From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <385818E1.D64FCFD6@ctam.com.au> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:40:34 +1100 From: Brendan Simon Reply-To: bsimon@ctam.com.au MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linuxppc-embedded Subject: Re: linuxppc-embedded: /bin/sh wont run from nfsroot. References: <19991215055541.23843.qmail@web301.mail.yahoo.com> <385725A3.A1C110DF@ctam.com.au> <385774B8.3405494B@iname.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Jim Chapman wrote: > Make sure your 860 is a rev C part or higher. If it isn't, forget trying > to use the cache. > > Your CPU is a regular 8xx, not a 'P' (performance) variant, right? The > latter has "optimized" cache hardware that isn't (yet?) supported by > linuxppc. It's an XPC860SRZP50C1. I have another board with no ethernet which has an XPC860ZP33C1 or an XPC860DEZP25A3 (this is on an older board). The XPC860SRZP50C1 is a SAR processor though we are not using any of the SAR capabilities on this board. I hope this processor is fine. > Do you have a /bin/sh on your initrd? You'll need the shared libraries > too. I think the one I have is statically linked so I shouldn't need any shared libraries. It is the one that is in the mbx-root-min.tgz file. The shell works fine if I use initrd so it should work fine from an nfsroot (I would assume). > Also, try running your NFS server in the foreground in a debug mode if > it isn't being used by other hosts. This will display exactly what files > are being accessed. You should see lots of directories, shared libraries > etc being read. I use > > # rpc.nfsd -F -d call > > but obviously kill any running nfsd first. Now there is a good idea. It's so obvious. Why didn't I think of that. Thanks. Brendan Simon. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/