[Voyage-linux] rootfs not found on first reboot [patch] add BOOTARGS to profiles

[Jim Cromie]

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Hermann Gottschalk <voyage at pestilenz.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> i installed voyage 0.7.5 via PXE on a soekris 4501 and after the first
> reboot, the system could not mount the rootfs an felt into initramfs.
>
> I figured out that the problem ist, that the ide_generic module is not
> loaded in the initrd.
>
> So my workaround:
>

heres another way to do it.

patch adds a BOOTARGS line to etc/voyage-profile/4801.pro
and alters setboot.sh to add it to the boot-configs.
This approach makes kernel-boot args customizable per board.
I didnt add a line for your board, but it would be close to that for
the net4801.
Id appreciate it if you try it out, and tune the BOOTARGS accordingly.

For the 4801, I found that ide_core.nodma was the critical option.
Ive got 2 CFs, one appears as hda, other as hdb, so I added =0.0, =0.1.
all_generic_ide doesnt fix the boot w/o the former.  But I added it anyway.



> After having installed voyage like described here
> http://linux.voyage.hk/content/getting-started-pxe-boot-v07x and BEFORE
> the first reboot mount /dev/hda1 again on /tmp/cf (rw), then chroot to
> /tmp/cf.
>
> $ mount /dev/hda1 /tmp/cf
> $ chroot /tmp/cf
>
> Here edit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules in adding 'ide_generic'. Then do
> a update-initramfs -u (don't worry about the absense of the mtab-file
> which is complained).
>
> $ update-initramfs -u
>
> Now do the first reboot and the soekris should boot.
>
> Greetings
> Hermann
>
> --
> Hermann Gottschalk
> voyage at pestilenz.org
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