On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 11:00:12AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther writes:
>
> > Well, no, why ? The patch is a correct fix, which makes the default
> > command line work, do you seriously think it is better to have a
> > broken default commandline on chrp/pmac,
>
> I know fo
Hi,
Sven Luther writes:
> Well, no, why ? The patch is a correct fix, which makes the default
> command line work, do you seriously think it is better to have a
> broken default commandline on chrp/pmac,
I know for sure that the default command line is not needed for
PowerMacs, as one can use a
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 08:28:52AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther writes:
>
> > Can you check with giving the root device explicitly with : -r root when
> > creating the initrd ?
>
> Same thing. This is because the -r flag is only used for figuring out
> the necessary modul
Hi,
Sven Luther writes:
> Can you check with giving the root device explicitly with : -r root when
> creating the initrd ?
Same thing. This is because the -r flag is only used for figuring out
the necessary modules.
> Also, if the same problems happens in d-i when you don't specifify
> root=/d
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 07:18:39AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther writes:
>
> > Can you provide a full serial log output ?
>
> Sure. It's attached.
Ok, it finds the initrd all right, but fails to mount the root filesystem and
then pivot_root into it. Classical error. So, t
Hi,
Sven Luther writes:
> Can you provide a full serial log output ?
Sure. It's attached.
> Is the panic in question one happening because it doesn't find the
> initrd, or something else ?
It doesn't find the root filesystem if I omit the root option from the
kernel command line.
> How do yo
Hi,
Sven Luther writes:
> Jens, i would greatly appreciate if you could investigate a bit (and
> explain) what is going on on that box of yours,
What is going on is quite simple. If I omit the root option from the
kernel command line, the system panics. If I set the option correctly
(/dev/sda2
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 06:31:23AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther writes:
>
> > Jens, i would greatly appreciate if you could investigate a bit (and
> > explain) what is going on on that box of yours,
>
> What is going on is quite simple. If I omit the root option from the
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:22:59PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther writes:
>
> > if the kernel is able to figure out the correct root device,
>
> AFAICT, it isn't.
Ok, this is your word against Hollis ones, i wonder which i should believe :)
Now, is it possible that both yo
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 09:04:40PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:22:59PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sven Luther writes:
> >
> > > if the kernel is able to figure out the correct root device,
> >
> > AFAICT, it isn't.
>
> Ok, this is your word against
Hi,
Sven Luther writes:
> if the kernel is able to figure out the correct root device,
AFAICT, it isn't.
Regards, Jens.
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Hi,
Hollis Blanchard writes:
> > perl -pi -e s+/dev/sda2+/dev/foo7+ vmlinuz
> Sounds like that perl command being run by mkvmlinuz, supplying the
> current partition mounted on / . That shouldn't be too hard right?
As I said, it would be nicer to forward port the bootargs patch by
Leigh Brown.
On Sep 6, 2004, at 4:47 PM, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
Hollis Blanchard writes:
The default kernel commandline in the PReP kernel includes
"root=/dev/sda2". Please remove this.
Well, this was selected because it is the default from
arch/ppc/Kconfig. While it is not the ideal solution, I think it
shou
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 11:47:38PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hollis Blanchard writes:
>
> > The default kernel commandline in the PReP kernel includes
> > "root=/dev/sda2". Please remove this.
>
> Well, this was selected because it is the default from
> arch/ppc/Kconfig. While it
Hi,
Hollis Blanchard writes:
> The default kernel commandline in the PReP kernel includes
> "root=/dev/sda2". Please remove this.
Well, this was selected because it is the default from
arch/ppc/Kconfig. While it is not the ideal solution, I think it
should stay enabled for the time being, beca
Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
Version: 2.6.8-3
Severity: important
The default kernel commandline in the PReP kernel includes
"root=/dev/sda2". Please remove this.
The Linux kernel dynamically selects sda or hda as the boot device based
on the type of system booting (e.g. PowerSeries do not
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