Thanks Jeff...... In trying to get back to upgrading our routers, I was
experimenting with uClibc, v1.0-2.4.18, and v1.0-2.4.20, and I was using the
cdrom modules from the 2.4.18 tarball. I didn't think that would make a
difference, but alas it did. Thanks again!!
Bob Pocius
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From: Jeff Newmiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bob Pocius
Subject: Re: [leaf-user] linuxrc
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Bob Pocius wrote:
> I'm struggling with getting 1.1 to boot from a cd. This is
the same problem
> I had the first time I tried the 2.4.20 version of 1.0
stable. During
> bootup, the system returns the "Could not load packages"
error. I found the
> error in linuxrc, and it seems that the isolinux.cfg is
not being read
> properly, and it is defaulting to /proc/cmdline data. Have
you experienced
> this?
I don't remember, but it sounds familiar.
Do you have the correct drivers for the cdrom drive in your
initrd.lrp
(/boot/lib/modules/*.o and listed in /boot/etc/modules)? In
particular,
if you don't have an ide cdrom drive then you will have to
diverge from
the modules described in section 8.4 in
http://leaf-project.org/devel/jnilo/bucdrom.html.
(Actually, if that is
the case, you might just consider going out and buying an
IDE cdrom
drive.)
Another problem that occurs frequently is encountering the
255
character limit on /proc/cmdline. See
http://leaf-project.org/devel/jnilo/bubooting.html#AEN1155.
> What I'm wondering is where the /proc/cmdline file pulls
it's data
> from?
Last line of isolinux.cfg. This occurs regardless of
whether you have the
right drivers, because this data is passed into the kernel
by the boot
loader. Drivers become important when the packages other
than initrd.lrp
must be loaded.
> I'm tempted to just hardcode my parameters in, but I'd
rather do it
> cleanly. Any advice would be appreciated.
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