[Voyage-linux] Booting from CF card

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Chris,

Using the working current build, can you send the following output:

1. dmesg
2. lspci -v
3. lsmod

- Punky

Chris wrote:
> 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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Regards,
Punky

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