From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14pvTh-0007UL-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:10:53 +0100 Received: from mail1.danielind.com ([12.19.96.6]) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14pvTg-0007UD-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:10:53 +0100 Message-ID: <3ADDCACB.15BF0590@daniel.com> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 12:11:39 -0500 From: Vipin Malik MIME-Version: 1.0 To: joakim.tjernlund@lumentis.se CC: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: JFFS2 as root FS References: <001001c0c826$63b43200$0a01a8c0@Win1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > Hi there > > Has anybody managed to get a root FS with JFFS2 to work? Sure! But as you say that you followed the HOWTO, and since I wrote the HOWTO, I guess that something in my procedures tripped you up that worked ok for me :) > > I followed the mtd howto and I have a root partition(with the necessary > files) and > all I get is: "Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream" > message. Hmm, what kernel version are you using? I've never seen that message (I've seen Kernel panic: Unable to open root..blah blah..) > > > first I tried to use "rdev zvmlinux /dev/mtdblock1", but > the kernel ignored that an did a NFS mount as usual. Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean by this? This is *a problem* right here. Why is it doing a NFS mount? Please describe your config and what you are trying to do. "usual" kernels don't NFS mount their root fs! > I then > specified on the kernel commad line: root=/dev/mtdblock1 > and the I got the kernel panic above. Well, the kernel may not be able to understand the "mtdblock1" device by name unless you patched the init/main.c file to list a conversion table from mtdblockxx to a *device number*. > > > Any Ideas? These are some. Vipin To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org