DOC2000 bootloader

DOC2000 bootloader

[Stephan Wiebusch]

Hello!

I am not able to boot my Linux 2.6.9 Kernel from a 16MB DOC2000 device.

I am not able to compile Grub. I already asked because of this, but there
came no reply.

Lilo is able to boot the Kernel, but it ends with: "Kernel panic - not
syncing. VFS: Unable to mount root on device "<NULL>" or
unknown-block(254,0)"

The Kernel contains the new NAND DiskOnChip-driver and the ext2fs-driver as
built-in.
The Kernel and the root-fs seem to be OK, but it simply does not work :(

My lilo.conf looks like this:

-------------------------------------
boot=/dev/nftla
compact
install=/boot/boot.b
disk=/dev/nftla
	bios=0x80

prompt
delay=50
timeout=20

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9
	label=LinuxSTB
	root=/dev/nftla1
------------------------------------

Any ideas??

I would like to test a precompiled grub_firmware with ext2 support.
Can anybody send this to: stephanwib@t-online.de

Thanks 
Stephan

Re: DOC2000 bootloader

[David Woodhouse]

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 17:29 +0100, Stephan Wiebusch wrote:
> 
> Lilo is able to boot the Kernel, but it ends with: "Kernel panic - not
> syncing. VFS: Unable to mount root on device "<NULL>" or
> unknown-block(254,0)"

You aren't giving a correct 'root=' argument to the kernel.

-- 
dwmw2

AW: DOC2000 bootloader

[Stephan Wiebusch]

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: David Woodhouse [mailto:dwmw2@infradead.org] 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. Dezember 2004 17:47
An: Stephan Wiebusch
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Betreff: Re: DOC2000 bootloader

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 17:29 +0100, Stephan Wiebusch wrote:
> 
> Lilo is able to boot the Kernel, but it ends with: "Kernel panic - not
> syncing. VFS: Unable to mount root on device "<NULL>" or
> unknown-block(254,0)"

You aren't giving a correct 'root=' argument to the kernel.

-- 
dwmw2


But my root device is /dev/nftla1, as configured in the lilo.conf.
I used the precompiled lilo from /patches in the MTD-tree. Is it possible
that this old version conflicts with the new kernel?