From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Danter Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:17:44 +0000 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Questions of uImage on sbc8260 board In-Reply-To: <41B6F010.20508@ntlworld.com> References: <20041207231546.37360.qmail@web54401.mail.yahoo.com> <41B6F010.20508@ntlworld.com> Message-ID: <41B6F0E8.5060906@ntlworld.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Sorry all, didn't mean to reply to the whole list. Rich Richard Danter wrote: > duo dong wrote: > >> >> 1. NFS >> Do I have to use NFS to boot ? My server has problem >> and I'm using serial port only now. Is there another >> way to avoid using server? If I can, what steps I >> should follow? > > > No, you do not _have_ to use NFS, but it is a lot easier than using a > RAMDISK when your developing apps. > >> >> 2. I'm trying to use ramdisk because the server is off >> and get errors. The kernel is build with reamdisk and >> loaded into RAM. > > > How exactly are you loading the kernel/ramdisk image? > >> >> 3. => bootm >> ## Booting image at 00400000 ... >> Image Name: Linux Multiboot-Image > > > > >> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 >> crc error<6>Freeing initrd memory: 1367k freed <<--?? > > > I'm not sure what is causing this, was the image corrupted when you > downloaded? Maybe someone else can help us here..? > >> VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 00:00 <<-- >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > > Your boot options should have root=/dev/ram0 > >> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 >> <<-- >> <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds.. >> >> 4. I did not rebuild the ramdisk image, just use the >> one from SELF. Do I need rebuild it? > > > I used one of the Denx ramdisks with no problems and didn't need to > rebuild anything. I didn't build a unified kernel/ramdisk image though, > I just loaded the kernel and then the example ramdisk unchanged. Try that. > > Rich > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > U-Boot-Users mailing list > U-Boot-Users at lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users >