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Subject[?]failed at mount_root:(initial file system,linux-kernel-mips-r3k,no extra boot loader)
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Thx,I have followed the instructions to make a ramdisk image & linked it with linux-kernel
Now the problem is it failed at "mount_root"
Msg: VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00
VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
Where the possible problem is? & how to fix it?
Thx in advanced!:)

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寄件者: Janos Farkas
傳送日期: 1999年6月24日 PM 12:29
收件者 jmt
副本: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
主旨: Re: [?]initial file system,linux-kernel-mips-r3k,no extra boot loader

On 1999-06-24 at 10:46:49, jmt wrote:
> Our platform is mips-r3k,we want no extra boot loader(linux-kernel is
> booted from rom)
> However,The normal initrd is loaded by loadlin or lilo
> Is it possible to port initrd-loader of loadlin/lilo to mips-r3k?

In that case, you won't need a loader, I see; it should be however
a very easy job; just modify your architecture specific
arch/(arch)/setup.* file, (for mips, this should be arch/mips/setup.c),
and modify it as you like for setting initrd_start/initrd_end.

> Or is there somebody already done that?

Well, I don't know, noone tells me about projects like that :) On the
other hand, a boot-loaderless Linux is really only useful for the people
who assembled the hardware, and the information is not "out there".
Maybe you should put up a web page describing what have you did for
others to learn? :)

Janos


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