9:53 a.m.
Hello,
Are there any detailed instruction on how to install F-11 such that it
replaces Ubuntu completely? I see instructions for running via tftp & nfs, but
that is not quite what I'm after. I would like to boot from USB hard drive
into F-11. Even a live usb flashdrive would be nice.
Thanks,
-Steve
10:12 a.m.
Create a linux fs in the usb disk as a new partition, and untar in it
the f11 root contents you can download from the web.
Then set up uboot to load the kernel from the usb device partition,
setting the root= kernel parameter pointing to the proper scsi device
(as usb disks are seen as scsi devices). I haven't tried, but this
should be enough.
Regards,
Lluís.
2009/8/25 Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com>:
Hello,
Are there any detailed instruction on how to install F-11 such that it
replaces Ubuntu completely? I see instructions for running via tftp & nfs, but
that is not quite what I'm after. I would like to boot from USB hard drive
into F-11. Even a live usb flashdrive would be nice.
Thanks,
-Steve
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10:33 a.m.
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 11:12:47 am Lluís Batlle wrote:
Create a linux fs in the usb disk as a new partition, and untar in
it
the f11 root contents you can download from the web.
Tried that.
Then set up uboot to load the kernel from the usb device partition,
setting the root= kernel parameter pointing to the proper scsi device
(as usb disks are seen as scsi devices). I haven't tried, but this
should be enough.
I found this page:
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/unpack.html
And made some changes. Let's just assume /dev/sda1 for the usb.
setenv bootargs_root 'root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10'
setenv bootcmd_usb 'usb start; ext2load usb 0:1 0x0800000 /boot/uInitrd; ext2load usb
0:1 0x6400000 /boot/uImage-2.6.30-sheevaplug'
setenv bootcmd 'setenv bootargs $(console) $(bootargs_root); run bootcmd_usb; bootm
' 0x6400000
When I boot, I get Bad Magic. I also noticed that the instructions
use something called uInitrd. I have no idea where that came from.
Wonder if that is the missing piece?
-Steve
10:37 a.m.
The debian people use not only a kernel to boot, but also an initrd
image. I can't remember if also fedora uses it.
As the kernel, you have to load that image into memory, and then pass
that address as a second parameter to bootm. The first parameter is
the memory address of the kernel. If the fedora people provide also an
initrd, pass its memory address as the second parameter to bootm.
Btw, why you have an apostrophe between "bootm" and the memory address
0x6400000 ?
Regards,
Lluís.
2009/8/25 Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com>:
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 11:12:47 am Lluís Batlle wrote:
> Create a linux fs in the usb disk as a new partition, and untar in it
> the f11 root contents you can download from the web.
Tried that.
> Then set up uboot to load the kernel from the usb device partition,
> setting the root= kernel parameter pointing to the proper scsi device
> (as usb disks are seen as scsi devices). I haven't tried, but this
> should be enough.
I found this page:
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/unpack.html
And made some changes. Let's just assume /dev/sda1 for the usb.
setenv bootargs_root 'root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10'
setenv bootcmd_usb 'usb start; ext2load usb 0:1 0x0800000 /boot/uInitrd; ext2load usb
0:1 0x6400000 /boot/uImage-2.6.30-sheevaplug'
setenv bootcmd 'setenv bootargs $(console) $(bootargs_root); run bootcmd_usb; bootm
' 0x6400000
When I boot, I get Bad Magic. I also noticed that the instructions
use something called uInitrd. I have no idea where that came from.
Wonder if that is the missing piece?
-Steve
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10:46 a.m.
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 11:37:35 am Lluís Batlle wrote:
The debian people use not only a kernel to boot, but also an initrd
image. I can't remember if also fedora uses it.
This is why I'd like to work out the recipe and put it in the wiki. There's a
lot more info floating around the web for doing this on Ubuntu
As the kernel, you have to load that image into memory, and then
pass
that address as a second parameter to bootm. The first parameter is
the memory address of the kernel. If the fedora people provide also an
initrd, pass its memory address as the second parameter to bootm.
OK.
Btw, why you have an apostrophe between "bootm" and the
memory address
0x6400000 ?
The kernel I was using comes from here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/PlatformSheevaplug
Farther down on the page is using it by tftp, so I assumed that is the
address.
-Steve
11:33 a.m.
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 11:46:40 am Steve Grubb wrote:
> As the kernel, you have to load that image into memory, and then
pass
> that address as a second parameter to bootm. The first parameter is
> the memory address of the kernel. If the fedora people provide also an
> initrd, pass its memory address as the second parameter to bootm.
Just to document this farther. Here's what I am doing:
in uBoot:
setenv mainlineLinux yes
setenv arcNumber 2097
setenv bootargs_root 'root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10'
setenv bootcmd_usb 'usb start; ext2load usb 0:1 0x6400000
/boot/uImage-2.6.30'
setenv bootcmd 'setenv bootargs $(console) $(bootargs_root); run bootcmd_usb;
bootm 0x6400000
saveenv
run bootcmd
It almost works...but ends like this:
2096012 bytes read
## Booting image at 06400000 ...
Image Name: Linux-2.6.30-00000-v2.6.30
Created: 2009-06-26 5:29:13 UTC
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 2095948 Bytes = 2 MB
Load Address: 00008000
Entry Point: 00008000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
OK
Starting kernel ...
Uncompressing
Linux........................................................................................................................................
done, booting the kernel.
Error: unrecognized/unsupported machine ID (r1 = 0x0000020f).
Available machine support:
ID (hex) NAME
00000690 Marvell DB-88F6281-BP Development Board
00000691 Marvell RD-88F6192-NAS Development Board
00000692 Marvell RD-88F6281 Reference Board
00000831 Marvell SheevaPlug Reference Board
0000085b QNAP TS-119/TS-219
Please check your kernel config and/or bootloader.
Any ideas about what might be going on here?
Thanks,
-Steve
11:54 a.m.
2009/8/25 Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com>:
in uBoot:
setenv mainlineLinux yes
setenv arcNumber 2097
setenv bootargs_root 'root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10'
setenv bootcmd_usb 'usb start; ext2load usb 0:1 0x6400000
/boot/uImage-2.6.30'
setenv bootcmd 'setenv bootargs $(console) $(bootargs_root); run bootcmd_usb;
bootm 0x6400000'
saveenv
run bootcmd
ID (hex) NAME
00000831 Marvell SheevaPlug Reference Board
0831 is 2097 in hex. Are you sure you have set this:
setenv mainlineLinux yes
setenv arcNumber 2097
?
12:06 p.m.
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 12:54:52 pm Lluís Batlle wrote:
0831 is 2097 in hex. Are you sure you have set this:
> setenv mainlineLinux yes
> setenv arcNumber 2097
I got an email offlist that said I need to add a reset command to the recipe.
With that, I now have a sheevaplug running Fedora from a USB drive. I am
taking some notes on everything I had to do so that I can help improve the
docs.
-Steve
11:38 p.m.
Another option is to create a JFFS2 image of the Fedora-ARM
rootfs and burn it directly into the flash of the plug.
(Assuming mtd1 is your rootfs)
# flash_eraseall /dev/mtd1
# nandwrite /dev/mtd1 rootfs-f11.jffs2.img
And then in uboot:
bootargs_root=root=/dev/mtdblock1 rw rootfstype=jffs2
Kedar.
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Subject: [fedora-arm] replacing ubuntu on sheevaplug
Hello,
Are there any detailed instruction on how to install F-11 such
that it
replaces Ubuntu completely? I see instructions for running via
tftp & nfs, but
that is not quite what I'm after. I would like to boot from USB
hard drive
into F-11. Even a live usb flashdrive would be nice.
Thanks,
-Steve
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8:32 a.m.
Steve Grubb píše v Út 25. 08. 2009 v 13:06 -0400:
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 12:54:52 pm Lluís Batlle wrote:
> 0831 is 2097 in hex. Are you sure you have set this:
> > setenv mainlineLinux yes
> > setenv arcNumber 2097
I got an email offlist that said I need to add a reset command to the recipe.
With that, I now have a sheevaplug running Fedora from a USB drive. I am
taking some notes on everything I had to do so that I can help improve the
docs.
Thanks to Steve's experiments and after reading
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/unpack.html I am now
running Fedora 11 completely from a SD card.
Dan
1:18 p.m.
On Friday 28 August 2009 09:32:35 am Dan Horák wrote:
> I got an email offlist that said I need to add a reset command
to the
> recipe. With that, I now have a sheevaplug running Fedora from a USB
> drive. I am taking some notes on everything I had to do so that I can
> help improve the docs.
Thanks to Steve's experiments and after reading
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/unpack.html I am now
running Fedora 11 completely from a SD card.
I wrote up a detailed HOWTO and put it here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/SheevaplugUSB
I will hook it to the main project page in a day or two so that people can
review or correct it before its linked in.
If you wanted to add what changes you needed to do for the flash card at the
bottom, we could make a 1 page howto for different boot devices. But in any
event, I hope people find this documentation useful.
-Steve
4:16 p.m.
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Steve Grubb wrote:
On Friday 28 August 2009 09:32:35 am Dan Horák wrote:
> > I got an email offlist that said I need to add a reset command to the
> > recipe. With that, I now have a sheevaplug running Fedora from a USB
> > drive. I am taking some notes on everything I had to do so that I can
> > help improve the docs.
>
> Thanks to Steve's experiments and after reading
> http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/unpack.html I am now
> running Fedora 11 completely from a SD card.
I wrote up a detailed HOWTO and put it here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/SheevaplugUSB
I will hook it to the main project page in a day or two so that people can
review or correct it before its linked in.
If you wanted to add what changes you needed to do for the flash card at the
bottom, we could make a 1 page howto for different boot devices. But in any
event, I hope people find this documentation useful.
I don't know if the filesystem image has this by default, but
configuring an agetty process on ttyS0 is really helpful.
/sbin/agetty -L ttyS0 115200
This way you can log in through the USB serial link.
Nicolas
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