Re: Mounting PRAMFS support

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Pieter,

In message <48A15FC3.3060008@vastech.co.za> you wrote:
> 
> Im using a ppc85xx processor with Denx ELDK (4.1) The board  has 512MB
> DDR2 and the board config reserves 64M for pram. during bootup the
> mem=$mem argument is passed to the linux kernel command line and linux
> boots successfully.

So what are the exact boot messages of your kernel?

> I am unable to mount the PRAMFS - all documentation leads me to use
> 
> mount -t pramfs -o physaddr=0x1c000000,init=0x4000000 none /mnt
-------------------------------------------------------------^^^^
> witch fails with the message:
> mounting none on /mtd failed: no such devise 
-------------------^^^^

/mnt != /mtd

There is something worng, probably your description. It would be
better if you showed the precise commands and outpout from your
target system.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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