[Openzaurus-users] OZ 3.5.4/altboot: root on sd ??

[Stefan <ml...@mn...>]

Hi all,

for two days (or I should say nights) I'm trying to copy root to my SD
card on my collie (OZ 3.5.4 Opie). There is virtually no step by step
HOWTO for this. On the sourceforge site there is a hint that the rboot
scripts are history (up to 3.5.3) and that one has to use altboot
instead. On

http://hentges.net/tmp/screenshots/Zaurus/Akita/Altboot/install-tgz/

are further hints how to install the rootfs.tar.gz file. I deviated a
bit from this as I didn't install directly on the SD card but by
creation of a boot image (loopback). But I also tried to install it
directly to the card without success.

I always get the following messages after booting with the altboot
option #3 "Boot SD card":

Mounting rootfs rw...ok
Note: /proc is already mounted
Generating device files...ok
Loading SD kernel module...ok
Mounting /media/card...ok

Note: No INIT [/sbin/init.sysvinit] found on target
Using opie-image-rootfs.bin
Setting up loopback (/dev/loop0) for opie-image-rootfs.bin

* * * Booting rootfs image * * *

Pivoting root...Success
/etc/altboot-menu/15-bootSD: 384: test: not found
mount: /proc/mounts: No suchg file or directory
/etc/altboot-menu/15-bootSD: 384: awk: not found
Calling INIT
exec: 384: /usr/sbin/chroot: not found

... and then it hangs

Any ideas ? A step by step instruction on the web for end users would be
great !!


Stefan