[pocket-linux] Chapter 3: RAMdisk: Incomplete write

[nrh2 at aber.ac.uk]

Hi
Just read through your script, although i havent done pocket linux in
a few months everything looks o.k to me, tho just nitpicking, why
havent you included the following line from the 2.1 book

export CC="gcc -mcpu=i386"

not sure, but that could possibly be your error?

(made stupid error similary myself)

Nathan

> Hi, some more info
>
> If I use the image disk for ROOT,  I am able to start up.
> So I am pretty sure that the error must be somewhere in the root disk
>
> Here is the script I am using to make the root disk. I am running it
> as  root
> I hope somebody sees the mistake
>
> ##############START#############
> #!/bin/sh
>
> MPF=/media/floppy
> MPR=/media/ramDisk
> DBF=/home/bettes/Documents/bash-2.05a
> LastPWD=$PWD
>
>
> #Format Ramdisk on ram7
> echo "Format RamDisk"
> echo "*************"
> umount /dev/ram7
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram7 bs=1k count=4096
> mke2fs -m0 /dev/ram7
> mount /dev/ram7 /media/ramDisk
>
> #Compiling sources
> echo "Compiling Sources"
> echo "********************"
> cd $DBF
> make distclean
> ./configure --enable-minimal-config --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu
> make
> strip bash
>
> cd $LastPWD
>
> #create all directories on the ramDisk
> echo "Creating Directories"
> echo "********************"
> mkdir $MPR/bin
> mkdir $MPR/dev
> mkdir $MPR/lib
>
> #make the devices in dev
> echo "Creating Devices"
> echo "****************"
> mknod $MPR/dev/console c 5 1
>
> #copying the files
> echo "Copying Files"
> echo "*************"
> cp $DBF/bash $MPR/bin/
>
> cd $MPR/bin
> ln -s bash sh
> cd $LastPWD
>
> strip --strip-unneeded -o $MPR/lib/libdl.so.2 /lib/libdl.so.2
> strip --strip-unneeded -o $MPR/lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so.6
> strip --strip-unneeded -o $MPR/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
>
> #Setting file permissions
> chmod 744 $MPR/lib/*
>
> #create image of ramDisk
> echo "Make RamDisk Image"
> echo "******************"
> umount /dev/ram7
> dd if=/dev/ram7 of=./root_ch3_image bs=1k
>
> rm ./root_ch3_image.gz
> gzip -9 ./root_ch3_image
>
> #Format floppy
> echo "Copy Image to floppy"
> echo "********************"
> umount /dev/fd0
> dd if=./root_ch3_image.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k
>
> #############END##############
>
> On Friday 30 April 2004 17:21, Bart wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I survived chapter 2 and moved to chapter 3.
>> I am compiling kernel 2.6.XX and using GRUB as a loader
>>
>> Now I am having a strange problem
>> After the bootdisk has been loaded I get
>>
>> > VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press
>> ENTER
>>
>> I do that and the next messages are
>>
>> >RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
>> >RAMDISK:  Incomplete write (-28 != 32768) 4194304
>> >VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER
>>
>> Then I press enter and i got
>>
>> >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root on fd0
>>
>> I don't see the mistake. :-(
>>
>>
>> Bettes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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