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Re: [rtl] Emdedded linux ramdisk boot problems
The easy portable way I use is using syslinux on a msdos partition.
Even 'customers' can handle a update :)
The frame to start can be stolen from any recue disk :))
Jens Michaelsen
Steve Madsen schrieb:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm sorry for an off-topic post, but was hoping someone on this
> list might be able to help with a problem booting to ramdisk.
>
> I've gone through Paul Moody's tutorial on booting using an initrd
> to create a root fs on a ramdisk from a compressed root fs stored
> on a flash drive. Currently I'm just using a partition of an IDE
> HDD to simulate the flash, in order to get the procedure working
> before introducing actual flash into the equation.
>
> Anyway, what I am getting after my linuxrc gets executed is some
> sort of primitive single user mode. Here are the messages just
> before the prompt for that mode comes up:
>
> eth0: ...
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 ...
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 40K freed
> #
>
> where the "#" in the final line is of course the root prompt for the
> primitive single user mode, which I mentioned previously. None of the
> usual commands (even the basics like "ls") work, so it isn't really
> possible to even determine what's been mounted or how far the process
> has gone...
>
> If anyone can see my problem immediately on looking at the output, I would
> very much appreciate any quick suggestions on what to try next. In
> the meantime I'll keep reading additional docs and continue trying.
>
> Thanks for any ideas,
>
> Steve Madsen
> H2Eye Ltd
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> London EC1N 8JH
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> Email: steve@h2eye.com
>
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