you need to talk to bcavalieri..bill_c who built the nfsroot/..ill try to get an addy for you..he has somewhat disappeared... i did build a kernel long ago for nubus with an initrd but the memory is vague..i do still have notes for said..chuck > Hi Chuck, *, > > here's some more progress: > > Am Samstag, den 27.01.2007, 07:17 -0500 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> > I now got a working 2.4.34 kernel! - Isn't that great? > > For those who want to play a bit, I've put this up on a temp-web-site > (see below). > >> > However, I'm still in the progress getting it to boot in the ltsp >> > nfs-root (see below). [...] >> athe's has somewhat disappeared..> The size doesn't appear to be the major problem ... rather the format. > > There is acutally no trouble packing an initrd with the kernel - > provided one knows how to do it. :-) > > All you need to do is place your ramdisk named "ramdisk.image.gz" at > arch/ppc/boot/images/ in your source-tree and then compile the kernel > with "make zImage.initrd". Now the final kernel.1000 will carry your > image inside without needing to do any other thing. ... > > However, currently I'm stuck, because after pivoting the root > I cannot mount devfs (which appears to be not available for ppc arch) > and the /sbin/init from the apple.tar.gz LTSP-root-fs does either not > work or not start properly ;-( > > My konsole tells me: > > [...] > Mounting the devfs filesystem > mount: Mounting /devfs on /dev failed: No such device > Running /sbin/init > > ... and then it locks up. > > Anyone who wants to try a bit look in > http://www.hegner-web.de/pub/netstation/ for the following: > > vmlinuz-2.4.34.1000 # NS1000 kernel with hard-coded NFS-root to > # /NetworkStationV2/prodbase/linuxppc. For > # root-fs from networkstation.aytolacoruna.es > config-34 # .config for that build > > ramdisk.image.gz # my initrd based on your > initrd-ppc-2.4.22-ltsp-1 > # but without your modules > > vmlinuz-2.4.34-ltsp-1.1000 # NS1000 kernel for ltsp-ppc that runs /linuxrc > # from initrd packed with the kernel > config-30.01.2007-ltsp # .config for this build (use make > zImage.initrd) > > > Could you also please answer me this old question? >> > @chuck: What ltsp-version is your ppc-nfs-root "ltsp-ppc.tar.gz" as >> part >> > of the "apple.tar.gz"? A plain ltsp-4.2-ppc? Did you patch it in some >> > ways? > Am I right, that there is no "official" ltsp-ppc around? > > Any feedback regarding the kernel (especially the ltsp-initrd one) is > most welcome, as well as some hints as to how to move on! > > Thanks > > Stefan. > > > > > -- > / Stefan Ulrich Hegner aka "Hegi" - Loehne/ Westfalen - Germany \ > | [EMAIL PROTECTED], my Cyberhome http://www.hegner-web.de| > \ GPG-Fprint D9DB 51BD 2DA6 9B3A 41CB 0287 05A1 8D11 38BA CE91 / > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642_____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net >
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