Re: [iPAQ] pivoting and flash booting problems?

Jonathan Paisley wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:54am -0700, Alan Messer wrote:
>>- I've configured it to pivot_root from the ipaq's flash to a 256
>>SanDisk CF card. However, I have seen a couple of problems. I
>>frequently get log entries claiming invalidate problems. Any ideas
>>on how to get rid of these?
>>
>>invalidate: busy buffer
>>invalidate: dirty buffer
>
> Have you suspended/resumed the ipaq at any point? -- I find the CF cards
> often fail to come back properly after that.

Nope, just a normal boot and then pivot to the CF card. It seems
to output 100 or more of these and then quieten down a little
after login: prompt arrives??

> If you haven't set the console to ttySA0 on the kernel command line(and it
> doesn't default to that in the kernel), than you probably won't see
> anything after the kernel boots since the console is no longer going to
> the serial port... Try setting it manually and see if that gets you any
> further.

Good idea, but this didn't help. I still get ominous silence after
it jumps into the kernel. Any other ideas?

root_filesystem_name=ide
Grabbed linuxargs, argc = 00000000
Using mach_type 00000016
setting boot parameters to
initrd root=/dev/rd/0 console=/dev/ttySA0
Makeing core tag at C0000100
Makeing cmdline tag at C0000114
Makeing mem32 tag at C0000188
Makeing ptable tag at C0000198
Makeing initrd tag at C0000360
   initrd.start=C0800000
   initrd.size=0018A600
dram_size=04000000
command line is:
mtdpart=bootldr@0x00000000:0x00040000,root@0x00040000:0x00FC0000
initrd root=/dev/rd/0 console=/dev/ttySA0
Disabling LCD controller
linuxEntryPoint=C0008000
Booting Linux image
Uncompressing Linux.............................................
done, booting the kernel.

[ Then nothing.... ]

Alan.
Received on Fri Jun 07 17:58:05 2002