Hi there!
>
> I'm messing around creating bootable ElTorito CDROMs and having
> trouble
> to start the initial ramdisk.
>
>
> short story:
> lilo installs fine into the boot image we create
> booting the generated cd gives the following:
> + lilo works fine
> + kernel loads fine
> - /linuxrc file isn't started at all
> - boot process drops to # prompt, that doesn't provide any shell
> - ctrl-d (exit) triggers "Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init"
>
>
> question:
> any insights on what realy fails appreciated. i'm not sure if lilo
> fails to initiate the ramdisk correctly or if there is trouble
> mounting the ramdisk or anything else.
>
The El Torito booting creates only one simulated floppy on the CD, so the material on the initial ramdisk must fit a diskette image together with the kernel image. The diskette image may be 1.44 Mbytes or 2.88 Mbytes.
HTH
Tauno Voipio tauno voipio @ iki fi