RE: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

later. Josh Phil Quiney phil.qui...@bigfoot.com 12/18/2008 12:52 PM To James T Long j-lo...@raytheon.com cc davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com Subject Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK HiThis step was pretty pointless...host dd if=/dev/ram0 bs=1k count=8192

Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

question at hand but it’s something you can try later. Josh Phil Quiney phil.qui...@bigfoot.com 12/18/2008 12:52 PM To James T Long j-lo...@raytheon.com cc davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com Subject Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK Hi This step was pretty pointless

RE: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

that doesn’t answer your question at hand but it’s something you can try later. Josh Phil Quiney phil.qui...@bigfoot.com 12/18/2008 12:52 PM To James T Long j-lo...@raytheon.com cc davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com Subject Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

@linux.davincidsp.com Subject Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK Hi This step was pretty pointless... host dd if=/dev/ram0 bs=1k count=8192 | gzip -v9 ramdisk.gz the next thing you do is unpack it again. host gunzip ramdisk.gz host mount -o loop ramdisk mnt/ host

Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

[mailto:davinci-linux-open-source-boun...@linux.davincidsp.com] *On Behalf Of *James T Long *Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2008 10:04 AM *To:* Phil Quiney *Cc:* davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com *Subject:* Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK Good morning, all. Thanks, Josh and Phil

RE: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com Subject: Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK Hi Josh, I checked the link you provided - just need to add the caveat that u-boot will not expand the variables if 'bootargs' is set to use such things as $ipaddr etc. It may be possible to expand the 'setboot

Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

Morning all, I am having trouble getting Linux (MonteVista 2.6.10) to boot. It's failing to create a file-system. My target board is a stand-alone DaVinci 6446, with only RS-232, NAND-Flash, DDR-2 and Ethernet. I can get Ethernet running while in U-Boot so I can load the kernel, but Ethernet

RE: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:44 AM To: davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com Subject: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK Morning all, I am having trouble getting Linux (MonteVista 2.6.10) to boot. It's failing to create a file-system. My target board is a stand-alone DaVinci 6446

Re: Trying to boot with a RAMDISK

Hi This step was pretty pointless... host dd if=/dev/ram0 bs=1k count=8192 | gzip -v9 ramdisk.gz the next thing you do is unpack it again. host gunzip ramdisk.gz host mount -o loop ramdisk mnt/ host mkdir mnt/usr ; mkdir mnt/home ; mkdir mnt/home/jlong ; mkdir mnt/dev ;