MicroSD cards support questions in gta02

[Ed Kapitein]

On 02/26/2011 09:41 PM, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Ed.
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> My gta02 boots every 10 sec and the last messages seen before boot is in the 
> image :
> http://imagepaste.nullnetwork.net/viewimage.php?id=1848
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> The images i used for kernel and qi where from:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/
> I took the kernel from:
> qtmoko-debian-v31.tar.gz
> after extracting it in a local folder.
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> Also if its usefull:
> #mke2fs /dev/sde1
> mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=4096 (log=2)
> Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
> Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
> 486720 inodes, 1946368 blocks
> 97318 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
> First data block=0
> Maximum filesystem blocks=1996488704
> 60 block groups
> 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
> 8112 inodes per group
> Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
>         32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632
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> Writing inode tables: done                            
> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
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> Στις Σάββατο 26 Φεβρουάριος 2011 01:14:02 Ed Kapitein γράψατε:
>> On 02/25/2011 10:08 PM, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote:
>>> Having spend a day and some trying to boot qtmoko or shr trying different
>>> combinations (bootloader+ distributions + partition scheme )  from two
>>> micro sd card i own,  without any success , and since the cards are
>>> accesible from linux kernel i'd like to pledge for help in that issue. 
>>> I admit i havent play more with uboot enviroment and uboot prompt  but
>>> i've tries the rootdelay option...................
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>> Hi Alexandros,
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>> I use sd cards to run a distro and it works "fine" ( there are some
>> problems with the speed an reliability ) I would suggest to format the sd
>> card as one partion with ext2  (on a pc with a sd card reader for example)
>> and put the qtmoko kernel in the /boot directory of the card and name it
>> uImage-GTA02.bin.
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>> And write "console=tty0 loglevel=3 rootwait panic=10
>> glamo_mci.sd_max_clk=5000000 glamo_mci.sd_post_power_clock=5000000
>> glamo_mci.sd_slow_ratio=16" in /boot/append-GTA02
>>
>> Could you please report back what happens when you try to boot then from
>> the SD card. It should start a kernel and panic at the end loading the
>> kernel. ( there is no init yet) Please hold the power button to get some
>> diagnostics printed on your screen.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Ed
>>
>> cut and paste:
>> mke2fs /dev/sdb1 ( assuming /dev/sdb is your sd card )
>> mkdir /tmp/mpt
>> mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/mpt
>> mkdir /tmp/mpt/boot
>> cp /some/place/qtmoko_kernel /tmp/mpt/boot/uImage-GTA02.bin
>> echo "console=tty0 loglevel=3 rootwait panic=10
>> glamo_mci.sd_max_clk=5000000 glamo_mci.sd_post_power_clock=5000000
>> glamo_mci.sd_slow_ratio=16" > /tmp/mpt/boot/append-GTA02 umount /tmp/mpt
>> eject /dev/sdb
>>
>> put the card in the freerunner and boot using qi.
>

Hi Alexandros,

Well, it seems good, the freerunner regonizes the card and loads the kernel.
The kernel panic is as expected, there is just a kernel on the card and no distro yet.
Could you try  to install the root files system from [2] ?
After you installed it make sure to install the kernel in /boot as uImage-GTA02.bin
and add the /boot/append-GTA02.
(you could make a tar file before installing the rootfs)

in cut and paste style:
mkdir /tmp/mpt
mount /dev/sde1 /tmp/mpt
cd /tmp/mpt
tar -czf /tmp/old_boot.tgz ./boot
tar -xzvpf /the/downloaded/qtmoko-debian-v31.tar.gz
tar -xzvpf /tmp/old_boot.tgz
cd /
umount /tmp/mpt
eject /dev/sde

put the card in the freerunner and boot using qi
That should give you a working distro.
Please let us know any success/failure!

Kind regards,
Ed

[2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/qtmoko-debian-v31.tar.gz/download