--- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
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> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, eng_marwa85 wrote:
> >> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Marwa Mohamed wrote:
> >>> I want to load kernel from compact flash and i used the following command
> >>> in redboot
> >>>
> >>> load -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/boot/vmlinux
> >>>
> >>> but it is failed with the following error:
> >>>
> >>> e2fs_open: e2fs_inode_lookup failed
> >>> Can't load 'hda1:/boot/vmlinux': Can't open file
> >>>
> >>> could any one help me to successfully load kernel from compact flash?
> >>
> >> This issue has been reported before on this list. My recommendation then
> >> was to try placing the kernel in the root directory, and try loading from
> >> there.
> >>
> >> load -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/vmlinux
> >>
> >> This works for me. My suspicion is that the ext2 code in redboot is fairly
> >> rudimentary. There was no feedback from this guess, so I'm not sure if it
> >> will work - but it's worth a try. If it works please report back saying so.
> >
> > I tried what you said but it failed with the same error
> > what are your disk partition type and is it bootable?
>
> The CFDisk was partitioned with one partition.
> It is formatted ext2, dunno what type it was set to, probably 83 "Linux".
> I'm not sure the bootable setting is relevant - though you could try it
> with and without.
>
> My redboot stuff is...
>
> load -r -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/vmlinux.bin
> exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/hda1"
>
jim,
could you send me your redboot image.?
thanks for your time.
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