BTW, the guide below talks about how to convert the original images into ext2/3
http://www.myhtcphone.com/node/13 On Nov 9, 12:52 am, Lo Yuk Fai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also built Android from source but couldn't get it to boot by > > putting those same files on a FAT16 partition. It said it couldn't > > mount the system. > > The default Android images are IIRC, YAFFS2. You need to convert them > into ext2/3 if you plan to use the initrd.gz from Vogue. > > I just extracted all 3 images into a second ext3 partition on the SD > card. The FAT16 partition has cocoboot and zImage, but no initrd.gz. I > used "cmdline = root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/init rootdelay=1" so Android > fires up automatically. > > On Nov 8, 4:07 pm, NickDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Update about the Centro. > > > I downloaded Cocoboot 0.5.3 and used the 680 kernel. Entering 1230 > > into the device ID does allow the kernel to boot. > > > It gets to mounting the filesystem then kernel panics. > > > I am using the same system.img and data.img from the 650 tests. > > > I also built Android from source but couldn't get it to boot by > > putting those same files on a FAT16 partition. It said it couldn't > > mount the system. > > > Are you doing anything special to point the kernel in the right > > direction? > > > - Nick > > > On Nov 7, 11:29 pm, Lo Yuk Fai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Sirs! : ) > > > > BTW, I finally got to build the Android image myself... I put > > > everything (ramdisk.img, system.img and userdata.img) under an ext3 > > > partition and call /init to start Android... But still got the same > > > old loop... > > > > Cheers. > > > > On Nov 8, 11:03 am, ato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 5, 8:45 am, Lo Yuk Fai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Besides, below is the Android patch I used (from 安藤恐竜). Merged nicely > > > > > with the H&D tree with a minor modification to drivers/android/ > > > > > timed_gpio.c > > > > > >http://ifile.it/cwpdi4n > > > > > > And I applied the double buffer patch as well. > > > > > >http://androidzaurus.seesaa.net/article/105551643.html > > > > > By the way, to save merging them yourself, I've applied the patches Lo > > > > Yuk Fai mentioned in a separate branch of the Hack&Dev git repository: > > > > >http://git.hackndev.com/?p=linux-2.6;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/android > > > > > The branch can be checked out from an existing Hack&Dev linux-2.6 git > > > > directory with: > > > > > git fetch > > > > git checkout -b android origin/android > > > > > Or with a fresh clone: > > > > > git clone git://git.hacknde.com/linux-2.6 > > > > cd linux-2.6 > > > > git checkout -b android origin/android > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Alex --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
