On Thursday 20 February 2003 04:54 pm, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > I want to eliminate both floppy and cdrom. So, we will need to boot > directly from the flash . . .
Then your not going to use USB unless the MB BIOS supports it (rare). There's been one or two reports of working USB boot w/Bering, however your going to have to put a 'sleep' command in 'initrd' so the USB device has time to come up during init. Copy of LONG post describing the experience: ################ Le Samedi 1 Février 2003 02:12, Ivica Samija a écrit : > Hi, > 1. Thank you for great work on LEAF Bering distribution and documentation > for it. 2. I'm sorry if this subject is old thing but I didn't manage to > find it anywhere, so I tried to do it by my self. I'm trying to learn but > still newbee so there is prop. better way to do this > 3. Sorry for my English :) > > So here we go: > > I have install Bering 2.4.18 stable and update it to 2.4.20 (1 FDD) and it > works fine but I needed more space for packages but didn't want to make it > CD (or 2 FDD, HDD) distribution and it is not easy for me to get DOM or > DOC. > I decided to try boot Bering from USB flash drive. > > USB flash drive MS 64Mb > Motherboard Matsonic MS7177CT BIOS 01/10/2002 > (not latest 05/06/2002 <- doesn't have USB support). > > First I tryed to boot DOS from USB flash drive and after trying and trying > found out that my motherboard will boot from it only if boot device in BIOS > is setup for USB-ZIP and USB flash drive is formated with it's own utility. > When I boot DOS from it I can acces USB flash drive as drive A. > > On USB flash drive formated with it's utility partition table on drive > looks like this: Disk /dev/sda: 3 heads, 42 sectors, 1015 cylinders > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 42 32 127935 63952 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M > Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 0, 33) > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(974, 17, 32) logical=(1015, 1, 4) > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(974, 17, 32) should be (974, 2, 42) > > -when I was shure that I can boot from USB I backuped my working Bering > floppy -copyed needed modules in /boot/lib/modules/ (from > http://leaf-project.org/devel/jnilo/bering/latest/modules/2.4.20/) > -added needed modules for USB suport in /boot/etc/modules in this order > usbcore > usb-uhci > scsi_mod > usb-storage > sd_mod > -backuped initrd.lrp > -rebooted (still on floppy boot) with USB flash drive pluged in > > It worked. After that I could mount /dev/sda1, so I: > -created /usb directory and mounted /dev/sda1 on it > (mounted it with '-t msdos' not with '-t vfat' like some people posted) > -mounted Bering floppy on /mnt > -copyed files from /mnt to /usb > -changed boot=/dev/fd0u1680:msdos to boot=/dev/sda1:msdos, changed > PKGPATH=/dev/fd0u1680 to PKGPATH=/dev/sda1 in /usb/syslinux.cfg > -added fdisk.lrp (like in > http://leaf-project.org/devel/jnilo/budiskonchip.html#AEN1275) -maked USB > flash drive bootable with syslinux -s /dev/sda1 > -unmounted everything and reboted with (USB-ZIP boot in BIOS) > > Then disaster:) here is a part of messages: > > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 12:12:08 > Dec 15 2002 Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode > enabled Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:07.2 > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:07.3 > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 5 > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus > number 1 Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: hub.c: USB hub found > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:07.3 > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:07.2 > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 5 > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus > number 2 Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: hub.c: USB hub found > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected > Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host > Controller Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 > (floppy), sector 0 Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev > 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: end_request: I/O > error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Jan 31 21:47:43 lrp kernel: LINUXRC: > Could not mount the boot device. Can't install packages. Jan 31 21:47:43 > lrp kernel: Kernel panic: Attemped to kill init! > > I went back to floppy boot with USB flash drive still connected and it > worked again, then I: -uncomented VERBOSE and DEBUG in linuxrc > (/var/lib/lrpkg/root.linuxrc) (floppy boot) -mounted /dev/fd0u1680 on /mnt > -changed boot=/dev/fd0u1680:msdos to boot=/dev/sda1:msdos, changed > PKGPATH=/dev/fd0u1680 to PKGPATH=/dev/sda1 in /mnt/syslinux.cfg > -umounted /mnt > -backuped initrd.lrp (still floppy) > -rebooted (floppy boot) and watched. > > It seams that sd_mod.o have a delay in bringing up sda and kernel can't > mount boot=/dev/sda1:msdos so it trys other devices and finaly mounts > floppy as boot (of course if there is Bering floppy in drive, if not it > ends up with Kernel panic as above) and continue booting. > > So I: > -made directory /usb and mounted /dev/sda1 there > -edited /var/lib/lrpkg/root.linuxrc like this > > -------<snip>-------- > # Uncomment for more verbose execution. > VERBOSE=1 > > #Uncomment for debug mode (don't suppress STDOUT and STDERR) > DEBUG=1 > > # **** Adjust if needed **** > # 1/ Max size of unpacked LRP files > SYSTSIZE=6M > # 2/ Max size of /var/log directory > LOGSIZE=2M > # 3/Wait time for USB drive > ################################### > WAIT_FOR_USB=3 > ################################### > > if [ $DEBUG ] ; then > qt () { "$@" ; } > else > qt () { "$@" >>/linuxrc.err 2>&1 ; } > fi > > source () { . $@; } > PFX=/var/lib/lrpkg > BB=/bin/busybox > SYM="-s" > > $BB mkdir /proc > $BB mount -t proc /proc /proc > /bin/busybox --install -s > > VERSION="`cat /var/lib/lrpkg/root.version`" > > echo "LINUXRC: Bering - Initrd - $VERSION" > > # > # Load any modules required to boot > # > BOOTDIR=/boot > if [ -r $BOOTDIR/etc/modules ] ; then > # Loop over every line in modules > [ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "Loading modules..." > > # make sure there is a LF at the end > ($BB cat $BOOTDIR/etc/modules; echo) | > while read module args; do > case "$module" in > \#*|"") continue;; > esac > /sbin/insmod $BOOTDIR/lib/modules/"$module".o $args > done > fi > > # Wait some time to bring up USB drive > ################################### > echo "Waiting $WAIT_FOR_USB sec for USB drive..." > ################################### $BB sleep $WAIT_FOR_USB > ################################### > -------<snip>-------- > -(just paused for 3 sec after loading ds_mod.o giving enough time to bring > up sda) -backuped initrd.lrp (floppy) > -mounted /dev/sda1 to /usb > -copyed /mnt/initrd.lrp to /usb/initrd.lrp > -unmounted everything > -rebooted (with USB-ZIP in BIOS) > -watched > > Bering booted from USB flash drive with no complaints :) > > -mounted /dev/sda1 to /mnt > -comented VERBOSE and DEBUG in /var/lib/lrpkg/root.linuxrc > -backuped initrd.lrp (USB drive) > > Rebooted and it is working OK. > > Sorry for LONG mail but I just wanted to ask is there a beter way and is > this OK? > > Regards > Ivica Samija ###############################################3 -- ~Lynn Avants Linux Embedded Firewall Project developer http://leaf.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
