[Voyage-linux] SD Card Install

[Mike O'Connor]

On 23/02/10 7:15 AM, Frank Parker wrote:
> 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 do not fully understand why but for some reason the onboard CF slot is
not allowing the kernel to scan for the disk label.

Its possible that the chip set used by you board for the CF card is not
fully supported by the kernel. The other option is that the CF card its
self is not compatible with the boards chip set.

This has been seen many times in the past.

Hope you find a solution.
Cheers
Mike