Re: [H2200-port] dual booting pocket pc

Hi Bart,

Thanks for the listing.

1.
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It appears you don't have a valid RR initrd.
$ du -b ramdisk*
3708760 ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz

I'd suggest you try downloading it again.

2.
==
It also appears you are using 0.3.8 haret, for which
wrap-haret should not be needed.

3.
==
FYI: The bootgpe tarball you have is also larger than the one
I have on file, which probably suggests that the one I have
is from the initial release, which had a "corrupt" kernel.
I suspect yours is OK.

Marcus.

Bart Deleye wrote:
> Hi Marcus,
>
> Yes I've put them in the linux/rescue folder.
> Here are the contents:
>
> ls -l
> total 1888
> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 5084 2006-11-02 14:41 custom.txt
> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 633856 2006-11-02 14:37 haret.exe
> drwx------ 2 bart bart 16384 2006-11-02 21:05 image
> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 13066 2006-11-02 14:40
> ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz
> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 1898 2003-05-01 22:04 startup.txt
> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 5120 2006-11-02 21:16 wrap-haret.exe
> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 1200624 2006-11-02 14:41
> zImage-2.6.15-hh2-h2200-20061028015932
>
> ls -l image/
> total 39872
> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 40826880 2006-11-02 14:33 bootgpe-v0.8.4-h2200.tar
>
> Bart
>
>
>
> On 11/4/06, *Marcus Brown* <marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net
> <mailto:marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net>> wrote:
>
> Hi Bart,
>
> Have you put all these files in
> /linux/rescue/
> on the card?
>
> If that's not the problem, I need a lot more detail :)
> Can you give me a detailed directory listing of /linux/rescue ?
> (including full filenames and sizes)
>
> M.
>
>
>
> Bart Deleye wrote:
> > Hi Marcus,
> >
> > Thanks for mentioning ramdisk rescue!
> > I've tried to run it using the guide below, but it seems I cannot
> load
> > the ram disk image :(
> > At boot I get the error message 'ramdisk: couldn't find valid ram
> disk
> > image starting at 0. kernel panic - not syncing: vfs: unable to mount
> > root fs on unknown-block(1,0)'
> > I verified these lines in startup file and they point to the
> right files:
> > set KERNEL "zImage-2.6.15-hh2-h2200-20061028015932"
> > set INITRD "ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz"
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Bart
> >
> > On 11/1/06, *Marcus Brown* <marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net
> <mailto:marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net>
> > <mailto:marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net
> <mailto:marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bart,
> >
> > Bart Deleye wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I would like to boot linux on my pda (hp2200) using this
> method:
> > > http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH2200CardBoot
> > <http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH2200CardBoot
> <http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH2200CardBoot>>
> > >
> > > But first I would like to ask a few questions:
> > > -Is it possible to really dual boot my pda, that is without my
> > ram being
> > > erased (and all the installed software)?
> >
> > No. Linux uses all available ram. So files that are stored in ram
> > will be lost. This includes programmes and data.
> >
> > > -Is it also possible to create 2 partitions on my sd card,
> one fat
> > > partition for my tomtom maps and another one for linux?
> >
> > Yes. I think that is the approach outlined in the wiki.
> > You might like to investigate Ramdisk Rescue:
> > http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/RamdiskRescue
> >
> > >
> > > In fact what I would like to do is just dual booting my
> pda in
> > such way
> > > that I can boot into wince to run tomtom or boot into linux to
> > use gpe.
> >
> > Easy.
> >
> > > That without the need to reinstall tomtom and such after
> booting
> > into linux.
> >
> > That is not possible (yet).
> >
> >
> >
> > Marcus.
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 06 2006 - 18:43:35 EST