[pocket-linux] Chapter 2 Root Disk Problem

[David Horton]

I think a wiki would be good for a troubleshooting resource.  That way 
people can add and edit content as needed.  I will try to track down a 
free one that can be used for the pocket linux guide.  If anyone on the 
list is familiar with a free wiki that would be good to use please let 
me know.

Dave


Roman Levandovsky wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I have just started on working with pocket linux because I would like to
> learn how to make my own distribution, so this is the first problem I have
> encountered during my trials.
> 
> I suppose I could get some free web space and add the things I have
> mentioned there, but I think it would be more beneficial if they were part
> of the troubleshooting section of the guide. What do you think? (I think it
> does not have that section yet :) ).
> 
> Roman.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Horton" <dhorton at speakeasy.net>
> To: "Support for Pocket Linux Guide" <pocket-linux at ufo.chicago.il.us>
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [pocket-linux] Chapter 2 Root Disk Problem
> 
> 
> 
>>Roman Levandovsky wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Pocket Linux Gurus,
>>>
>>>I have been trying to get Chapter 2 to work for about 5 days now, and
>>>finally succeeded in doing so today.
>>>
>>>The problem was with the root disk, even though I have compiled the
>>>Kernel properly and had the right things configured in it I would get
>>>the Kernel Panic message telling me to specify init= parameter in order
>>>to boot the file system.
>>>
>>>After a lot of digging I found the boot and root disk images on your web
>>>site. I then used your root disk with my kernel and everything worked
>>>properly, so that lead me to believe that my root disk was the problem.
>>>
>>>I tried compiling bash with --enable-static-link option but would get
>>>the following error:
>>>
>>>In file included from shell.h:41,
>>>
>>>from shell.c:48:
>>>
>>>externs.h:163: conflicting types for `gethostname'
>>>
>>>/usr/include/unistd.h:734: previous declaration of `gethostname'
>>>
>>>externs.h:196: conflicting types for `strncasecmp'
>>>
>>>/usr/include/string.h:277: previous declaration of `strncasecmp'
>>>
>>>make: *** [shell.o] Error 1
>>>
>>>I finally found on one of the posts that this is related to not having
>>>*glibc-static-devel* package installed. Once I have obtained the proper
>>>rpm for my Mandrake 10 system, I was able to compile bash properly and
>>>copy it to the root disk, after that everything went smoothly and I was
>>>able to boot into my file system from the root disk.
>>>
>>>I hope this helps others that are trying to get through chapter 2 and
>>>are having troubles compiling bash.
>>>When I was not able to compile bash with --enable-static-link option, I
>>>just dropped it and compiled it without it, needless to say that I was
>>>not able to boot my file system from the root disk, however, the error
>>>is quite obscure to why one would not be able to boot. It was Kernel
>>>Panic and the fact that I needed to pass in the init parameter into the
>>>kernel, it would be much more useful if it would say your file system is
>>>corrupted or something of that nature to make life easier.
>>>
>>>
>>>Roman.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Roman,
>>
>>Thanks for the tips.  Chapters two and three seem to be the toughest
>>ones to get through.  It should be down hill after that.
>>
>>By the way, if you are keeping track of tips and tricks as you go and
>>you can put them on a web page I would like to make a link to it from
>>the Pocket Linux web site.  It could be very helpful to people.  Let me
>>know your thoughts on that.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>
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