Comments on echo "Linux blog" | nc blogger.com 80: interactive debugging /boot/initrd.img

Hi, thanks for this, it really helped. I was a bi...

2009-08-26T15:38:22.356+12:00

Hi, thanks for this, it really helped. I was a bit surprised to see you copying all of /lib and /bin into the initrd. In my own case, I compiled busybox, and used that, and it did what I needed to do, and I was able to debug the problem I was having. I wouldn't have thought to try that were it not for this blog posting I came across by googling. So thanks, it really helped. Thanks to the commenters as well. blino, I used "echo mkblkdevs | nash" today as well in my debugging (of a block driver).

Great blog you've got here.

To run nash commands, you can also do the followin...

2009-03-24T01:34:00.000+13:00

To run nash commands, you can also do the following:
echo mkblkdevs | nash --force

This way, you don't need to write a script for each command you run.

as far as I've been able to tell, nash is a script...

2009-03-21T14:05:00.000+13:00

as far as I've been able to tell, nash is a script interperter and does not provide a standard shell. I did initially try using nash, but could not get it to provide an interactive shell. An alternative I think would work would be busybox, but didn't want have to compile it.

About the second part of your article : wouldn't i...

2009-03-18T04:34:00.000+13:00

About the second part of your article : wouldn't it be easier to just create a symbolic link to nash ?