Bingo...
Thanks a lot Brian. That actually worked and solved the mdev.conf problem.
Though I was still not able to boot from my image in VM as it has thrown a
huge stack but I will look into that issue tomorrow.
Thanks again.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 01:04, Wood, Brian J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Farrukh,
>
> This has been an issue that goes round and round, if you use the Launch VM
> and build a Live USB image you will hit a problem in a initramfs file. (This
> has been put into a number of Moblin bugzilla bugs, but I've lost track of
> what the bug number is. Maybe someone on the list can point me toward the
> current one and I'll add how I get around this issue).
>
> Anyway, here's a short blurb of what is happening and then how I get around
> it. In the file "/usr/share/pdk/platforms/menlow-lpia-moblin2/initramfs/usb"
> (this is just one example using the menlow-lpia-moblin2 platform) there is
> this section of code (my comment is inline):
>
> # Find the USB flash drive
> while true
> do
> for device in 'sda' 'sdb' 'sdc' 'sdd'; do
> echo "checking device /dev/${device} for installation source..."
> mdev -s
> if [ -e /sys/block/${device}/removable ]; then
> #### Comment out the following "if" line;
> #### this is the endless boot on VM since
> #### "removable" file above contains "0" for all sd* devices.
> #### Insert dummy "if" test to get around it.
> # if [ "$(cat /sys/block/${device}/removable)" = "1" ]; then
> if [ 1 -eq 1 ]; then
> echo "Found Removable drive at /dev/${device}"
> mount /dev/${device} /mnt
> if [ -f /mnt/rootfs.img ] ; then
> echo "Found Boot drive at /dev/${device}"
> found="yes"
> fi
> umount /dev/${device}
> if [ "$found" = "yes" ]; then
> break;
> fi
> echo "/dev/${device} does not contain a rootfs"
> fi
> fi
> done
> if [ "$found" = "yes" ]; then
> break;
> fi
> echo "Sleeping for 5 seconds"
> /bin/sleep 5
> echo "Sleeping finished"
> done
>
>
> Sorry for being verbose in the output, but I wanted to make sure you could
> see the line to edit. It's this line where the "if" statement tests
> "removable = 1". In the VM this file always has zero stored so it loops
> endlessly, but on actual Menlow based hardware (like a Jax10) it will boot
> fine.
>
> For some reason this file isn't being setup correctly when booting in a VM.
> I haven't dug into finding out why (maybe someone else knows exactly where
> and can put in a patch faster than I could get up to speed. :-) )
>
> This simple fix should get you up and running (I've tested this out in my
> VM and on actual hardware to verify it is able to boot).
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Brian Wood
> Intel Corporation
> UMG Platform Software Group (UPSG)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Farrukh
> >Arshad
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:33 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [Moblin Dev] mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
> >
> >Hi guys,
> >
> >I am new to this. I have created an image as mentioned
> >above<http://moblin.org/documentation/running-moblin-run-time-image-vm
> >and
> >other documents but when I try to run the image using Lauch VM (as
> >mentioned above) I got this following message while booting.
> >
> >mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
> >mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
> >mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
> >mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
> >.
> >.
> >.
> >.
> >Sleeping for 5 seconds
> >.
> >. << again the above message >>
> >
> >I just have selected core + X components. Any idea about it ?
> >
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >Farrukh Arshad.
> >
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