On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Gabriel Michael Black <[email protected]> wrote: > The instructions on the website (and the script in util) don't create an > ext2 image, they create a whole disk image that includes the partition > table. X86 doesn't use the boot sector to boot, and it doesn't load the > kernel off the disk. The documentation I'm referring to is here: > > http://gem5.org/Disk_images > > If you're using documentation that says something different from what's at > that link, let us know so we can correct it. >
Hi Thanks for the response. I was using the same site as you mentioned above, but read past the line : "The recommended method to create a disk image is to use ./util/gem5img.py ". After reading it, it told me that it was a good idea to do everything from scratch so that you can modify things in an unusual way if required. I think the from-scratch instructions don't include the partition table creation. They create just an ext image using the mke2fs command. I guess I ll try creating it with gem5img.py now. Thanks again, Anirudh > Gabe > > Quoting Anirudh Sivaraman <[email protected]>: > >> Hi >> >> I see that all the full system file images begin with an x86 boot >> sector followed by partition tables. The instructions on the GEM5 site >> tell you how to create an ext2 image, but not how to create an ext2 >> image along with the x86 boot sector and partition tables. Without the >> partition tables, the kernel seems to hang on every new file image >> that I create saying kernel panic. Does anyone know how to address >> this issue ? >> >> Anirudh >> _______________________________________________ >> gem5-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > gem5-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users > _______________________________________________ gem5-users mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users
