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Subject: RE: linux hangs during boot up
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:42:45 -0800
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From: "Maxim Kozlovsky" <maxim.kozlovsky@onstor.com>
To: "Andy Sharp" <andy.sharp@onstor.com>,
	"Larry Scheer" <larry.scheer@onstor.com>,
	"Tim Gardner" <tim.gardner@onstor.com>

What is the correct incantation then?

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Sharp=20
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 5:39 PM
To: Maxim Kozlovsky; Larry Scheer; Tim Gardner
Subject: Re: linux hangs during boot up

The wiki was changed a little too soon, I'd say.

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:12:07 -0700 "Maxim Kozlovsky"
<maxim.kozlovsky@onstor.com> wrote:

> As the wiki page says:
>=20
> cd cougar/linux/pkg-tools
> sudo ./mk-mipsel-deb-rootfs
> This will create the tree /var/chroot/etch-mipsel on your local disk.
> From this point you can either export this tree as an NFS share or use
> rsync -vauH to copy it to an exported directory.=20
>=20
> [edit]Installing Kernel and Kernel Modules=20
> You need to install the kernel modules in your [NFS] root directory.
> This requires that you have one set up already! See section: Creating
> a Root filesystem.=20
>=20
> $ make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=3D<path-to-NFS-root-directory> modules_install
> For instance, the NFS root directory for one of my bobcats is on my
> workstation in /var/nfsroot/bobcat, hence the command would be make
> INSTALL_MOD_PATH=3D/var/nfsroot/bobcat modules_install for me. Yours
> will be different! Make sure you give the right directory, or you will
> install kernel modules in some crazy place.=20
>=20
> copy vmlinux.bin to your tftp server, and then follow the instructions
> on netbooting linux on a bobcat.=20
> [edit]Booting for the First Time Your Newly Created NFS Root
> (Finishing the Install)=20
> Note: This section is preliminary. Not all of this has been thoroughly
> tested.=20
>=20
> The first time your filer boots from a newly created NFS Root
> partition run the following command on the filer:=20
>=20
> /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Sharp=20
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 5:10 PM
> To: Maxim Kozlovsky
> Subject: Re: linux hangs during boot up
>=20
> Where did you get the root filesystem?
>=20
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:24:19 -0700 "Maxim Kozlovsky"
> <maxim.kozlovsky@onstor.com> wrote:
>=20
> > pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 1
> > IP-Config: Complete:
> >       device=3Deth0, addr=3D10.2.204.1, mask=3D255.255.0.0, =
gw=3D10.2.0.1,
> >      host=3Deng131, domain=3D, nis-domain=3D(none),
> >      bootserver=3D10.0.0.23, rootserver=3D10.0.0.23, rootpath=3D
> > Looking up port of RPC 100003/3 on 10.0.0.23
> > Looking up port of RPC 100005/3 on 10.0.0.23
> > VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem) readonly.
> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 104k freed
> > Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> >=20
> >=20
> > The kernel was built from what is currently checked in. The command
> > line was the following:
> >=20
> > CONFIG_CMDLINE=3D"console=3DttyS0,57600n8 console=3DttyMM0,57600n8
> > root=3D/dev/nfs nfsroot=3D10.0.0.23:/var/nfsroot/max,v3,tcp
> > ip=3D10.2.204.1:10.0.0.23:10.2.0.1:255.255.0.0:eng131:eth0:none -s"
> >=20
> > Is there some step that I missed?
> >=20
