Re: [Thinstation-developer] vanilla kernel installation on thinstation

[Steve C. <cou...@di...>]

Nikolai V. Ivanyushin wrote:

>  Hi Steve, Steve Caster wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > for hours now I am trying to boot a 2.4.18 kernel on thinstation.
> > I need this version as our thinstations have a soundcard with a
> > proprietary driver which is only provided for 2.4.18 kernel. I
> > have already patched the kernel with squashfs-patch and have
> > initrd enabled. But when booting I get the following messages
> >
> > RAMDISK: squashfs filesystem found at block 0 RAMDISK: loading
> > 5097 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done Freeing initrd memory:
> > 5178 freed and then Kernel panic: VF: unable to mount root fs on
> > 00:00
> >
> > I am running this via pxe boot my default config looks like this
> > default linux prompt 0
> >
> > label linux kernel vmlinuz append ramdisk_blocksize=4096
> > initrd=initrd root=/dev/initrd ramdisk_size=262144 splash=silent
> >
> >
> > anythings I have missed?
> >
> > thx in advance Steve
>
>  Shortly I think it's because of a squashfs patch. Take a look at
>  http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10577164 To
>  avoid this problem you should use squashfs2.1-patch from
>  http://squashfs.sourceforge.net
>
>
Hi Nikolai,

I used both 2.2 and 2.0 patch
still need to check 2.1 tho...
Will let you guys know

grtz
Steve