"Benson, Chris M" wrote:
>
> I have tried to make a simple change to the kernel to include all the code
> need to come up and mount the DOC. For some reason when the kernel comes up
> I am unable to mount the DOC. I believe that is my stumbling block right
> now. When I try to actually load from DOC I get a kernel panic because it is
> unable to find root. And since booting the same kernel up that points to
> /dev/hda1 doesn't have that problem, and also can't mount /dev/nftla1 I
> believe I am not choosing the correct options to properly build DOC access
> into the kernel. (When I try to mount I get the error message - "mount :
> /dev/nftla1 has wrong major or minor number" This same item works fine when
> I use a kernel with Mods and manually load the mods.)
>
Did you use nftl_format from Linux-MTD to "low level" format the DoC ??
After the low-level format you have to use fdisk to partition the
disc "/dev/nftla". Then the DoC can be used as usual disc. For example
you can mke2fs /dev/nftla1 or dd if=cramfs.bin of=/dev/nftla1.
Ollie
