Re: [Leaf-devel] MTD/DOC2000 question
Hi Jacques I'll gladly write something, but let me first get it to boot from the DoC ;-) The hold-up is that the leaf install script is heavily geared towards booting from a floppy and then installing on a ramdisk. Anyway, I'm still trying to hack the install script to install to the DoC. Cheers! Conrad On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 13:37, Jacques Nilo wrote: > Conrad, SImon: > I would really like to add a new chapter in the Bering user's guide about > "Booting Bering from DoC". Would you be ready to draft something ? > Jacques -- *-* | Conrad Steenberg| | Caltech, Mail Code 356-48 | | Pasadena, CA, 91125 | | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Tel: (626) 395-8758 | *-* --- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 ___ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [Leaf-devel] MTD/DOC2000 question
Conrad, SImon: I would really like to add a new chapter in the Bering user's guide about "Booting Bering from DoC". Would you be ready to draft something ? Jacques --- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 ___ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [Leaf-devel] MTD/DOC2000 question
Hi Simon I used the installer's ability to load modules at startup to get the DOC to work (after doing it a couple of times by hand to get it to work ;-) The kernel that Bering ships with has all the right modules available (go to the Bering download page, which links to http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13751 and get Bering_1.0-rc3_modules_2.4.18.tar.gz) I was trying to hack the installer to be able to install on the DOC so that I could distribute the result, but it seems the installer wants to load packages and modules from a mounted device, and install the system on a ramdisk, while I want to load packages and modules from a directory and install on a mounted device and make the device bootable. So it seems like just making a custom install like yu did would be a lot less trouble. Cheers! Conrad On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 02:05, Simon Blake wrote: > Hi Conrad > > What kernel are you booting off? As far as I know, the stock bering > kernel doesn't have DOC support built in, so even though you have the > device files, you won't be able to access ntfla1 unless you build your > own kernel with DOC support.. > > When I last setup a DOC based system, I booted it off an IDE drive > running DOS, formatted the DOC with a FAT filesystem (in fact installed > DOS), copied all the Bering stuff over, along with a customer kernel > with DOC support, ran syslinux on the DOC as boot loader. Seemed to > work fine. > > Cheers > Si > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 09:37:16AM -0700, Conrad Steenberg said: > > Hi Jacques > > > > Thanks for your reply. I think my question was a little unclear, though: > > > > Making the devices works fine, whether by hand or using root.dev.mk. > > What has me stumped is formatting the partition (using either mke2fs of > > mkfs.minix from busybox) which gives me the errors described below. > > > > The Netier doesn't have a hard drive, so it has to be booted using > > PXE/dhcp/tftp until I can get the DOC formatted. And I'd very much like > > to keep it HD-less since it is blissfully quiet :-) > > > > Cheers! > > > > Conrad > > > > On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 01:27, Jacques Nilo wrote: > > > > I'm new to LEAF and embedded devices, so please bear > > > with me :-) > > > > > > > > I trying to create a filesystem on a 72M DOC2000 > > > (Netier XL1000), and > > > > get up to creating a partition (/dev/nftla1). This is > > > with Bering-rc3. > > > > > > > > When I try mke2fs /dev/nftla1, the following gets > > > reported: > > > > > > > > NFTL_writeblock(): Cannot find block to write to > > > > end_request; I/O error, dev 5d:01 (unknown) sector X > > > > Argh! No free blocks found LastFreeEUN = 4603, FirstEUN > > > = 3 > > > > No Virtual Unit Chains available for folding. Failing > > > request > > > > > > > > This gets repeated lots of times with different values > > > for X. > > > > > > > > (I _think_ that the utility nftl_format might be able > > > to free the blocks > > > > on the DOC, but I don't know where to get one that's > > > been compiled for > > > > Bering.) > > > > > > > > Does anybody have an idea why the error mesages happen, > > > and maybe what > > > > to do about it? Or better yet, have copies of the nftl > > > utilities > > > > compiled with the right libc(+kernel?) to work with > > > Bering? > > > >From Bering rc3 Changelog: > > > root.dev.mk updated to create mtd, nftla1->4, lp0, lp1 > > > devices for DoC and parallel printer support > > > > > > The relevant devices are created automatically at boot > > > time (check the /dev directory). > > > > > > Jacques > > > -- > > > Profitez de l'offre exceptionnelle Tiscali ! > > > "Internet Gratuit le Jour" > > > Cliquez ici, http://register.tiscali.fr/forfaits_ls/ > > > Offre soumise à conditions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > > > > ___ > > > Leaf-devel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > > -- > > > > > > > > --- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > > ___ > > Leaf-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel -- *-* | Conrad Steenberg| | Caltech, Mail Code 356-48 | | Pasadena, CA, 91125 | | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Tel: (626) 395-8758 | *-* --- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals.
Re: [Leaf-devel] MTD/DOC2000 question
Hi Conrad What kernel are you booting off? As far as I know, the stock bering kernel doesn't have DOC support built in, so even though you have the device files, you won't be able to access ntfla1 unless you build your own kernel with DOC support.. When I last setup a DOC based system, I booted it off an IDE drive running DOS, formatted the DOC with a FAT filesystem (in fact installed DOS), copied all the Bering stuff over, along with a customer kernel with DOC support, ran syslinux on the DOC as boot loader. Seemed to work fine. Cheers Si On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 09:37:16AM -0700, Conrad Steenberg said: > Hi Jacques > > Thanks for your reply. I think my question was a little unclear, though: > > Making the devices works fine, whether by hand or using root.dev.mk. > What has me stumped is formatting the partition (using either mke2fs of > mkfs.minix from busybox) which gives me the errors described below. > > The Netier doesn't have a hard drive, so it has to be booted using > PXE/dhcp/tftp until I can get the DOC formatted. And I'd very much like > to keep it HD-less since it is blissfully quiet :-) > > Cheers! > > Conrad > > On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 01:27, Jacques Nilo wrote: > > > I'm new to LEAF and embedded devices, so please bear > > with me :-) > > > > > > I trying to create a filesystem on a 72M DOC2000 > > (Netier XL1000), and > > > get up to creating a partition (/dev/nftla1). This is > > with Bering-rc3. > > > > > > When I try mke2fs /dev/nftla1, the following gets > > reported: > > > > > > NFTL_writeblock(): Cannot find block to write to > > > end_request; I/O error, dev 5d:01 (unknown) sector X > > > Argh! No free blocks found LastFreeEUN = 4603, FirstEUN > > = 3 > > > No Virtual Unit Chains available for folding. Failing > > request > > > > > > This gets repeated lots of times with different values > > for X. > > > > > > (I _think_ that the utility nftl_format might be able > > to free the blocks > > > on the DOC, but I don't know where to get one that's > > been compiled for > > > Bering.) > > > > > > Does anybody have an idea why the error mesages happen, > > and maybe what > > > to do about it? Or better yet, have copies of the nftl > > utilities > > > compiled with the right libc(+kernel?) to work with > > Bering? > > >From Bering rc3 Changelog: > > root.dev.mk updated to create mtd, nftla1->4, lp0, lp1 > > devices for DoC and parallel printer support > > > > The relevant devices are created automatically at boot > > time (check the /dev directory). > > > > Jacques > > -- > > Profitez de l'offre exceptionnelle Tiscali ! > > "Internet Gratuit le Jour" > > Cliquez ici, http://register.tiscali.fr/forfaits_ls/ > > Offre soumise à conditions. > > > > > > > > > > --- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > > ___ > > Leaf-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > -- > > > > --- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > ___ > Leaf-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel --- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 ___ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [Leaf-devel] MTD/DOC2000 question
Hi Jacques Thanks for your reply. I think my question was a little unclear, though: Making the devices works fine, whether by hand or using root.dev.mk. What has me stumped is formatting the partition (using either mke2fs of mkfs.minix from busybox) which gives me the errors described below. The Netier doesn't have a hard drive, so it has to be booted using PXE/dhcp/tftp until I can get the DOC formatted. And I'd very much like to keep it HD-less since it is blissfully quiet :-) Cheers! Conrad On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 01:27, Jacques Nilo wrote: > > I'm new to LEAF and embedded devices, so please bear > with me :-) > > > > I trying to create a filesystem on a 72M DOC2000 > (Netier XL1000), and > > get up to creating a partition (/dev/nftla1). This is > with Bering-rc3. > > > > When I try mke2fs /dev/nftla1, the following gets > reported: > > > > NFTL_writeblock(): Cannot find block to write to > > end_request; I/O error, dev 5d:01 (unknown) sector X > > Argh! No free blocks found LastFreeEUN = 4603, FirstEUN > = 3 > > No Virtual Unit Chains available for folding. Failing > request > > > > This gets repeated lots of times with different values > for X. > > > > (I _think_ that the utility nftl_format might be able > to free the blocks > > on the DOC, but I don't know where to get one that's > been compiled for > > Bering.) > > > > Does anybody have an idea why the error mesages happen, > and maybe what > > to do about it? Or better yet, have copies of the nftl > utilities > > compiled with the right libc(+kernel?) to work with > Bering? > >From Bering rc3 Changelog: > root.dev.mk updated to create mtd, nftla1->4, lp0, lp1 > devices for DoC and parallel printer support > > The relevant devices are created automatically at boot > time (check the /dev directory). > > Jacques > -- > Profitez de l'offre exceptionnelle Tiscali ! > "Internet Gratuit le Jour" > Cliquez ici, http://register.tiscali.fr/forfaits_ls/ > Offre soumise à conditions. > > > > > --- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > ___ > Leaf-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel -- --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [Leaf-devel] MTD/DOC2000 question
> I'm new to LEAF and embedded devices, so please bear with me :-) > > I trying to create a filesystem on a 72M DOC2000 (Netier XL1000), and > get up to creating a partition (/dev/nftla1). This is with Bering-rc3. > > When I try mke2fs /dev/nftla1, the following gets reported: > > NFTL_writeblock(): Cannot find block to write to > end_request; I/O error, dev 5d:01 (unknown) sector X > Argh! No free blocks found LastFreeEUN = 4603, FirstEUN = 3 > No Virtual Unit Chains available for folding. Failing request > > This gets repeated lots of times with different values for X. > > (I _think_ that the utility nftl_format might be able to free the blocks > on the DOC, but I don't know where to get one that's been compiled for > Bering.) > > Does anybody have an idea why the error mesages happen, and maybe what > to do about it? Or better yet, have copies of the nftl utilities > compiled with the right libc(+kernel?) to work with Bering? >From Bering rc3 Changelog: root.dev.mk updated to create mtd, nftla1->4, lp0, lp1 devices for DoC and parallel printer support The relevant devices are created automatically at boot time (check the /dev directory). Jacques -- Profitez de l'offre exceptionnelle Tiscali ! "Internet Gratuit le Jour" Cliquez ici, http://register.tiscali.fr/forfaits_ls/ Offre soumise à conditions. --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
[Leaf-devel] MTD/DOC2000 question
Hi I'm new to LEAF and embedded devices, so please bear with me :-) I trying to create a filesystem on a 72M DOC2000 (Netier XL1000), and get up to creating a partition (/dev/nftla1). This is with Bering-rc3. When I try mke2fs /dev/nftla1, the following gets reported: NFTL_writeblock(): Cannot find block to write to end_request; I/O error, dev 5d:01 (unknown) sector X Argh! No free blocks found LastFreeEUN = 4603, FirstEUN = 3 No Virtual Unit Chains available for folding. Failing request This gets repeated lots of times with different values for X. (I _think_ that the utility nftl_format might be able to free the blocks on the DOC, but I don't know where to get one that's been compiled for Bering.) Does anybody have an idea why the error mesages happen, and maybe what to do about it? Or better yet, have copies of the nftl utilities compiled with the right libc(+kernel?) to work with Bering? Cheers! Conrad --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
