Debian tries to mount root too early

I've just installed Debian/NSLU2 Stable 5.0.1 from http://www.slug-firmware.net/ on an NSLU2, but it wont boot. The problem seems to be that it tried to mount root before the disks are scanned and ready. I suppose a sleep in the boot scripts would fix it, but since they're in the ram disk, would

Re: How to make sure my plug boots from the USB flash-stick instead of the USB hard-disk?

Martin Michlmayr wrote: [...] If you look at bootcmd_usb you'll see something like ext2load usb 0:1. 0:1 defines the device and partition. Unfortunately, I don't know whether you can force any consistent device naming in u-boot. I suppose you could run: ext2load usb 0:1 ext2load usb

Re: How to make sure my plug boots from the USB flash-stick instead of the USB hard-disk?

* David Given d...@cowlark.com [2009-05-27 10:14]: (Doesn't Linux have a system call to allow kernel chain-loading? Would this allow a basic kernel to be loaded from flash that then invokes a kernel read from a file system elsewhere?) Yes, it's called kexec. -- Martin Michlmayr

Re: Debian tries to mount root too early

* Steinar Midtskogen stei...@latinitas.org [2009-05-27 08:34]: I've just installed Debian/NSLU2 Stable 5.0.1 from http://www.slug-firmware.net/ on an NSLU2, but it wont boot. The problem seems to be that it tried to mount root before the disks are scanned and ready. I suppose a sleep in the

Re: How to make sure my plug boots from the USB flash-stick instead of the USB hard-disk?

Martin Michlmayr wrote: * David Given d...@cowlark.com [2009-05-27 10:14]: (Doesn't Linux have a system call to allow kernel chain-loading? Would this allow a basic kernel to be loaded from flash that then invokes a kernel read from a file system elsewhere?) Yes, it's called kexec. Alas,

Please Help - Emdebian - ttyS2 and password error

Hi All, I have been trying to boot my AT91SAM9263EK with Emdebian for a while now but it keeps giving me errors. After mounting the filesystem, it keeps giving error regarding ttyS2 - no file or directory. I have used sudo emsandbox -a arm --create to create the tarball. Copied the tarball to my

Fuse for NSLU@ Debian Lenny

I want to run OWFS which requires FUSE. Is there an apt-get package for Lenny on the NSLU2 ? Is anyone runing OWFS on the NSLU2 Debian Lenny ? Doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Fuse - Compiling in NSLU2

Minus a compiled FUSE package I am curious if a compile using GCC in the NSLU2 (Lenny) of FUSE source would work. I was able to successfully compile it in my NSLU2 but did not go beyond the make stage for fear it might be bogus. Doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to