Re: Anstrom boot hang with MACHINE=i686-generic and DISTRO=anstrom-2010.x

[Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>]

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Op 09-11-11 00:19, Greg Kogut schreef:
> Greg Kogut <gkogut <at> yahoo.com> writes:
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>> 
>> I've tried both console-image and x11-image.
> 
> 
> Edit:
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> I was able to to boot fully after appending "-o rw" to the "root" kernel
> parameter.
> 
> I suspect the issue was that the read-only mount was not allowing udev to
> correctly populate /dev with the tty devices passed to getty, and getty
> was flummoxed.
> 
> So I'm amending my question:  Help a n00b -what's the standard practice
> with respect to maintaining an embedded-safe read-only rootfs while
> allowing udev to do its thang?   Separate partition for /dev?

You're still following the deprecated OE-classic workflow. If you follow the
instructions at http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/building-angstrom you
will get the updated angstrom configs that work with RO /

regards,

Koen

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