Hi,
Is it possible to use libc5 with redhat 6.0 kernel? The reason why I am
asking this is for the embedded systems, libc5 is much smaller for x86
platforms than glibc2.1.
Thanks
Pawan
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Subject: linux-embedded-digest V2 #459
>
> linux-embedded-digest Wednesday, September 13 2000 Volume 02 : Number
459
>
>
>
> Re: Booting from compact flash?
> Re: Booting from compact flash?
> Re: Booting from compact flash?
> Re: Booting from compact flash?
> RE: Booting from compact flash?
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:51:04 +0100
> From: Malcolm Dodds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Booting from compact flash?
>
> I'm using SanDisk compact flash too, although I'm just using Red Hat's
mke2fs.
>
> However, I have been experiencing problems with my filesystems which I
suspect are
> down to the compact flash. Amongst these are UncorrectableError and
> AddrMarkNotFound. These only appear on a very small number of cards after
they have
> been used for a few weeks.
>
> I always get a drive status error on the first access, but I assume this
is some
> part of the IDE protocol which the flash cards do not support.
>
> Has anyone else using compact flash cards also experienced problems?
>
> Cheers,
> Malcolm.
>
> Ralph Stickley wrote:
>
> > Just a quick note - not all compact flash cards are created equally.
> > I've found that several "off-brand" compact flash cards may work in
their
> > intended target (digital cameras), but will NOT work as a "hard disk
like
> > storage device".
> >
> > If the card contains a sandisk controller or says Sandisk on it, I've
never
> > hand a problem. Some other cards work but give various errors. Still
other
> > cards, once formatted are rendered useless forever more - you want some
?:-)
> >
> > I use mkfs.ext2 and Lilo to make our CF cards boot...this is from the
PeeWee
> > linux distribution which has scripts to do all the necessary commands
required
> > to embed the system...
> >
> > Hope this helps
> > Ralph Stickley
> >
> > --- Malcolm Dodds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'll try to help...
> > >
> > > > > I'm wondering if it is possible to boot into Linux from compact
flash.
> > >
> > > It's not hard at all. It only took me a morning to get it going. It
all
> > > depends whether you know a couple of tricks ( I think!).
> > >
> > > > > * A direct copy using 'dd' from a boot floppy to the CF.
> > >
> > > The boot sector of the floppy, and all the other filesystem info is
set up
> > > for
> > > the floppy drive. LILO uses sectors, cylinders, etc. and BIOS calls so
must
> > > be
> > > run on the compact flash
> > >
> > > I'll try to explain what I do to produce a CF image:
> > > 1/ Put CF as /dev/hdb for example
> > > 2/ Create boot partition on CF, make filesystem and copy my kernel,
etc. onto
> > > this
> > > 3/ Make my main partition and filesystem, copy my various
distribution
> > > contents to this (Chroot to this partition to make sure it is
hunkdory)
> > > 4/ Have a lilo2.conf with something like:
> > >
> > > boot=/dev/hdb
> > > disk=/dev/hdb
> > > bios=0x80
> > > map=/mnt/map
> > > linear
> > >
> > > default=linux
> > >
> > > image=/mnt/bzImage
> > > label=linux
> > > read-only
> > >
> > > 5/ Mount boot partition under /mnt/
> > > 6/ lilo -C lilo2.conf
> > > 7/ Remove CF, move to another machine as primary master and boot up
> > >
> > > linear addressing is required for CFs
> > > bios=0x80 tells lilo to write boot sector as if the disk was primary
master
> > > so
> > > that the boot sector will work with the CF as primary master
> > >
> > > A good tip though is to try this with a normal IDE drive. This ensures
you
> > > are
> > > confident you distribution works before blaming the Compact Flash.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Malcolm.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:28:25 +0100
> From: "John Goodyear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Booting from compact flash?
>
> I had some similar problems but using a Lexar 16Mb Compact flash, the
errors
> occurred when plugged into an Advantec SBC which has an onboard CF port.
>
> I never found a solution, but I had 100% success when I installed DOS with
a
> FAT filesystem.
>
> JohnG
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Malcolm Dodds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Ralph Stickley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Booting from compact flash?
>
>
> > I'm using SanDisk compact flash too, although I'm just using Red Hat's
> mke2fs.
> >
> > However, I have been experiencing problems with my filesystems which I
> suspect are
> > down to the compact flash. Amongst these are UncorrectableError and
> > AddrMarkNotFound. These only appear on a very small number of cards
after
> they have
> > been used for a few weeks.
> >
> > I always get a drive status error on the first access, but I assume this
> is some
> > part of the IDE protocol which the flash cards do not support.
> >
> > Has anyone else using compact flash cards also experienced problems?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Malcolm.
> >
> > Ralph Stickley wrote:
> >
> > > Just a quick note - not all compact flash cards are created equally.
> > > I've found that several "off-brand" compact flash cards may work in
> their
> > > intended target (digital cameras), but will NOT work as a "hard disk
> like
> > > storage device".
> > >
> > > If the card contains a sandisk controller or says Sandisk on it, I've
> never
> > > hand a problem. Some other cards work but give various errors. Still
> other
> > > cards, once formatted are rendered useless forever more - you want
some
> ?:-)
> > >
> > > I use mkfs.ext2 and Lilo to make our CF cards boot...this is from the
> PeeWee
> > > linux distribution which has scripts to do all the necessary commands
> required
> > > to embed the system...
> > >
> > > Hope this helps
> > > Ralph Stickley
> > >
> > > --- Malcolm Dodds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I'll try to help...
> > > >
> > > > > > I'm wondering if it is possible to boot into Linux from compact
> flash.
> > > >
> > > > It's not hard at all. It only took me a morning to get it going. It
> all
> > > > depends whether you know a couple of tricks ( I think!).
> > > >
> > > > > > * A direct copy using 'dd' from a boot floppy to the CF.
> > > >
> > > > The boot sector of the floppy, and all the other filesystem info is
> set up
> > > > for
> > > > the floppy drive. LILO uses sectors, cylinders, etc. and BIOS calls
so
> must
> > > > be
> > > > run on the compact flash
> > > >
> > > > I'll try to explain what I do to produce a CF image:
> > > > 1/ Put CF as /dev/hdb for example
> > > > 2/ Create boot partition on CF, make filesystem and copy my kernel,
> etc. onto
> > > > this
> > > > 3/ Make my main partition and filesystem, copy my various
> distribution
> > > > contents to this (Chroot to this partition to make sure it is
> hunkdory)
> > > > 4/ Have a lilo2.conf with something like:
> > > >
> > > > boot=/dev/hdb
> > > > disk=/dev/hdb
> > > > bios=0x80
> > > > map=/mnt/map
> > > > linear
> > > >
> > > > default=linux
> > > >
> > > > image=/mnt/bzImage
> > > > label=linux
> > > > read-only
> > > >
> > > > 5/ Mount boot partition under /mnt/
> > > > 6/ lilo -C lilo2.conf
> > > > 7/ Remove CF, move to another machine as primary master and boot up
> > > >
> > > > linear addressing is required for CFs
> > > > bios=0x80 tells lilo to write boot sector as if the disk was primary
> master
> > > > so
> > > > that the boot sector will work with the CF as primary master
> > > >
> > > > A good tip though is to try this with a normal IDE drive. This
ensures
> you
> > > > are
> > > > confident you distribution works before blaming the Compact Flash.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > Malcolm.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > > with the command "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the message body.
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> > >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:21:15 -0300
> From: James Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Booting from compact flash?
>
> Malcolm Dodds wrote:
>
> > However, I have been experiencing problems with my filesystems which I
suspect are
> > down to the compact flash. Amongst these are UncorrectableError and
> > AddrMarkNotFound. These only appear on a very small number of cards
after they have
> > been used for a few weeks.
>
> I recently had those errors on the hard drive of my laptop. It turned
> out that the disk was faulty and the errors came up when trying to read
> a bad sector.
>
> DOS automatically handles bad sectors, but Ext2 does not (neither does
> ReiserFS, what I was using). Linux seems to assume that all disks are
> good.
>
> If you format with, I think, 'mke2fs -i', bad sectors will me marked...
> Or is it 'e2fsck -i'? One or the other.
>
> Hope that helps.
> James Oakley
> Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.solutioninc.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:38:55 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Adi Linden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Booting from compact flash?
>
> Hi,
>
> > > However, I have been experiencing problems with my filesystems which I
suspect are
> > > down to the compact flash. Amongst these are UncorrectableError and
> > > AddrMarkNotFound. These only appear on a very small number of cards
after they have
> > > been used for a few weeks.
>
> I've been using Sandisk and Kingston Compact Flash in 16MB, 32MB and 64MB
> without any problems.
>
> TTYL,
> Adi
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:37:36 -0400
> From: "John Georgian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Booting from compact flash?
>
> I have also seen drive status error on Apacer Compact Flash cards but
never
> on the SanDisk. The error occurs here when doing a MKFS (ext2 or DOS) or
> trying to mount the device for the first time. When mkfs is rerun or
> umount/remount is done the error does not reoccur. I have yet to see any
> data corruption, although (IMHO) it doesnt fill me with a whole lot of
> confidence.
>
> John G
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Malcolm Dodds
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 6:51 AM
> To: Ralph Stickley
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Booting from compact flash?
>
>
> I'm using SanDisk compact flash too, although I'm just using Red Hat's
> mke2fs.
>
> However, I have been experiencing problems with my filesystems which I
> suspect are
> down to the compact flash. Amongst these are UncorrectableError and
> AddrMarkNotFound. These only appear on a very small number of cards after
> they have
> been used for a few weeks.
>
> I always get a drive status error on the first access, but I assume this
is
> some
> part of the IDE protocol which the flash cards do not support.
>
> Has anyone else using compact flash cards also experienced problems?
>
> Cheers,
> Malcolm.
>
> Ralph Stickley wrote:
>
> > Just a quick note - not all compact flash cards are created equally.
> > I've found that several "off-brand" compact flash cards may work in
their
> > intended target (digital cameras), but will NOT work as a "hard disk
like
> > storage device".
> >
> > If the card contains a sandisk controller or says Sandisk on it, I've
> never
> > hand a problem. Some other cards work but give various errors. Still
> other
> > cards, once formatted are rendered useless forever more - you want some
> ?:-)
> >
> > I use mkfs.ext2 and Lilo to make our CF cards boot...this is from the
> PeeWee
> > linux distribution which has scripts to do all the necessary commands
> required
> > to embed the system...
> >
> > Hope this helps
> > Ralph Stickley
> >
> > --- Malcolm Dodds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'll try to help...
> > >
> > > > > I'm wondering if it is possible to boot into Linux from compact
> flash.
> > >
> > > It's not hard at all. It only took me a morning to get it going. It
all
> > > depends whether you know a couple of tricks ( I think!).
> > >
> > > > > * A direct copy using 'dd' from a boot floppy to the CF.
> > >
> > > The boot sector of the floppy, and all the other filesystem info is
set
> up
> > > for
> > > the floppy drive. LILO uses sectors, cylinders, etc. and BIOS calls so
> must
> > > be
> > > run on the compact flash
> > >
> > > I'll try to explain what I do to produce a CF image:
> > > 1/ Put CF as /dev/hdb for example
> > > 2/ Create boot partition on CF, make filesystem and copy my kernel,
etc.
> onto
> > > this
> > > 3/ Make my main partition and filesystem, copy my various
distribution
> > > contents to this (Chroot to this partition to make sure it is
hunkdory)
> > > 4/ Have a lilo2.conf with something like:
> > >
> > > boot=/dev/hdb
> > > disk=/dev/hdb
> > > bios=0x80
> > > map=/mnt/map
> > > linear
> > >
> > > default=linux
> > >
> > > image=/mnt/bzImage
> > > label=linux
> > > read-only
> > >
> > > 5/ Mount boot partition under /mnt/
> > > 6/ lilo -C lilo2.conf
> > > 7/ Remove CF, move to another machine as primary master and boot up
> > >
> > > linear addressing is required for CFs
> > > bios=0x80 tells lilo to write boot sector as if the disk was primary
> master
> > > so
> > > that the boot sector will work with the CF as primary master
> > >
> > > A good tip though is to try this with a normal IDE drive. This ensures
> you
> > > are
> > > confident you distribution works before blaming the Compact Flash.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Malcolm.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > with the command "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the message body.
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> >
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