Re: [asus-port] Booting from CF

Well, I can't success with those tips yet.

The kernel has support for ATA drives, it's the default config after a
"make asus730_config", but look at inside for check it out. (it's
attached)

Also, I put you the last lines of my incomplete boot:

XScale: iWMMXt coprocessor detected.
hda: CF500, CFA Disk drive
hdb: no response (status = 0xa1, ressetting drive
hdb: no response (status = 0x81)
ide0 at 0xc48000000-0xc48000007 on irq 43
ide-cs: hda: Vpp = 0.0
Waiting 3sec before mounting root device...
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device "8:1" or unknow-block(8,1)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknow-block(8,1)

Finally, my boot options are:
set kernel zImage
set inirtrd "initrd.gz"
set cmdline "root=8:1 ramdisk_size=8192 rw mem=64m rootdelay=3
video=pxafb:pixclock:52000 cachepolicy=writetrough"
set mtype 691
boot

At last, I ask me, Is the initrz.gz of my own correct? I found it on
the hh.org site but I don't know if it's the correct one, according to
my kernel or configuration.

Thanks & regards,

On 3/5/07, Serge Nikolaenko <mypal_hh_at_utl.ru> wrote:
> On 5 March 2007 06:56, Santiago Lizardo Oscares wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I'm trying to boot Linux in my MyPal A730 after compiling the kernel
> > 2.6 from HH.org and everything goes very well, but when I finally boot
> > with the haret 0.4.6 and my new kernel I only get the "unable to mount
> > root" message.
>
> Check, that CF and ATA support is compiled in.
> Make sure, you've defined correct partition (for CF here: /dev/hdaN).
> Try to use kernel parameter rootdelay=3 - CF card was detected as an IDE
> device right after (with 1-3 seconds delay) kernel was trying to mount root.
>
> > I don't have clear which is the right device that identifies my
> > compact flash memory card.
> > I saw things like /dev/hda1 /dev/mmc/blk0 /dev/ram0 254:2 0:0 and
> > etc... I have tried almost all the possibilities and I can't use my
> > opie distribution.
> >
> > My CF memory card was properly formatted and the OPIE distribution was
> > uncompressed with root privileges (in order to create the /dev files)
> >
> > Can somebody give me a hand? I spent several days and I giving up :(
> >
> > Thank you and awesome work!
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Santiago Lizardo Oscares
Free Software Consultant