On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:47 AM, syed yaqoob ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Yorick Moko wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:56 PM, syed yaqoob ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > arne anka wrote: > > " Warning : unable to open an initial console " > " Kernel panic - not syncing : no init found .try passing init= option > to kernel" > > > what file systesm did you use on these partitions and how did you proceed > exactly when installing? > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support > > > Hi, > > I have used vfat for first partition and ext3 for the second partition. > > This is the procedure i have followed for installing qtopia on sdcard. > > My Host PC has FC 9. > > 1) connected to Neo freerunner by SSH > > 2) Partitioned SD card : > fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 > > created a 8 mb partition for kernel and another one for the rootfs > which took up > all the remaining space > > > Command (m for help): d > Selected partition 1 > Command (m for help): n > Command action > e extended > p primary partition (1-4) > p > Partition number (1-4): 1 > First cylinder (1-983, default 1): > Using default value 1 > Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-983, default 983): +8M > Command (m for help): n > Command action > e extended > p primary partition (1-4) > p > Partition number (1-4): 2 > First cylinder (18-983, default 18): > Using default value 18 > Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (18-983, default 983): > Using default value 983 > Command (m for help): w > The partition table has been altered! > Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. > > fdisk: WARNING: rereading partition table failed, kernel still uses old > table: Device or resource busy > > 3) Got an fdisk warning so umounted : > > umount /dev/mmcblk0p1 > > redone the step2 again.No error second time. > > 4)Formatted the SDcard : > > for first partition. > > a) mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 > > for second partition. > > b)mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p2 > > 5)Mounted the sdcard: > > mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card > mkdir /media/card/boot > > mkdir /media/mmcblk0p2 > mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2 > > 6)unpacked qtopia: > > got this two files : > > uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin > qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.jffs2 > > 7)Mounted the rootfs on loopback device: > > export loop=$(losetup -f) > losetup $loop <rootfs.jffs2> > modprobe block2mtd block2mtd=$loop,131072 > modprobe jffs2 > modprobe mtdblock > mkdir mntpnt > mount -t jffs2 -o ro /dev/mtdblock0 mntpnt > > > 8)created compressed tarball. > > tar czf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz -c mntpnt > > 9)Transfer this compressed tarball to the second partition of the MicroSD > that is mounted > on the FreeRunner: > > scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/mmcblk0p2/ > > 10)Unpack the rootfilesystem: > > cd /media/mmcblk0p2 > tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz rm > qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz > rm -f /media/mmcblk0p2/boot/* > > 11) Installed kernel. > > mv > uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin > uImage.bin > scp uImage.bin [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/card/boot/ > > scp uImage.bin [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/card/ > > 12)shutdown and boot in qtopia. > > Booted from Sdcard > > Now when kernel is booting .It's giving kernel panic. > > Regards > Syed Yaqoob Ali > > > > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support > > > As far as I know: whan you want to boot fat + ext3 you need to edit > u-boot entry > fat + ext2 works straight out of the box (after updating u-boot) > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support > > How do i edit the u-boot entry for booting fat + ext3 ? Can someone pls > provide the procedure. > > Have you tried the procedure on this wiki page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Booting_from_SD#Add_uboot_boot_entry Rakshat
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