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Roobarb
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 Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 10:12 am Post subject: SparcStation 20 booting issues (tmpfs) |
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Ok, I have a stage 3 Gentoo sparc build on my SS20.
I've compiled a vanilla 2.4.18 kernel (from kernel.org) with devfs and tmpfs support.
When I reboot (after running SILO) I see the 'Gentoo Linux' copyright notice and it goes on to mount /proc, devfs, start devfsd and then mount tmpfs at /dev/.init.d.
Regardless of whether I have tmpfs compiled in to the kernel or an entry in fstab, the initial mounting of tmpfs fails. (it all so fails when I boot with notmpfs)
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Mark. |
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TUX2k
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I have the same problem after a reinstall of my gentoo Linux on my Sparc 10.
I have not jet found out wat is the cause of this problem.
I just hope some one has a solution.  |
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betaphi1319
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: SparcStation 20 booting issues (tmpfs) |
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I did a couple of things at the same time, so I don't know what it was that fixed the problem. First thing I did was add the line:
| Code: | | append = "gentoo=notmpfs" |
to the image for vmlinuz.
I don't think that helped the situation, but like I said, I did it at the same time that I did the kernel rebuild.
From some searching, I found that doing a | Code: | | make mrproper; make menuconfig; make dep clean vmlinux modules |
caused the problem to go away. The menuconfig will be necessary after doing a mrproper, as the .config file will be removed.
For what it's worth... My system boots now after what I did.
Good Luck
Chris |
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genehack
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| Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2003 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: SparcStation 20 booting issues (tmpfs) |
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| Roobarb wrote: | | Regardless of whether I have tmpfs compiled in to the kernel or an entry in fstab, the initial mounting of tmpfs fails. |
Turn off '/dev/pts support' and rebuild the kernel, and you should be set. |
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