[Voyage-linux] SD Card Install

[Frank Parker]

CC'ing conversation back to list for archiving...

Joshua,
Thanks again.  I tried the install again using voyage-current and
voyage.update didn't throw any errors.  I had the SD card connected to
an Ubuntu system via a USB multicard reader during the install.  Then
I plugged the multicard reader into my Foxconn device

<http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index.html>

...and it boots perfectly.  I am watching the boot process on a
monitor attached to the DVI port.  The USB keyboard isn't working, but
this will be a headless box anyway.  So I dont care.

However, if I move the SD card to the built-in SD card slot it loads
GRUB, decompresses the kernel and begins booting.  At about 8 seconds
I see it hang at:

---[SNIP]--
[8.275103] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 9732 PQ
: 0 ANSI: 0
[8.406383] SD 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
---[SNIP]--

After a minute or two, it prints:

---[SNIP]--
done.
Gave up waiting for root device.  Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
   - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
   - Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
- MIssing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev/)
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-label/ROOT_FS does not exist.  Dropping to a shell!
(initramfs) _
---[SNIP]--

I cant do any troubleshooting here without a keyboard but I think I
must need to alter the GRUB settings.  The built-in SD card reader
must be recognized as a different device.  Maybe?

A successful dmesg when booting via the multicard reader looks like this:

---[SNIP]---
[    8.341143] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Multiple Card  Reader
 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[    8.341759] usb-storage: device scan complete
[    8.412496] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  STORAGE DEVICE
 9732 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[    8.413113] usb-storage: device scan complete
[    8.431027] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[    8.951749] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 3985408 512-byte hardware sectors:
(2.04 GB/1.90 GiB)
[    8.953864] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    8.953986] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[    8.953992] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[    8.958864] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[    8.958948]  sda: sda1
[    8.960174] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
---[SNIP]---


My /boot/grub/menu.lst looks like this:

---[SNIP]---
timeout 5
default 0

title voyage-linux-22Feb10
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz root=LABEL=ROOT_FS
initrd /initrd.img
---[SNIP]---


I can move the SD card back to the multicard reader to make the
necessary changes but how do i determine what to change?



On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Joshua Anhalt <anhalt at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Frank,
>
> Call format-cf.sh without the partition number:
>        format-cf.sh /dev/sdd
>
> Joshua
>
> On Feb 20, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Frank Parker wrote:
>
>> Trying to install voyage-current onto an SD card to see if my device
>> will boot from SD card.  I followed the installation steps in the
>> README using my SD card (recognized as /dev/sdd) instead of a true CF
>> card.  On the last step the installer throws this error...
>>
>>
>> ---[SNIP]---
>> Configuration details:
>> ----------------------
>>
>> Distribution directory:   /home/ubuntu/Downloads/voyage-current
>>
>> Disk/Flash Device:        /dev/sdd
>> Installation Partition:   /dev/sdd1
>> Create Partition and FS:  yes
>> Bootstrap Partition:      /dev/sdd1
>>
>> Will be mounted on:       /mnt/cf
>>
>> Target system profile:    Generic PC
>> Target console:           standard
>>
>> Bootstrap installer:      grub
>> Bootstrap partition:      /dev/sdd1
>>
>> OK to continue (y/n)? y
>>
>> Ready to go ....
>> Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
>> OK
>>
>> Disk /dev/sdd: 1020 cylinders, 63 heads, 62 sectors/track
>> Old situation:
>> Units = cylinders of 1999872 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
>>
>>  Device Boot Start     End   #cyls    #blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/sdd1          0+   1019    1020-   1992029   83  Linux
>> /dev/sdd2          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
>> /dev/sdd3          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
>> /dev/sdd4          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
>> trailing junk after number
>>
>> sfdisk: bad input
>> mount: special device /dev/sdd1 does not exist
>> Fatal Error: Failed to mount /dev/sdd1 on /mnt/cf as an ext2 partition
>> ---[SNIP]---
>>
>>
>> I had previously used fdisk to create a single linux partition on the
>> SD card and formatted it with ext2.  I verified that I can mount the
>> SD card (mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/cf) and read/write files.  Not sure why
>> the installer is having trouble.
>>
>> Then I tried the format-cf.sh helper script and it throws this error...
>>
>>
>> ---[SNIP]---
>> # ./usr/local/sbin/format-cf.sh /dev/sdd1
>> Press ENTER to continue to format flash memory on /dev/sdd1
>>
>> Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
>> BLKRRPART: Invalid argument
>> OK
>> Warning: start=62 - this looks like a partition rather than
>> the entire disk. Using fdisk on it is probably meaningless.
>> [Use the --force option if you really want this]
>> ---[SNIP]---
>>
>>
>> Any clues?
>>
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