Lex, Thanks for your messages.
I think that I understood better the way it works on Pocket PCs. I did exactly what you mentioned, but it does not work here, as either I receive (with some tricky modifications): FAT: unable to read boot sector Mount: Mounting /dev/ram0 on /mnt failed: I/O error Unable to mount rootfs device or, according to what you advised me to do with the startup.txt.bootimage (i.e. using ram), I get errors like not syncing: UFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,1) I had commented out the ``bootlinux'' command at the end of my startup.txt.bootimage, and placed, as you advised me to do, ``ramboot'' at the place of ``bootlinux'' too. Could it be the source of all the errors? I am trying to do the contrary now. (It takes time, as my hx 4700 won't restart directly after the Hard reset.) It is only 5 P.M. here! Which country do you live in? Thanks for your help. -----Message d'origine----- De : angstrom-distro-users-boun...@linuxtogo.org [mailto:angstrom-distro-users-boun...@linuxtogo.org] De la part de Lex Landa Envoyé : dimanche 1 novembre 2009 16:32 À : angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org Objet : Re: [Angstrom-distro-users] No WiFi on Angström Live Hello Luca, This is going to be my last mail today as it's getting close to my bedtime! I wish you luck and I'll be checking the list tomorrow, as well as continuing to experiment with the initramfs, when I have time. Merciadri Luca wrote: > Waiting 10sec before mounting root device... The 'rootdelay' parameter forces this pause; as far as I know, it's only necessary for slow boot media, such as if you were booting over USB or serial connection. 10 seconds is a bit long, even for that. This makes me wonder if it's possible to boot the hx4700 over an infra-red PPP or SLIP link (that's a crazy idea - you can tell I've been awake for ages!). > UFS: Cannot open root device "mmcblk0p2" or unknown-block(254,2) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic - not syncing: UFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(254,2) 'unknown-block(254,2)' = /dev/mmcblk0p2 - second partition on the SD card. > In startup.txt.bootimage, I had set > > --- > set cmdline "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=10 console=ttyS0,115200n8 > console=tty0" This should be something like: set cmdline "root=/dev/ram0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 rdinit=/sbin/init" The 'rdinit' parameter depends on whether you want to use a /linuxrc startup, or another program. I set mine to /sbin/init because I'm using the standard sysvinit. Cheers, Lex. _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
