RE: [iPAQ] kernel won't flash

That is a symptom of ramfs not being compiled into the kernel. The /linuxrc
scrip, called before /sbin/init, copies from a read-only copy of /dev into a
writable /dev mounted on a ramfs filesystem.

-Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon McNutt [mailto:gmcnutt@ridgerun.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:58 PM
> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: [iPAQ] kernel won't flash
>
>
> I rebuilt a kernel from the source tarball off the handhelds.org
> instructions. I tried to load it. It appeared to load ok, but it won't
> boot. During boot the console spews a lot of messages about no
> permissions to modify /dev/*.
>
> Why would the kernel be modifying these files during boot? I added SIR
> support. Is it trying to make a /dev/ node for IR, and it
> can't because
> of the flash file system?
>
> I have no problems with the image provided on the web site.
>
> TIA
> --Gordon
>
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Received on Tue Sep 26 10:57:39 2000