craignied wrote:
> I got it to work with
>
> sudo mkfs -t ext2 -v /dev/sdc
>
> From the ubuntu box, I then issued
>
> sudo tar -jxvf debian-sarge-256MB-05-01-2006.tar.bz2 -C /media/disk
>
> as per the README in the distribution that came with the dev kit CD, and the
> filesystem was written to the CF.
>
> But when I replace the (working) CF (from the dev kit) with the new CF and
> turn on the 7200, I get
>
> ...
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or 03:01
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01
>
> Can you tell me how to "append a correct "root=" boot option? Are there
> other things I need to do to prepare this CF? What are the steps I need to
> do to boot to the CF in the way that you describe?
Ok, that's because you didn't partition the CF card you just formatted
the whole thing with no partition table at all. Use this
fdisk /dev/sda
Then create a primary partition the size of the card with n, writing the
changes back with w.
Then you can run mke2fs /dev/sdc1 and copy the FS image back.
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Jason Stahls
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