[iPAQ] trying to load up familiar 0.5 pre

Hello All,

I posted about trying to get my ipaq up and running with the dual
sleeve expansion pack yesterday. I received one helpfull message so I
tried again this morning. This is a long email with the pertinent
question at the bottom, so those with supreme knowledge about the
linuxargs and partition definitions for 2.4.7 and familiar 0.5pre are
encouraged to read the whole posting ... thanks!

Here's what I have done. I have the following files:

bootldr_v2_15_6
bootldr_v2_15_6.md5
task-bootstrap-2.4.7-rmk3-np1-devfs-hh3.jffs2
zImage-2.4.7-rmk3-np1-devfs-hh5

(judging from the lack of md5 files you may correctly presume I didn't
check any others besides the bootldr)

I followed the following steps:

load bootldr
pflash 0 0xffff 1
set linuxargs "noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock3 init=/linuxrc console=ttySA0"
set copy_ramdisk 0x0
set baudrate 115200
partition reset
partition define kernel 0x80000 0xc0000 0
partition define root 0x140000 0 24
params save
load kernel
load root

These are all the commands I gave to the bootldr.

Then something very peculiar happened. After the upload of the root
jffs image finished nothing happened. Very peculiar. The bootldr did
not begin to count off erasing sectors and the like.

I hit enter and got back the boot> prompt, so I typed boot, the
following then occurred:

boot> boot
booting flash...
kernel_magic=E1A00000
kernel_region_words[9]=016F2818
Linux ELF flash_imgstart=50080000 size=000C0000 dest=C0000000
offset=00008000
MMU Control=C19F4071
copying Linux kernel ... done
linuxEntryPoint: C0008000
kernel_image_dest: C0000000
kernel_image_offset: 00008000
C0008000: E1A00000
C0008004: E1A00000
C0008008: E1A00000
C000800C: E1A00000
C0008010: E1A00000
C0008014: E1A00000
C0008018: E1A00000
C000801C: E1A00000
C0008020: EA000002
C0008024: 016F2818
root_filesystem_name=ramdisk
argc=00000002
args=noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock3 init=/linuxrc console=ttySA0
setting boot parameters
get_param: could not find parameter system_rev
Setting up Linux parameters at address=C0000100
using_ramdisk=00000001
initrd_start=346C7466
dram_size=02000000
nr_pages=00002000
command line is: noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock3 init=/linuxrc
console=ttySA0
linuxEntryPoint=C0008000
Booting Linux image

It just sits here doing not much (it seems). So I want to ask those
in the know if my set linuxargs command is correct notice mtdblock3
not mtdblock/3 and if the partition define kernel 0x80000 0xc0000 0
partition define root 0x140000 0 24 are correct. (I have a 16MB rom
unit.) I found these values on the
http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/Doing%20a%20fresh%20install%20using%20Linux%202.4.7%20as%20the%20base
page.

Cheers and thanks,

Mark.
Received on Mon Sep 24 08:20:42 2001