Hi Mark, On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:24 -0600, Mark Geib wrote: > Lex, > > I have been able to get everything installed, and the installed linux > tries to boot now. THanks. > > However, now I am getting an error when mounting /dev/mmcblk0p2... > > VFS: Cannot open root device "mmcblk0p2" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0) >
Looks like you've mixed up something there. If you had installed to a compact flash card, the root device would have been "hda2" (or similar), whereas you are trying to root to an SD/MMC device. > Should my startup.txt use something other than /dev/mmcblk0p2 for the CF > card...? > > Mark. > > On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 04:50 +0000, Lex Landa wrote: > > Hello Mark, > > > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:54:40 -0600, "Mark Geib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > said: > > > > > I have been working to install linux on my 4700 via RamDisk Rescue > > > method. I followed the wiki instructions very carefully, twice !, and > > > everything appears to work correctly, however I have NO files in > > > the /linux directory on my CF card. The /linux directory appears > > > unchanged during the install. I have mounted the ext2 partition on the > > > CF card and it appears to be a good linux install. > > > > > > Can I populate the files in the /linux directory required to run HaRET > > > manually to boot the install.? > > > > I installed my Ramdisk Rescue to an SD card instead of a CF, but it > > should work the same (please correct me if I'm wrong, anyone!). > > > > An 'fdisk -l' of my SD card looks like this: > > > > --- > > > > Disk /dev/sdb: 512 MB, 512229376 bytes > > 16 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1008 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 992 * 512 = 507904 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x00096485 > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdb1 1 843 418016 b W95 FAT32 > > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > /dev/sdb2 * 843 1008 81920+ 83 Linux > > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > > > --- > > > > Partition 1 is formatted with the VFAT filesystem. It contains the > > following directory structure: > > > > 17M ./linux/rescue/image > > 22M ./linux/rescue > > 50M ./linux > > 18M ./My Documents > > 5.2M ./hx4700_wince > > 76K ./MSMETADATA > > 46M ./Backup (Windows backups) > > 176M ./media (music, photos) > > 294M . > > 294M total > > > > I remember that I had the same problem as you, and I needed to copy some > > files manually. I can't remember exactly what I did as it was some time > > ago, so I'll list the linux, linux/rescue and linux/rescue/image > > directories. I think I copied stuff from linux/rescue and > > linux/rescue/image to /linux and edited the startup file > > (/linux/startup.txt) to point to the new zImage. > > > > /linux contains: > > > > total 28020 > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 1170 Jan 20 2007 README.txt > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 5084 Jan 20 2007 custom.txt > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 633856 Jan 20 1997 haret-0.3.8.exe > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 5837680 Jan 27 1997 mplayer > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 16084653 Jan 20 2007 > > opie-image-v0.8.4-ipaq-pxa270.rootfs.tar.bz2 > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 3708760 Jan 20 2007 > > ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz > > drwx------ 3 lex root 8192 Jan 20 1997 rescue > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 239 Jan 20 1997 startup.txt > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 1195608 Jan 20 1997 zImage > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 1196044 Jan 20 2007 > > zImage-2.6.16-hh5-ipaq-pxa270-20061028021958 > > > > /linux/startup.txt: > > > > ---snip--- > > > > # > > # HaRET startup.txt for HX4700 > > # > > # This file generated by RAMDISK RESCUE 0.6.4 > > # http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/RamdiskRescue > > # > > > > set KERNEL zImage > > set MTYPE 562 > > set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 console=tty0" > > bootlinux > > > > ---unsnip--- > > > > /linux/rescue contains: > > > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 5154 Jan 20 1997 RR-syslog.gz > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 5084 Jan 20 2007 custom.txt > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 633856 Jan 20 2007 haret-0.3.8.exe > > drwx------ 2 lex root 8192 Jan 20 2007 image > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 3708760 Jan 20 2007 > > ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 1910 Jan 20 2007 startup.txt > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 1196044 Jan 20 2007 > > zImage-2.6.16-hh5-ipaq-pxa270-20061028021958 > > > > > > /linux/rescue/startup.txt, without comments: > > > > ---snip--- > > > > set KERNEL "zImage-2.6.16-hh5-ipaq-pxa270-20061028021958" > > set INITRD "ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz" > > set MTYPE 562 > > set CMDLINE "root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=12288 mem=64M > > console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0" > > > > # And the command that does all the heavy lifting > > > > bootlinux > > > > ---unsnip--- > > > > (everything else is commented-out so I haven't included it) > > > > The important thing is startup.txt, which I edited to start Ramdisk > > Rescue if I run HaRET from /linux/rescue, and Linux if I run HaRET from > > /linux. It's a mess, I know. > > > > /linux/rescue/image/: > > > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 16084653 Jan 20 2007 > > opie-image-v0.8.4-ipaq-pxa270.rootfs.tar.bz2 > > -rwx------ 1 lex root 1195608 Jan 20 2007 > > zImage-2.6.15-hh2-ipaq-pxa270-20060923034420 > > > > Note that I copied opie-image-v0.8.4-ipaq-pxa270.rootfs.tar.bz2 out of > > the 'image' dir. I think I did this when I initially installed Linux, > > to the second partition on the card. I could delete /linux/rescue/image > > now as the install is complete. > > > > I hope this helps, though it'll probably be more confusing than anything > > - I'm certainly a bit puzzled as to why I did it this way, when I look > > at the structure of the SD card! > > > > Lex. > > _______________________________________________ > > Hx4700-port mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/hx4700-port Regards, Marcus. _______________________________________________ Hx4700-port mailing list [email protected] https://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/hx4700-port
