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Re: [ts-7000] Re: Can't boot 7250 to Debian on USB drive

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: Can't boot 7250 to Debian on USB drive
From: Mike Dodd <>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:27:47 -0400
Jim Jackson wrote:
> 
> If you are using a stock 2.4 kernel, you will have to load the USB
> modules (please, not drivers :-). TS have a script to load the
> relevant modules for usb use - loadUSBModules.sh [*] . So you load
> the modules, then you plug in the USB, and see what dmesg says to
> find out which dev entry has been associated with partition on the
> USB mass storage device etc. Then you mount that partition (prob.
> /dev/sda1) at a suitable mount point.
> 
> The stock kernel is not built with the USB drivers "built-in", hence
> the need to load them.

I understand what you're saying, but I'm puzzled by the ARM Linux 72xx 
manual that says the 7250 can boot directly to Debian USB by including 
the 'root=/dev/hda1' parameter in fconfig

If that statement is true, how do the modules get loaded? Also, that 
manual says that the USB drive is not hot-pluggable, so I don't 
understand how you can plug the USB drive after loading the modules. 
Actually, I ran loadUSBModules.sh after the USB was plugged, and was 
then able to see (ls -l) and use (cp xxx /mnt/cf; cat xxx) the drive.

SO clearly i can mount and use the drive, but I can't change to Debian 
with '/usr/bin/loadUSB.sh'. Maybe the Sarge image I untarred to the USB 
drive is corrupt; I'll download it again and see what happens. As I 
wrote earlier, I know I '/usr/bin/loadUSB.sh' works on the TS-supplied 
Debian with the Developer's Kit, and I'm hoping that the Sarge image on 
their Web site is the same.
-- 
Mike

Mike Dodd
Louisa County, VA USA

http://mdodd.com


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