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Hi, thank you for your response! answers to your questions inline
below<br>
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On 03/10/2011 10:02 AM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D7893AE.6000902@punknix.com" type="cite">Hi
Bjorn,
<br>
<br>
1. did you use voyage 0.7.0 official build or daily build? <br>
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<br>
I used the "current"-build which probably is the daily? Was that a
mistake? It worked well with 0.6.5 but I see your point... I will
try the official version <br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:4D7893AE.6000902@punknix.com" type="cite">2.
did you format the CF using format-cf.sh or label the CF as
ROOT_FS?
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Well, I am not sure, when would that happen? The sequence I used is
the following<br>
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<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bjorn@bp:~$</span></font></tt><font
color="#000000"><b> sudo fdisk
/dev/sdc</b></font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">Command (m for
help): d</font><tt class="western"><font color="#000000"><b> </b></font></tt><tt
class="western"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-weight:
normal;"><CR></span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">Command (m for
help): </font><tt class="western"><font color="#000000"><b>n </b></font></tt><tt
class="western"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-weight:
normal;"><CR></span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000"> e extended</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000"> p primary
partition (1-4)</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">p</span></font></tt><tt
class="western"><font color="#000000"><b>
</b></font></tt><tt class="western"><font color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"><CR></span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">Partition
number (1-4): </font><tt class="western"><font color="#000000"><b>1</b></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">First cylinder
(1-621, default 1):</font><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><CR></span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">Last cylinder
or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-973, default 973):</font><tt
class="western"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-weight:
normal;"><CR></span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Command
(m for help): a</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight: normal;">Partition
number (1-4): </span></font><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">1</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Command
(m for help): p</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Disk
/dev/sdc: 4017 MB, 4017807360 bytes</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">128
heads, 63 sectors/track, 973 cylinders</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Units
= cylinders of 8064 * 512 = 4128768 bytes</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sector
size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I/O
size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Disk
identifier: 0x00000000</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"> </font></tt><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Device
Boot Start End Blocks Id System</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">/dev/sdc1 *
1 973 3923104+ 83 Linux</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Command
(m for help): w</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bjorn@bp:~$
umount /dev/sdc1</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bjorn@bp:~$
sudo mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdc1</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">mke2fs
1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Filesystem
label=</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">OS
type: Linux</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Block
size=4096 (log=2)</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fragment
size=4096 (log=2)</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Stride=0
blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">245280
inodes, 980776 blocks</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">49038
blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">First
data block=0</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Maximum
filesystem blocks=1006632960</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">30
block groups</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">32768
blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">8176
inodes per group</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Superblock
backups stored on blocks: </span></font></tt>
</p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> 32768,
98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Writing
inode tables: done </span></font></tt>
</p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Writing
superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This
filesystem will be automatically checked every 26 mounts or</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">180
days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to
override.</span></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bjorn@bp:~$</span></font></tt><b>
sudo tune2fs -c 0 /dev/sdc1</b></p>
<p class="western" style="font-weight: normal;" lang="en-GB">tune2fs
1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)</p>
<p class="western" style="font-weight: normal;" lang="en-GB">Setting
maximal mount count to -1</p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bjorn@bp:~$</span></font></tt><tt
class="western"><font color="#000000"><b> sudo tar
--numeric-owner -jxvf voyage-current.tar.bz2</b></font></tt></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bjorn@bp:~$</span></font></tt><font
color="#000000"><b> cd
voyage-current</b></font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><tt class="western"><font
color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bjorn@bp:~$</span></font></tt><font
color="#000000"><b> sudo
./usr/local/sbin/voyage.update</b></font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">voyage.update
scripts will ask you a couple of questions to complete the
installation:</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">1 - Create new
Voyage Linux disk</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">2 - Update
existing Voyage configuration</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">3 - Exit</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">Press 1 to
install voyage to disk device. You will be prompted tohrough
installation menu. Go through the menu item 1 - 6 in sequence.</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">1 - Specify
Distribution Directory</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">2 - Select
Target Profile</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">3 - Select
Target Disk</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">4 - Select
Target Bootstrap Loader</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">5 - Configure
Target Console</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">6 - Copy
Distribution to Target</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">7 - Exit</font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">It will take a
short while (~1 min) to copy all files from software package to
disk
device. The above configuration will be saved to .voyage.config.
If
you run voyage.update next time, it will use same configuration
as
default.</font></p>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:4D7893AE.6000902@punknix.com" type="cite">Regards,
<br>
Punky
<br>
<br>
On 3/10/2011 4:42 PM, Bjorn Pehrson wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Although I am a voyage/Alix 6 newbie, I
had no problems installing 0.6.5 a couple of months ago.
<br>
<br>
However, when I try to install 0.7.0 from scratch, I cannot get
it to boot after moving the flash disk to the Alix board.
<br>
No indications of problems when creating the disk according to
the same procedure as for 0.6.5.
<br>
<br>
Everthing seems OK when I start booting until I get the messages
below.
<br>
<br>
I got a lot of hits when I googled for the key words but it
seems as if these messages can be caused by many different sorts
of problems.
<br>
<br>
It seems as if the boot program cannot find the file system.
<br>
I tried to start all over for times but got exactly the same
behaviour.
<br>
<br>
Anything obvious that I miss?
<br>
<br>
[ 1.320673] Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up.
<br>
[ 1.336959] VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying
floppy.
<br>
[ 1.355355] VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=ROOT_FS" or
unknown-block(2,0)
<br>
[ 1.377111] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here
are the available partitions:
<br>
[ 1.402229] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount
root fs on unknown-block(2,0)
<br>
[ 1.583419] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 244680813 ns)
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<br>
Bjorn
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