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but then of course the zImage needs to contain the actual ramdisk, |
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which wasn't the case |
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I've rerolled the pegasos kernel, with default boot loader args and |
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I've had dholm tftp boot it. It works now. The isos are updated |
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14:43 <dholm> it works perfectly |
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Pieter |
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On 30 Oct 2004, at 13:47, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote: |
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> http://dev.gentoo.org/~pylon/images/dscf2342.jpg |
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> If your machine is not compatible with the bootloader on the cd, and |
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> you need to pass arguments to the kernel using openfirmware, don't |
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> forget to pass root=/dev/ram0 ;-p |
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> All the other arguments are built into the kernel. The reason why this |
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> one isn't, is that it's not in the append= parameter in the bootloader |
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> config but has an extra root= line. I forgot to copy that one in. So |
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> for now, pegasos people have to pass no arguments, except for |
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> root=/dev/ram0 |
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> sorry about that. If needed I'd be happy to recompile the kernel to |
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> include that flag. Will take me approx half an hour to get both cds |
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> updated. Your call ;-) |
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> Pieter |
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> On 30 Oct 2004, at 01:55, Lars Weiler wrote: |
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>> * Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@g.o> [04/10/29 07:07 +0200]: |
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>>> Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the |
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>>> ~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory. |
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>> I just had the chance to test it on the Pegasos. No luck, |
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>> as the kernel panics when the root fs should be mounted. |
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>> Probably I use the wrong arguments for booting (as we now |
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>> use squashfs instead of gcloop in 2004.1). |
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>> Pieter knows of the problem. I try to fetch him later the |
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>> night on IRC and resolve this issue. |
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>> Sorry for all inconveniences. |
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>> Regards, Lars |
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