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Thread: Kali doesnt boot on my wm8850 netbook with ARM Cortex A9 processor

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    Kali doesnt boot on my wm8850 netbook with ARM Cortex A9 processor

    I run several armhf Linux systems on my wm8850 netbook ( e.g. Debian, Xubuntu, Picuntu, Raspian... )

    I tried my method to boot the systems with the 1.0.6 armhf image offered in the download section.
    I prepared my SD card as always and put the rootfs as usual to the second partition ( ext3 formatted ).
    On the first partition ( fat32 ) I have my usual boot stuff ( kernel etc. )

    When I try to boot the screen doesnt react - remains dark, no cursor appearing, no console messages...

    What I noted was that in the Kali rootfs there was no /etc/sftab file.
    Also i noted that the dev directory contains very few entries : I added some for mmcblk0p1,2,3,4

    My kernel boot args are : mem=512M root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 noinitrd rootwait rw console=tty1 init=/sbin/init rootfstype=ext3

    I suspect that the /dev/mmcblk0p2 is not mounted (?) ans so the init doesnt/cant start (???).

    Can someone explain why it doesnt work with Kali but with all other systems I tested ?

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    I had a look at the rootfs of Kali I dd-ed to a auxiliary SD card.

    To my surprise e.g. /etc/rc2.d and /etc/rcS.d are empty !

    I understand not how such a system can boot then ?

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