qtopia - kernel panic
syed yaqoob ali
yaqoobali007 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 27 13:49:54 CEST 2008
rakshat hooja wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:47 AM, syed yaqoob ali
> <yaqoobali007 at gmail.com <mailto:yaqoobali007 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Yorick Moko wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:56 PM, syed yaqoob ali <yaqoobali007 at gmail.com> <mailto:yaqoobali007 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> arne anka wrote:
>>>
>>> " Warning : unable to open an initial console "
>>> " Kernel panic - not syncing : no init found .try passing init= option
>>> to kernel"
>>>
>>>
>>> what file systesm did you use on these partitions and how did you proceed
>>> exactly when installing?
>>>
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>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have used vfat for first partition and ext3 for the second partition.
>>>
>>> This is the procedure i have followed for installing qtopia on sdcard.
>>>
>>> My Host PC has FC 9.
>>>
>>> 1) connected to Neo freerunner by SSH
>>>
>>> 2) Partitioned SD card :
>>> fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
>>>
>>> created a 8 mb partition for kernel and another one for the rootfs
>>> which took up
>>> all the remaining space
>>>
>>>
>>> Command (m for help): d
>>> Selected partition 1
>>> Command (m for help): n
>>> Command action
>>> e extended
>>> p primary partition (1-4)
>>> p
>>> Partition number (1-4): 1
>>> First cylinder (1-983, default 1):
>>> Using default value 1
>>> Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-983, default 983): +8M
>>> Command (m for help): n
>>> Command action
>>> e extended
>>> p primary partition (1-4)
>>> p
>>> Partition number (1-4): 2
>>> First cylinder (18-983, default 18):
>>> Using default value 18
>>> Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (18-983, default 983):
>>> Using default value 983
>>> Command (m for help): w
>>> The partition table has been altered!
>>> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
>>>
>>> fdisk: WARNING: rereading partition table failed, kernel still uses old
>>> table: Device or resource busy
>>>
>>> 3) Got an fdisk warning so umounted :
>>>
>>> umount /dev/mmcblk0p1
>>>
>>> redone the step2 again.No error second time.
>>>
>>> 4)Formatted the SDcard :
>>>
>>> for first partition.
>>>
>>> a) mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1
>>>
>>> for second partition.
>>>
>>> b)mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p2
>>>
>>> 5)Mounted the sdcard:
>>>
>>> mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card
>>> mkdir /media/card/boot
>>>
>>> mkdir /media/mmcblk0p2
>>> mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2
>>>
>>> 6)unpacked qtopia:
>>>
>>> got this two files :
>>>
>>> uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin
>>> qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.jffs2
>>>
>>> 7)Mounted the rootfs on loopback device:
>>>
>>> export loop=$(losetup -f)
>>> losetup $loop <rootfs.jffs2>
>>> modprobe block2mtd block2mtd=$loop,131072
>>> modprobe jffs2
>>> modprobe mtdblock
>>> mkdir mntpnt
>>> mount -t jffs2 -o ro /dev/mtdblock0 mntpnt
>>>
>>>
>>> 8)created compressed tarball.
>>>
>>> tar czf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz -c mntpnt
>>>
>>> 9)Transfer this compressed tarball to the second partition of the MicroSD
>>> that is mounted
>>> on the FreeRunner:
>>>
>>> scp qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
>>> root at 192.168.0.202:/media/mmcblk0p2/ <mailto:root at 192.168.0.202:/media/mmcblk0p2/>
>>>
>>> 10)Unpack the rootfilesystem:
>>>
>>> cd /media/mmcblk0p2
>>> tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz rm
>>> qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
>>> rm -f /media/mmcblk0p2/boot/*
>>>
>>> 11) Installed kernel.
>>>
>>> mv
>>> uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin
>>> uImage.bin
>>> scp uImage.bin root at 192.168.0.202:/media/card/boot/ <mailto:root at 192.168.0.202:/media/card/boot/>
>>>
>>> scp uImage.bin root at 192.168.0.202:/media/card/ <mailto:root at 192.168.0.202:/media/card/>
>>>
>>> 12)shutdown and boot in qtopia.
>>>
>>> Booted from Sdcard
>>>
>>> Now when kernel is booting .It's giving kernel panic.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Syed Yaqoob Ali
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>> As far as I know: whan you want to boot fat + ext3 you need to edit u-boot entry
>> fat + ext2 works straight out of the box (after updating u-boot)
>>
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> How do i edit the u-boot entry for booting fat + ext3 ? Can
> someone pls provide the procedure.
>
>
>
> Have you tried the procedure on this wiki page
>
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Booting_from_SD#Add_uboot_boot_entry
>
> Rakshat
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I am trying to boot into the NAND uboot menu. But when i am selecting
the set console to usb .It is returining back to the same menu again.Not
getting uboot prompt.
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