On 11/24/2010 02:14 AM, Niels Serup wrote: > Today I succesfully compiled a linux-libre kernel that worked on my > NanoNote Debian installation. I then tried to create a gNewSense image > (so that I could run that instead of Debian), but I failed. Using a > combination of debootstrap and chroot, I did manage to create a minimal > installation of gNewSense longsoon (mipsel, of course) on my microSD > card (first partition), but when I booted from it, it erred: > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(179,1) > > The Debian image from pyneo.org works just fine for me, both on my > microSD card and on the NAND (where I usually run it). If I knew how the > image from pyneo.org was created (I guess it's pretty much the same as > what I did, just with a twist) I could probably easily create the > gNewSense image I want. Does anyone know how to create such a rootfs > that can be run on both microSD cards and NAND memory?
checkout : http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Ubifs run on microSD and NAND are same files. only one is tar.gz, another one is .ubi > > > These are the commands I used to debootstrap gnewsense: > > On my desktop computer: > > sudo debootstrap --arch=mipsel --foreign metad gnsdir/ \ > http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/ > > On my NanoNote: > > chroot /mnt/card > ./debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage > cd etc && ln -s ../sbin/init ./preinit > > ----- > Niels > > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion -- Best Regards Xiangfu -- Qi RSS feed, http://en.qi-hardware.com/feed/rss20.xml -- _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
