4 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/10-initfs.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/10-initfs.sh
index bad649e5c2..c2a843eb12 100644
--- a/packages/initrdscripts/files/10-initfs.sh
+++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/10-initfs.sh
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 modprobe -q vfat >/dev/null 2>&1
 modprobe -q ext2 >/dev/null 2>&1
 modprobe -q ext3 >/dev/null 2>&1
+modprobe -q jffs2 >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/30-bootmenu.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/30-bootmenu.sh
index d54a643807..a45b55a353 100644
--- a/packages/initrdscripts/files/30-bootmenu.sh
+++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/30-bootmenu.sh
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ while read maj min nblk dev; do
 done < /proc/partitions
 
 add_menu_item "NFS (nfsroot=192.168.2.200:/srv/nfs/oe/image)"
+add_menu_item "Shell"
 
 total=`echo -e $list | wc -l`
 num=0
@@ -142,8 +143,11 @@ echo Selected: $sel
 
 dev=`expr "$sel" : '\([^ /]*\)'`
 path=`expr "$sel" : '[^/]*\([^ ]*\).*'`
+fstype=`expr "$sel" : '[^ ]* *\(.*\)'`
 
-if [ "$dev" == "NFS" ]; then
+if [ "$dev" == "Shell" ]; then
+    exec /bin/sh
+elif [ "$dev" == "NFS" ]; then
     ROOT_DEVICE="/dev/nfs"
     CMDLINE="$CMDLINE root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.2.200:/srv/nfs/oe/image"
 elif [ -n "$path" ]; then
@@ -151,6 +155,10 @@ elif [ -n "$path" ]; then
     CMDLINE="$CMDLINE root=/dev/loop looproot=/dev/$dev:$path"
 else
     ROOT_DEVICE="/dev/$dev"
+    # jffs2 is not recognized by mount automagically
+    if [ "$fstype" == "(jffs2)" ]; then
+	FSTYPE="jffs2"
+    fi
     CMDLINE="$CMDLINE root=$ROOT_DEVICE"
 fi
 
diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/85-blockboot.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/85-blockboot.sh
index 567f7e29b3..fee9072d3a 100644
--- a/packages/initrdscripts/files/85-blockboot.sh
+++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/85-blockboot.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 if [ -e "$ROOT_DEVICE" ]; then
     echo "booting from: $ROOT_DEVICE"
-    mount "$ROOT_DEVICE" /mnt
+    type=""
+    if [ -n "$FSTYPE" ]; then
+	type="-t $FSTYPE"
+    fi
+    mount $type "$ROOT_DEVICE" /mnt || fatal "Unable to mount rootfs device"
     BOOT_ROOT=/mnt
 fi
diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/init.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/init.sh
index f8d5de9173..08163fa040 100644
--- a/packages/initrdscripts/files/init.sh
+++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/init.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ early_setup() {
     mkdir /proc
     mount -t proc proc /proc
     mkdir /mnt
+    modprobe -q mtdblock
 }
 
 dev_setup()
@@ -48,13 +49,13 @@ boot_root() {
     exec switch_root -c /dev/console $BOOT_ROOT /sbin/init
 }
 
-boot_failed() {
-    echo "No valid root device was specified.  Please add root=/dev/something to"
-    echo "the kernel command-line and try again."
+fatal() {
+    echo $1
     echo
     exec sh
 }
 
+
 echo "Starting initramfs boot..."
 early_setup
 read_args
@@ -68,4 +69,5 @@ dev_setup
 
 load_modules
 [ -n "$BOOT_ROOT" ] && boot_root
-boot_failed
+
+fatal "No valid root device was specified.  Please add root=/dev/something to the kernel command-line and try again."