On 1/16/08, Joachim Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thx for the answer > > It's right, there is no /dev/console, but the MontaVista-Linux-kernel can > fully boot with this rootFS, how comes?
hmmm, I don't know. The montavista kernel might be running a different binary as the init process. Compare the kernel parameter lines between the two. > Doesn't matter, I was going to make my own RootFS anyway, so can you give me > an hint how I would > do this best? > I tried the Klingauf-Script (www.klingauf.com) with busybox, but I still have > no console in my /dev/ and it doesn't work. Creating a console device is easy: $ mknod /dev/console c 5 1 > I tried out buildroot, but I was a little overstrained with the configuration > and when I did "make" it aborted with an error message > after a long time of working > Then I tried ELDK. I read that I could use the Directory > "<install-dir>/ppc_4xx/" as rootfs but when I go there and look inside > /dev I find only one entry: > prw------- 1 jogi jogi 0 2007-01-20 04:58 initctl > So this won't work, would it? Looks like you haven't installed ELDK correctly. I recommend rereading the instructions and giving it another try. ELDK is a great starting point. > > Which way would be the best for me to get an good RootFS easily? > If the answer would be buildroot can you give me a short summary which > settings are importent? Personally, I use buildroot, but you should start with ELDK to get things going. Cheers, g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded