Hi Farrukh,
This has been an issue that goes round and round, if you use the Launch VM and
build a Live USB image you will hit a problem in a initramfs file. (This has
been put into a number of Moblin bugzilla bugs, but I've lost track of what the
bug number is. Maybe someone on the list can point me toward the current one
and I'll add how I get around this issue).
Anyway, here's a short blurb of what is happening and then how I get around it.
In the file "/usr/share/pdk/platforms/menlow-lpia-moblin2/initramfs/usb" (this
is just one example using the menlow-lpia-moblin2 platform) there is this
section of code (my comment is inline):
# Find the USB flash drive
while true
do
for device in 'sda' 'sdb' 'sdc' 'sdd'; do
echo "checking device /dev/${device} for installation source..."
mdev -s
if [ -e /sys/block/${device}/removable ]; then
#### Comment out the following "if" line;
#### this is the endless boot on VM since
#### "removable" file above contains "0" for all sd* devices.
#### Insert dummy "if" test to get around it.
# if [ "$(cat /sys/block/${device}/removable)" = "1" ]; then
if [ 1 -eq 1 ]; then
echo "Found Removable drive at /dev/${device}"
mount /dev/${device} /mnt
if [ -f /mnt/rootfs.img ] ; then
echo "Found Boot drive at /dev/${device}"
found="yes"
fi
umount /dev/${device}
if [ "$found" = "yes" ]; then
break;
fi
echo "/dev/${device} does not contain a rootfs"
fi
fi
done
if [ "$found" = "yes" ]; then
break;
fi
echo "Sleeping for 5 seconds"
/bin/sleep 5
echo "Sleeping finished"
done
Sorry for being verbose in the output, but I wanted to make sure you could see
the line to edit. It's this line where the "if" statement tests "removable =
1". In the VM this file always has zero stored so it loops endlessly, but on
actual Menlow based hardware (like a Jax10) it will boot fine.
For some reason this file isn't being setup correctly when booting in a VM. I
haven't dug into finding out why (maybe someone else knows exactly where and
can put in a patch faster than I could get up to speed. :-) )
This simple fix should get you up and running (I've tested this out in my VM
and on actual hardware to verify it is able to boot).
Hope this helps,
Brian Wood
Intel Corporation
UMG Platform Software Group (UPSG)
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Farrukh
>Arshad
>Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:33 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Moblin Dev] mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
>
>Hi guys,
>
>I am new to this. I have created an image as mentioned
>above<http://moblin.org/documentation/running-moblin-run-time-image-vm>and
>other documents but when I try to run the image using Lauch VM (as
>mentioned above) I got this following message while booting.
>
>mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
>mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
>mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
>mdev: /etc/mdev.conf: No such file or directory
>.
>.
>.
>.
>Sleeping for 5 seconds
>.
>. << again the above message >>
>
>I just have selected core + X components. Any idea about it ?
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>Farrukh Arshad.
>
>++++++++++++
>
>"Defend wisdom, and it will exalt thee, and it will shield thee with a crown
>of pleasure" -- Clement
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