From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17MqUE-0000NV-00 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:36:02 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <02062413502007.08285@tux> References: <02062413502007.08285@tux> To: esn@cotas.dk Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Problems with Jffs2 on this board Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:36:01 +0100 Message-ID: <17635.1025012161@redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: esn@cotas.dk said: > I create a root filesystem image with mkfs.jffs2 which I transfer to > the flash on the board with over serial. I can now boot the kernel > from the bootloader but the kernel can't find other files that those > in /devs (from the debug level of 2 in the jffs2 subsystem in the > kernel) and thus fails to call /sbin/init. Your mkfs.jffs2 isn't the problem though -- can you double-check that the image has made it correctly to the flash? If you can boot nfsroot, read it back from the /dev/mtd device and compare it with the original -- to verify correct download and correct partitioning setup etc. -- dwmw2