Re: ramdisk

[Xu Yang]

thanks for the reply.

no , it is not decompressed. isn' t the kernel supposed to do that? As
we have tried to load this filesystem on the pc, it turns out the the
kernel can recognize it.

concerning the root=/dev/ram0,
as the default value is root=/dev/nfs, so I just modify the nfs to
ram0. is this might be a problem?

regards,


2007/9/3, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>:
> Xu Yang wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I want to use ramdisk to boot my filesystem, as I can't use NFS and harddisk.
> >
> > I have load the ramdisk into the ram memory (start address :0x4000000)
> >
> > and in the boot options I specified : root =dev/ram0 initrd=0x4000000
> >
> > but the kernel said it can not find any file system on it.
> >
> Looking at the information below, did the program which loaded the
> filesystem into RAM decompress it? It noted that it was compressed so I
> would assume so, but I am unfamiliar with ARM tools, so I ask the
> question. Also, should the boot device be "/dev/ram0" rather than
> "dev/ram0" or is that correct for your system?
>
> > Here is the information I can supply :
> > U-Boot 1.2.0 (Aug 31 2007 - 20:54:55)
> >
> > ***  Auto-detects ethernet chip ***
> >
> >
> >
> > DRAM:   0 kB
> > ## Unknown FLASH on Bank 1 - Size = 0x00000000 = 0 MB
> > Flash:  0 kB
> > *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
> >
> > In:    serial
> > Out:   serial
> > Err:   serial
> >
> > Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> > ## Booting image at 00007fc0 ...
> >    Image Name:   Linux-2.6.19-arm2
> >    Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
> >    Data Size:    740372 Bytes = 723 kB
> >    Load Address: 00008000
> >    Entry Point:  00008000
> > OK
> >
> >
> > ## Loading Ramdisk Image at 04000000 ...
> >    Image Name:   ramdisc
> >    Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
> >    Data Size:    12582962 Bytes = 12 MB
> >    Load Address: 04000000
> >    Entry Point:  04000000
> >
> > Starting kernel ...
> >
> >
> > .........................................................................................
> >
> > RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 10240K size 1024 blocksize
> > <6>loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
> > <6>mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> > <6>VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 1 part 20 variant b rev 3
> > No filesystem could mount root, tried:  ext2 cramfs vfat
> > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> > unknown-block(1,0)
> >
> >
> > Who can give me some hints ? or point me some direction to handle this.
> >
> > I appreciate this very much.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Yang
>
>
> --
> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
>   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
> the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot
>
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