Re: about linux mips ext2fs

From: Alexandr Andreev (andreev@niisi.msk.ru)
Date: Thu Jun 28 2001 - 10:54:49 EST


Barry Wu wrote:

>
>I want port linux to our mipsel system. The kernel
>can work and system stop at mount root file system.
>I download root file system for mipsel from MIPS
>company. Because our system have no ethernet
>interface,
>I have to copy root file system directly to our hard
>disk. I put hard disk under intel linux, and using
>fdisk and make ex2fs on it. Then I copy root file
>system to hard disk. After finished, I place this hard
>disk under our mipsel environment. I do not know if
>it can work under this environment, the kernel can
>mount root file system? If someone knows, please help
>me.
>
I have MIPSEB, and there is no problems with ext2. As i know, it doesn't
matter
where you created your rootfs and put it on disk. But you have to take the
kernel for a MIPS from oss.sgi.com, by the way.

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