Re: [ts-7000] TS-7400 : SD card partitions: boot problems

[Pradip De <>]

Thanks Michael.
Here is what I have been trying to do. I need to run ipv6 on the TS-7400.

1. I tried compiling it as a module and transferring it and then doing an insmod but that didnt work.

2. I tried having a kernel zImage with IPv6 compiled into it and tried using bootload to boot it. But somehow its not finding the correct root for the kernel. The cmdline I used is as specified in my previous email. I tried a few other workarounds to the root cmdline value but without success.
So, pertaining to this problem, do you know what steps I need to follow to actually make the TS7400 boot from a kernel I compiled. Is there an initrd file which I can use for the 2.6.21 kernel or any of the 2.6 ones?

3. I am trying having debian with a 2.6 kernel installed on the SD card. So, I presume I need to flash (using dd)  the file system onto sdb3, the kernel image onto  sdb1, and an initrd onto sdb2. If I use tsbootrom-update to make it boot from SD, then would this work?
Please provide your suggestions and any solutions to the problem that I am trying to solve, which is ultimately getting ipv6 running on the TS7400.
thanks,
Pradip

----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Schmidt <>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:04:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ts-7000] TS-7400 : SD card partitions: boot problems

Pradip De wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know what resides on the 2nd partition of the SD card. I
> guess the first has the kernel image and the 3rd has the file system.

The second partition contains the initial ramdisk (initrd) image.

> Also, I am trying to boot from a new kernel (2.6.21). The kernel
> cmdline I am using is
> ./bootload zImage -c "console=ttyAM0, 115200 init=/linuxrc
> root=/dev/ram0" -r /dev/rd/0

Not sure what to tell you here as it's been a while since I have used
bootload. You may have a problem with your command line arguments, or
with the kernel and/or initial ramdisk you are specifying maybe?

> However, nothing is happening. Any help is highly appreciated.
> thanks,
> Pradip

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