Re: [Devil-linux-develop] usb - boot ; hda boot ??

[Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...>]

Hey,

all the stuff I mention below requires, that you work of the latest CVS=

snapshot.
Please do your changes in a way, so that you can send us patches.

On 09/10/2003 08:37:33 AM Roland Frei wrote:
>i try also to run devil from silicon.
>i use a compactflash card (128mb) that works as hda.

nice!

>1. i made some changes at mount_cdrom save-config and linuxrc to work =
on
>hda

At the end of mount_cdrom you find the part where we check the /dev/sd?=
1
devices, copy this section  and modify it accordingly.
Please make sure that you mount with -ro , for the USB we currently use=

-rw.

>2. i made a single ext2 partition on the cf.

use install-on-usb

> 3. copy all file from
>cdtree

use install-on-usb

>4. copy boot.b files and a binary lilo to /boot

use install-on-usb

>5. start lilo by chroot

use install-on-usb

>6. plug the cf in my embedded system

will be the same ;-)

>7. boot ...

will be the same ;-)

>and after some tests it does booot the kernel and load/execute linuxrc=

>....
>
>at the monet i get a error message like this :
>
>-------------------------
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>/bin/procinfo: unable to open new output file: No such file or directo=
ry
>INIT: Id "8" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>-------------------------
>i have no idea why and what to do to fix it...

that could be a lot of things.

>but i am lucky and it looks as our professionals work on a similar
>project
>(usb-boot)

yes and it seems to work good.

>can you made the install-usb script so it accepts also hda1 ??
>i help as i can ... but i am still not very deep in the sources of
>devil-
>linux.

You can specify any other device, it's only important that you use
partitions.
The script will need e.g. /dev/hda1 as input.

>an other idea is to make a second partition for floppy if it is too
>hard to
>change the scripts.

The stuff should work as mentioned.

Hey when you have success, we need to rename the script to
"install-on-anything-you-want". ;-)

Of course, as usual: no warranty.

cya
  Heiko
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