In message MMEKKOMGOBGEIENHLGDLEEGMCHAA.jwalden123@adelphia.net you wrote:
Okay - I don't want to use thier tools - can you see anything obvious that is missing from the initrd (fsimage.tar) file.
You cannot see anything from just the listing of the tp level directories. There are many things to check: the existence of the correct entries to /dev, is there a "init" process, are all requires (shared?) libs installed, ...
Since I do not want to use thier tools where can I find info on making a proper initrd (I already read Documentation/initrd.txt).
Have a look at the build script we use for the SELF RPM in our ELDK; or unpack the pRamdisk image that comes with the ELDK (see /opt/eldk/<cpu>/images on your installed system).
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk