[Voyage-linux] Booting from CF card

[Chris]

It's a CF card, but is set up to work like an IDE drive.
I can get the current build of Voyage working, just not the Lenny version.

Thanks,
Chris

Punky Tse wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Most probably, the disk device cannot be detected by voyage kernel.  
> At least, we need to know what is your disk device.  Is it IDE or sata?
>
> Regards,
> Punky
>
>
> Chris wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have no problem with that, the issue is getting the info from that 
>> computer into this email.
>> I have tried:
>> dmesg > errortext
>>
>> I don't think it can be saved to the CF card, as the card cannot be 
>> mounted?
>>
>> cat proc/partitions has no info. It just displays:
>> major minor #blocks name
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> Josh F wrote:
>>> It means exactly what it says:
>>>
>>> At the shell prompt, type: "dmesg" (without the quotes) (and press 
>>> enter)
>>> Copy and paste that to the email
>>>
>>> Then type "cat /proc/partitions" (without the quotes) (and press enter)
>>> Copy and paste that to the email
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris wrote:
>>>> Hard disk is a CF card and I am using voyage-lenny.
>>>> Sorry, what do you mean by?
>>>> Please post "dmesg" and "cat /proc/partitions".
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again!
>>>>
>>>> Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
>>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>>
>>>>> No idea, but is it a sata harddisk?  I might be unsupported on 
>>>>> voyage.  Please post "dmesg" and "cat /proc/partitions".  BTW what 
>>>>> voyage version you are using?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Punky
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the help, but still no luck. Volume is called ROOT_FS 
>>>>>> and I tried changing kernel parameter to "root=/dev/hda" and 
>>>>>> "root=/dev/hda1" no luck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any other ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Punky Tse wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Check to see if your root fs has ROOT_FS volume label.  If not, 
>>>>>>> label the fs with ROOT_FS.  Or change grub to use 
>>>>>>> "root=/dev/hda" for kernel parameter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Punky
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am booting for a PC with a CF card Hard drive. I completed 
>>>>>>>> installation on my Ubuntu standard PC and it worked fine.
>>>>>>>> When it's booting and it comes to:
>>>>>>>> Begin:  Waiting for root file system ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It pauses for about 5 minutes and then says:
>>>>>>>> Give up waiting for root device (and displays some common 
>>>>>>>> problem solutions)
>>>>>>>> Then it drops to:
>>>>>>>> (initramfs)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My Grub settings look like this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> timeout 5
>>>>>>>> default 0
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> title voyage-linux-19Nov08
>>>>>>>> root (hd0,0)
>>>>>>>> kernel /vmlinuz root=LABEL=ROOT_FS
>>>>>>>> initrd /initrd.img
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is this right?
>>>>>>>> I haven't changed anything from standard installation.
>>>>>>>> I have searched forums, and there is probably something very 
>>>>>>>> simple to fix this, but I can't find anything as yet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for your help in advance!
>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>>
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