Innes,
Yes, I saw this post earlier and that's why I switched to
using the dream-2.6.38.4-uImage from with-linux instead of
uImage-kirkwood. That got me to the point where I can boot via
tftpboot and install armedslack on the dreamplug, but the system
hangs when I try to reboot after the installation.
Thanks,
Jim
On 02/09/2012 07:26 AM, Innes Read wrote:
Hi,
This sounds like the exact same problem I had when I got my
Dreamplug. Here's the note chain that describes the solution:
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Michael,
Thanks for pointing me to those, that got me going (I used a
combination of the with-linux kernel and the uinitrd from
Slackware 13.37 to get everything installed). You made my day
getting my plug all ready to go!
Cheers, Innes.
On 21/08/2011 18:43, Michael Langfinger wrote:
> Hi Innes,
>
> the problem is that the kernel that is delivered with
ARMedslack has MTD support compiled in. For some strange reason,
this causes the Dreamplug to hang. [1]
>
> The workaround for this is pretty simple. Just compile a
kernel without MTD support or - which i did - use the kernel from
"with-linux" for the dreamplug. [2]
>
> You also have to ensure that the uImage is on a FAT
partition, because the u-boot version on the Dreamplug doesn't
support booting from ext2 (except they fixed this in newer
revisions, it's been a while since i installed ARMedslack on the
dreamplug).
>
> Of course this workaround has the disadvantage that you have
to take care that a system update doesn't overwrite your custom
uImage and you have to take care about kernel upgrades yourself. I
circumvent the problem of an accidental upgrade (leading to an
unbootable system) by mounting the partition that contains the
custom uImage to /boot-vfat; /boot is just a folder. In this case
a kernel upgrade will overwrite the uImage in /boot, which doesn't
affect the system boot at all. Maybe not the best way, but it
works.
>
> You also might need to set the arcNumber (in u-boot) to the
correct value (should be 2659, iirc - unfortunately the dreamplug
is about 50 kilometers away from my current position, so i can't
look it up ;)).
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
>
>
> [1]
http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?PHPSESSID=manimc8t872rscog9oeti7adb5&topic=5731.0
>
> [2]
http://archlinuxarm.org/mirror/with-linux/index.php?dir=2.6.38%2F2.6.38.8%2F
On 07/02/2012 02:27, Jim Hammack wrote:
I've been trying to install ARMedslack on
my Dreamplug (ser:
1148-XXXXXX) by following Stuart's excellent instructions in
INSTALL_KIRKWOOD.TXT, but have been unable to get the system to
boot. I
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