kernel bug

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> From: "amc" <acrossonlnx at comcast.net>
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:44:00 -0500

> I'm not using genkernel but gentoo-sources. I don't use initrd image . 

IIRC, gentoo-sources is just a patched kernel source package.
genkernel uses whatever kernel sources you have to build a
bzImage/initrd pair.

Are you SURE you're not using an initrd?  What's your grub.conf have
to say about it?

Last I checked, there wasn't any way to link ndiswrapper into your
kernel. (Thank goodness!)  So, either:

 (1) userspace programs are being run before /sbin/init (i.e., initrd), or
 (2) the error is occuring after init, but you are passing the "quiet"
     boot parameter and the boot messages just aren't telling you
     you're in userspace yet

I'd start by grep'ing /boot/grub/menu.lst for "initrd=".