duo dong wrote:
- NFS
Do I have to use NFS to boot ? My server has problem and I'm using serial port only now. Is there another way to avoid using server? If I can, what steps I should follow?
No, you do not _have_ to use NFS, but it is a lot easier than using a RAMDISK when your developing apps.
- I'm trying to use ramdisk because the server is off
and get errors. The kernel is build with reamdisk and loaded into RAM.
How exactly are you loading the kernel/ramdisk image?
- => bootm
## Booting image at 00400000 ... Image Name: Linux Multiboot-Image
<snip>
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 crc error<6>Freeing initrd memory: 1367k freed <<--??
I'm not sure what is causing this, was the image corrupted when you downloaded? Maybe someone else can help us here..?
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 00:00 <<-- Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Your boot options should have root=/dev/ram0
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 <<-- <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..
- I did not rebuild the ramdisk image, just use the
one from SELF. Do I need rebuild it?
I used one of the Denx ramdisks with no problems and didn't need to rebuild anything. I didn't build a unified kernel/ramdisk image though, I just loaded the kernel and then the example ramdisk unchanged. Try that.
Rich