Re: [Openzaurus-users] trouble shooting rboot script failure

[Michael R. <mr...@ca...>]

Ken Walker wrote:
> Peter Chubb wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ken Walker wrote:
>>Ken> OK, I did this and it failed again:
>>
>>
>>Ken> root@collie:~# mount
>>Ken> /dev/mtdblock4 on / type jffs2 (rw)
>>Ken> proc on /proc type proc (rw)
>>Ken> ramfs on /dev type ramfs (rw)
>>Ken> tmpfs on /var type tmpfs (rw)
>>Ken> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
>>Ken> /dev/mmcda on /media/card type ext2 (rw)
>>    ^^^^^^^^^^ Ha!
>>    Your SD card isn't partitioned.  /sbin/init expects /dev/mmcda1 not
>>    /dev/mmcda.
>>
>>    To fix:  just edit /sbin/init and replace mmcda1 with mmcda in
>>the two places it appears, then reboot.
>> 
>>
> 
> Tried that.  The reboot didn't work.  I got the OpenZuaurus logo at the
> top and a flashing cursor.

[snip]

You're not having much luck are you?

Try partitioning your SD card & writing the image file into the 
partition. I've always mistrusted writing to these things in the absence 
of a partition table.

-- 
Michael
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