From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 22:13:09 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] RE: start / load addresses for initrd In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:07:06 CDT." Message-ID: <20030402201314.DA679C587C@atlas.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Jerry, in message you wrote: > > I was getting the error: > (RAMDISK: incomplete write (ramdisk too small?) (-28!= 32768) > and then I discovered the my command line option ramdisk_size=8192 needs to > be changed to ramdisk_size=16384. What makes you think so? I think you are wrong. > > ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 00200000 ... > > Image Name: DA Ramdisk Image > > Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) > > Data Size: 1509352 Bytes = 1.4 MB Given a compressed size of 1.4 MB, the contents of the ramdisk will be probably in the range of 3...4 MB. Did you really create a ramdisk 16 MB big? > > RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. > > Freeing initrd memory: 1473k freed > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Again, I see no indication that you really have a good, working ramdisk image. I think you should ask MV support for help. Alternmatively, you could try using a known-to-work ramdisk image for a start, for example one from here: ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/LinuxPPC/usr/src/SELF/images/ Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de I don't know if it's what you want, but it's what you get. :-) - Larry Wall in <10502@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>