On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 21:16 -0800, Victor McAllister wrote: > On 12/23/2010 12:36 PM, davidMbrooke wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 12:04 -0800, Victor McAllister wrote: > >> > >> WRAP is the predecessor to the PC Engines ALIX Geode and has a 486 > >> compatible SC1100 processor. I manage several of them > >> > >> I attempted to run the geode / serial version but it stopped with a note: > >> > >> “This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: > >> 3dnow. Unable to boot -” > >> > >> I guess I will wait for a i486 syslinux serial image since all the > >> initrd available either freeze shortly after displaying the LEAF logo or > >> stop when trying to load lrp programs. > >> > >> By the way - LEAFCFG= is on the DEFAULT line in leaf.cfg > >> > >> Victor > > > > Hi Victor, > > > > Thanks for the feedback. I will add the configuration entries for an > > i486 / ser variant so that gets built for Beta #2. > > > > It would be nice to get the WRAP board working with Beta #1 though, in > > case there is a more serious problem. Would you be willing to try one > > more test? > > > > The only differences between the "ser" and "vga" disk images are that: > > * syslinux/syslinux.cfg is modified to use the serial console for > > SYSLINUX messages and to add to the kernel command line > > * configdb.lrp includes a modified /etc/inittab so that you get a > > login prompt on the serial console > > > > If you take syslinux/syslinux.cfg and configdb.lrp from the geode > > "ser" .tar.gz and use them with the 486 "vga" .tar.gz you will reproduce > > what I would do for the 486 / ser variant. If that fails to boot would > > you be kind enough to report the error message please? > > > > > > When I was testing the serial configuration with a Compaq > > Small-Form-Factor PC I found that my "first" serial port was > > not /dev/ttyS0 but rather /dev/ttyS3 or something, so you might want to > > check for that too. > > > > Regards, > > > > dMb > > > > > > > > ON a 486 WRAP box, using the initrd.lrp from the 486 iso the system > boots up until it stops with this. > > > [ 2.953360] Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed > LINUXRC: Bering - Initrd - 4.0.0 Rev 9 uClibc 0.9.30.3 > LINUXRC: Parsing kernel command line... > LINUXRC: Loading modules... > [ 8.298858] SCSI subsystem initialized > LINUXRC: Root: /dev/ram0 > LINUXRC: Looking for leaf.cfg... > LINUXRC: Generating default dirs... > LINUXRC: Generating /tmp & /var/log partitions ... > LINUXRC: PKGPATH is empty or unset. Can not install packages. > LINUXRC: LRP= is empty or unset. Can not install packages. > LINUXRC: chown and chmod /dev... > LINUXRC: Loaded Packages > can't run '/etc/init.d/rcS': No such file or directory > > Please press Enter to activate this console. > > indeed at this stage /etc/init.d only has ntpd in it. > > Early in the boot process the system read the Kernel command line: > reboot = bios console=ttsS0,19200n8 VERBOSE=1 Boot_IMAGE=/sys.inux/linux > initrd=/initrd.lrp rw root=/dev/ram0 LEAFCFG=/dev/sda1:vfat > > echo $PKGPATH > echo $LRP are indeed both empty > > not sure what I am doing wrong. > > Victor
Hi Victor, So what it *should* report is: LINUXRC: Looking for leaf.cfg... LINUXRC: Mounting /dev/sda1 on /var/lib/lrpkg/mnt as vfat LINUXRC: Sourcing leaf.cfg from /dev/sda1 LINUXRC: Generating default dirs... Seems it's not seeing your /dev/sda1 device, perhaps because the required kernel Modules are not in the default moddb.lrp. Here's what I get after "SCSI subsystem initialized" (though not on a WRAP board, obviously). [ 3.431365] SCSI subsystem initialized [ 3.642380] libata version 3.00 loaded. [ 3.723378] ata_piix 0000:00:14.1: version 2.13 [ 3.726000] scsi0 : ata_piix [ 3.728958] scsi1 : ata_piix [ 3.729752] ata1: PATA max UDMA/33 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x3040 irq 14 [ 3.729923] ata2: PATA max UDMA/33 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x3048 irq 15 [ 3.942453] ata1.00: CFA: TOSHIBA THNCF512MPG, 3.00, max PIO4 [ 3.942623] ata1.00: 1000944 sectors, multi 1: LBA [ 3.949445] ata1.00: configured for PIO4 [ 3.958439] ata1.00: configured for PIO4 [ 3.958600] ata1: EH complete Do you get anything like that? The "ata1.00: CFA: TOSHIBA THNCF512MPG" is my 512MB CF card. Also worth checking for clues in /linuxrc.err dMb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
