[Voyage-linux] Newbie Question on hda / Soekris & boot priority

Tue May 16 15:33:31 HKT 2006

Hi Michael,

If you are brave enough, you can try the voyage-current version, which 
is available at:

http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/voyage-current.tar.gz

It is of course available in any other mirrors.  It support both lilo 
and grub! (thanks Bill.),

But you still need to edit "/boot/grub/menu.lst" for hdb root device

- Punky

mgrollman wrote:
>
> That was probably the smart way to handle to lilo.conf thing.  I found 
> a solution that worked for me, which was installing grub so I could 
> get to the grub> prompt and get the thing booted by hand with a serial 
> cable, then fixing the lilo.conf after it was running in the Soekris 
> to /dev/hdb.  Worked, but I like you way better.
>
> As to the PCMCIA support, two things.  1) Does option 2 install a 
> kernel with less than ideal support for the more advanced CPU in the 
> 4801, and also, having done thi now, I find that although the PCMCIA 
> support seems to work OK (at least as far as cardcrl goes) the card I 
> am trying to make run, an Aircard 750 which I had working on voyage 
> 1.0, does not fly.  The card is seen by the bus, but the /dev/modem is 
> never created.  Although for sure it is something I am doing wrong, 
> but I am wondering if the "depreciated" nature of the PCMCIA support 
> in this rev of voyage might be part of the problem, ie, some udev 
> weirdness with the 2.6.15 kernel stuff.
>
> Thanks for the insight, it at least got me to the next level.
>
>
> Kim-man "Punky" TSE wrote:
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> 1) Unfortunately, there is no way to set the target root device in 
>> the voyage.update.  You will need to fix it manually
>>
>> ## Put your CF back to knoppix
>> mount /dev/<CF device on knoppix> /mnt/cf
>> vi /mnt/cf/etc/lilo.conf   # and change root=  line from hda to hdb
>> chroot /mnt/cf  lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf
>> umount /mnt/cf
>>
>> 2) Pick option 3 (4511/4521) in voyage.update to have PCMCIA support.
>>
>> Michael Grollman wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I am trying to build a voyage 0.2 boot disk for a Soekris 4801 with 
>>> a PCMCIA slot.  I am building this on a full x86 PC using a Knoppix 
>>> boot.  I have a CF card drive in the full PC set to /dev/hda.  Two 
>>> issues:
>>>  
>>>
>>> ISSUE 1:  It no boot.  When I make the disk and then move it to the 
>>> Soekris 4801 to boot it, I get the following:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>>>
>>> hdb: max request size: 128KiB
>>>
>>> hdb: 1001952 sectors (512 MB) w/1KiB Cache, CHS=994/16/63
>>>
>>> hdb: cache flushes not supported
>>>
>>>  hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3
>>>
>>> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
>>>
>>> padlock: VIA PadLock not detected.
>>>
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 2
>>>
>>> IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
>>>
>>> TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
>>>
>>> TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
>>>
>>> TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
>>>
>>> TCP reno registered
>>>
>>> TCP bic registered
>>>
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 1
>>>
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 10
>>>
>>> lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>>>
>>> IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
>>>
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 17
>>>
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 15
>>>
>>> Using IPI Shortcut mode
>>>
>>> VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1)
>>>
>>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>>>
>>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 
>>> unknown-block(3,1)
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> The Soekris seems to be seeing this as /dev/hdb, even though in the 
>>> Soekris Bios is it set as FLASH=Primary.  Is this an issue with how 
>>> I am building the voyage disk, or how I am setting up the Soekris 
>>> Bios?  Soekris BIOS is set as follows (1.28):
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> comBIOS Monitor.   Press ? for help.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> > show
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> ConSpeed = 9600
>>>
>>> ConLock = Disabled
>>>
>>> ConMute = Disabled
>>>
>>> BIOSentry = Enabled
>>>
>>> PCIROMS = Enabled
>>>
>>> PXEBoot = Enabled
>>>
>>> FLASH = Primary
>>>
>>> BootDelay = 5
>>>
>>> FastBoot = Disabled
>>>
>>> BootPartition = Disabled
>>>
>>> BootDrive = 80 FF FF FF
>>>
>>> ShowPCI = Enabled
>>>
>>> Reset = Hard
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> ISSUE 2:  No config choice on voyage.update menu for a 4801 with a 
>>> slot card in it.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Explains itself.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated, as this has been kicking my rear 
>>> for a number of days now.  I am sure there is a simple fix short of 
>>> re-writing all the scripts till I find the combo that works, and I 
>>> am just missing it.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> - Michael
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
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>>

-- 
Regards,
Punky

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