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Re: [ts-7000] Re: Kernel loading from CF card

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: Kernel loading from CF card
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:38:21 +0000 (GMT)


On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, makynenh wrote:

> I still have following problem:
> e2fs_open: e2fs_inode_lookup failed
> Can't load 'hda1:/vmlinux.bin': Can't open file

Are you sure that there is a kernel file with the name "vmlinux.bin"
in the root directory of the cfdisk?

Is the filesystem on hda1 an ext2 file system?


>
> Do you have any idea what could be the reason for this?
>
> --- In  Jim Jackson <> wrote:
> >
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> > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Curtis Monroe wrote:
> >
> > > The TS7250 does not have a CF card reader.
> > > The TS7200 does have the CF card reader but RedBoot does not know
> about it
> > > (from what I understand).
> >
> > You are wrong - redboot on the ts7200 DOES know about the CFDISK.
> > What I said is accurate.......
> >
> > > > on ts7200, to boot a kernel from CFDISK and use the cfdisk as
> the root
> > > > file system...
> > > >
> > > >  load -r -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/vmlinux.bin
> > > >  exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/hda1"
> > > >
> > > > as long as the the kernel is in the file /vmlinux.bin on the
> cfdisk.
> > > > The cfdisk should be an ext2 file system.
> >
> > .... it is how my TS7200 is configured and works. The filesystem on
> the
> > onboard flash is pretty much as delivered by technologics - my
> modified
> > kernels, filesystems and tools are on a few 32M CFDISK flash cards
> that I
> > can swap to give the board different "personalities" after reboot.
> It is
> > THE big advantage of the ts7200 board.
> >
> > re. 7250, I was assuming that what was meant was the use of a USB
> CFDISK
> > reader.
> >
> > > You can boot the kernel from the internal NOR flash on the
> TS7200, and then
> > > store the root drive on the CF. But without adding CF support to
> RedBoot you
> > > can't boot the kernel from CF.
> > >
> > > -Curtis.
> > >
> > >
> > > On December 16, 2005 01:02 pm, Jim Jackson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, makynenh wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to load kernel from CF in redboot or do I have
> to copy
> > > > > it to "onboard flash"? I know that it is possible to load
> kernel from
> > > > > tftp server, but I haven't configured server yet.
> > > >
> > > > It can be done with a ts7200. From what I hear, I don't think
> so for the
> > > > ts7250.
> > > >
> > > > on ts7200, to boot a kernel from CFDISK and use the cfdisk as
> the root
> > > > file system...
> > > >
> > > >  load -r -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/vmlinux.bin
> > > >  exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/hda1"
> > > >
> > > > as long as the the kernel is in the file /vmlinux.bin on the
> cfdisk.
> > > > The cfdisk should be an ext2 file system.
> > > >
> > > > Jim
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