From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3969DDEF1 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:11:41 +1000 (EST) To: Pieter From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: Mounting PRAMFS support Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: <48A15FC3.3060008@vastech.co.za> References: <48A15FC3.3060008@vastech.co.za> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:11:38 +0200 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20080812181138.BEF53248BF@gemini.denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , 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 -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." - Dave Bowman, 2001