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 16LNDY-00083a-00 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 11:36:28 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <1009664975.9699.2.camel@planck.gaussian-it.com> References: <1009664975.9699.2.camel@planck.gaussian-it.com> To: Krist van Besien Cc: mtd Subject: Re: Which major/minor for DOC2000? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 11:47:06 +0000 Message-ID: <5952.1009885626@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: krist@vanbesien.org said: > I have been digging in the kernel Documentation and found some > indication that I need a block device, with major 31 and minor 16. So > I made one in the /dev/ directory on my initrd image. mknod /dev/nftla b 93 0 mknod /dev/nftla1 b 93 1 mknod /dev/nftla2 b 93 2 > But upon mounting I get a "device not initialised" error. I do get a > lot of messages (repeatedly) like .... seems to be a DiskOnChip... or > something. They scroll away to fast. And I do not get to the point > that I can cal them back using dmesg... Use a serial console, or a video camera. Can you show me the config options you used to build the kernel? -- dwmw2