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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Cannot boot from CF
From: "j.chitte" <>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 08:00:48 -0000
--- In  "Razvan Ionut 
Stoian" <> wrote:
>
> --- In  "Razvan Ionut Stoian"
> <razvan_ionut_stoian@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In  "j.chitte" <j.chitte@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In  "Razvan Ionut 
> > > Stoian" <razvan_ionut_stoian@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In  Jim Jackson <jj@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, 29 May 2008, Razvan Ionut Stoian wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > --- In  Triffid Hunter 
> > > <triffid_hunter@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> On Wed, 28 May 2008, Razvan Ionut Stoian wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>> For some reason the system freezes after vmlinux starts
> > > > > >>> to decompress. This is what I got:
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Uncompressing
> > > > > >>> 
> > > 
Linux.............................................................
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> >
 ........................................................................
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> What am I doing wrong?
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Mine do that if my toolchain is broken
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is odd. I used the toolchain provided by TS.
> > > > > > Any good alternatives?
> > > > > 
> > > > > You can check if you toolchain is ok, by compiling the 
supplied 
> > > 2.4
> > > > kernel 
> > > > > source, with the default configuration. If the 2.4 kernel 
fails 
> > > to boot 
> > > > > then it may be your toolchain. If 2.4 works, then you have 
a 2.6 
> > > issue.
> > > > >
> > > > Hi.
> > > > 
> > > > I managed to boot the 2.6 kernel. Apparently, the initial 
image was
> > > > just too big. Now it boots, but my SBC freezes due to a 
kernel 
> > > panic:
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > > 
> > > > thank you,
> > > > R
> > > >
> > > 
> > > That's probably the point at which it switches from initrd to 
the 
> > > disk fs. Check you rootfs is compatible with your kernel and 
> > > accessible.
> > > 
> > > Can yo boot to it over nfs using your new kernel?
> > >
> > I do not have an NFS server, but it seems that it boots alright.
> > So the question is how do I make the kernel recognize the root 
device
> > hda1? 
> > I parsed the lines in the .config file, but I could not find 
anything
> > helpful. 
> > 
> > R
> >
> 
> I used the debian_sarge_udev filesystem and copied vmlinux to /boot.
> Still nothing...
> 
> Now I get this message:
> ================================================================
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: UNable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(0,0)
> ================================================================
> 
> I included the ext2/ext3/cramfs modules in the kernel so the
> partitions could be recognized.
> What am I missing here?
> 
> Razvan
>


> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
hda1 is not a device ;) /dev/hda1 ?

check what you are feeding to redboot.

> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
sounds like a good idea to try too.






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