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<H2><A NAME="s5">5. Known problems</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 /sbin/init doesn't start.</A>
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<P>A common problem with /sbin/init is that some distributions (e.g., Red Hat
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Linux) come with /sbin/init dynamically linked. So you have to provide
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a correct /lib setup to the client. An easy thing one could try is replacing
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/sbin/init (for the client) with a statically linked ``Hello World'' program.
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This way you know if it is something more basic, or ``just'' a problem with
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dynamic linking.
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<P>
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<P>Also note that Busybox by default installs its <CODE>init</CODE> symlink in
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<CODE>/bin</CODE> rather than <CODE>/sbin</CODE>. You may need to move it or
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pass an explicit <CODE>init=</CODE> parameter on the kernel command line, as
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shown in the final example of the previous section.
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<H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 /dev troubles.</A>
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</H2>
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<P>If you get some garbled messages about ttys when booting, then you
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should run a MAKEDEV from the client in the /dev directory. There are
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rumors that this doesn't work with certain server OSes that use
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64-bit device numbers; should you run into this, please consider updating
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this section! A potential solution would be to create a small /dev
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ram disk early in the boot process and reinstall the device nodes each time,
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or simply embed directly into the kernel a suitably initialized ramdisk.
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