this.

mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev

Thanks falconindy, works great now.