You have to fix up /etc/fstab. You probably also don't want to use the
init script that comes with the image. Use the one that's in our
existing M5 image.

Gabe

Ong Wen Jian wrote:
>
> Hi all ,
>
> Does anyone tried to boot the linux disk image with Gentoo stage 3
> linux distribution on Alpha Full System Simulation Mode in M5
> simulator  successfully ?
> I tried to boot that by 1st downloading the iso file which contain the
> gentoo stage 3 linux distro filesystem , create an empty disk image by
> using mkblankimage.sh and then copy the Gentoo linux distribution into
> the empty disk image and let the M5 simulator to boot.
>
> However, when I try to boot the linux disk image, I encounter some of
> the problem here in the M5 simulator
>
> INIT: version 2.88 booting
>
> Gentoo Linux; http://www.gentoo.org/
>  Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPLv2
>
> Press I to enter interactive boot mode
>
>  * Mounting proc at /proc
> ...                                             [ ok ]
> i\i/
>  * Mounting sysfs at /sys
> ...                                             [ ok ]
>  * Mounting /dev
> ...                                                      [ ok ]
>  * Starting udevd ...udevd[849]: inotify_init failed: Function not
> implemented
>
> error initializing inotify
> udevd[849]: error initializing inotify
>
>                                                      [ !! ]
> No /sbin/udevd found running; none killed.
>  * Mounting devpts at /dev/pts
> ...                                        [ ok ]
>  * Checking root filesystem ...ext2fs_check_if_mount: Can't check if
> filesystem is mounted due to missing mtab file while determining
> whether /dev/ROOT is mounted.
> fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/ROOT
> /dev/ROOT:
> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
> filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
> filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
> is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
>     e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
>
>
>  * Filesystem couldn't be fixed :(
>                                                                          
> [ !! ]
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D to continue):
>
> I'm using linux kernel v 2.26.27.6 and with no problem on the linux
> kernel too old as reported earlier in the previous M5 simulator
> mailing list, http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01790.html
>
>
> regards
> -- 
> ONG WEN JIAN
> Student
> Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering,
> Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
> 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
> Tel : 014 - 930 2150 / 017 - 613 6231
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