Re: How do I boot from the SD card on a poodle?

"Arieh Skliarouk" <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:11:18 +0200
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Hello,

Please, always answer only to the mailing list, and not directly to me, so
that the conversation be available to everybody and archived.

I recommend using the whole SD card with root filesystem on it. Should you
go this way, just partition the SD with single linux partition (type 82) and
format the partition as ext2. Then, unpack the tarball into it.

Don't remember about rootfs.tar.gz, and the could not find the altboot-faq
anywhere.
--
Arieh

On 3/6/07, Richard Knorr <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Great, I am making good progress here.
>
> Once I have the opie image tarball, I place this file in the
> \media\card\boot-images of my SD card ( which is formatted fat 32). Do I
> just rename the file to 'something'-rootfs.bin?
>
> Butch Knorr
> [email protected]
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org [mailto:
> openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org] *On Behalf Of *Arieh
> Skliarouk
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 06, 2007 11:03 AM
> *To:* openzaurus-users
> *Subject:* Re: [Openzaurus-users] How do I boot from the SD card on a
> poodle?
>
> Hi,
>
> An old URL to the tarballs:
>
> http://ewi546.ewi.utwente.nl/tmp/hrw/3.5.4.2-test/rc2/poodle/tarballs/
>
> Whoever maintains the openzaurus.org website: can you make the files
> available somewhere under the openzaurus.linuxtogo.org domain?
>
> --
> Arieh
>
> On 3/6/07, Richard Knorr <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >  Thank you for the reply.
> > I have been to that page. The top link fails with (http://openzaurus.linuxtogo.org/wordpress/howto/the-altboot-faq/
> > ) with a page stating that the requested page could not be found.
> >
> > The second link (
> > http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/docs/altboot.shtml) explains the
> > altboot but does not give me enough information about how to obtain the
> > images.
> > Quote from link:
> > A filesystem image must contain a complete bootable distribution.
> > OpenEmbedded can generate these images for you or you can rip the content of
> > your ROM and manually create an image file.
> >
> > The images must be named XXX-rootfs.bin (where XXX can be any
> > description you'd like, just don't use space) and placed onto the SD or CF
> > card inside the folder configured by IMAGE_PATH. The default is
> > "boot-images". So, to boot an image called "opie-snapshot-rootfs.bin"
> > from SD, you'd place it into /media/card/boot-images. The full path then is
> > /media/card/boot-images/opie-snapshot-rootfs.bin
> >
> > Altboot supports multiple boot images. If altboot finds more than one
> > image in IMAGE_PATH, it will ask you which one you'd like to boot using the
> > full filenames of the images.
> >
> > Please help me to get and use the 'images'.
> >
> > Butch Knorr
> > [email protected]
> >
> >
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org [mailto:
> > openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org] *On Behalf Of *Arieh
> > Skliarouk
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:19 AM
> > *To:* openzaurus-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> > *Subject:* Re: [Openzaurus-users] How do I boot from the SD card on a
> > poodle?
> >
> >  Hi,
> >
> > http://wiki.openzaurus.org/HowTos/Root_Filesystem_on_external_media
> >
> > To Wiki maintainer:
> > I would expect to find the page using Wiki search for "altboot" on
> > openzaurus.org website...
> >
> > --
> > Arieh
> >
> > On 3/6/07, Richard Knorr < [email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >  I have installed OpenZaurus 3.5.4.2-RC1 on my 5600. Now I would like
> > > to use atlboot to boot from the SD. I know I need an image rootfs but where
> > > do I find  or how do I create one? I am trying to take this one small step
> > > at a time.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help,
> > >
> > > Butch Knorr
> > > [email protected]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Arieh
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Arieh
>



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Arieh

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Hello,<br><br>Please, always answer only to the mailing list, and not directly to me, so that the conversation be available to everybody and archived.<br><br>I recommend using the whole SD card with root filesystem on it. Should you go this way, just partition the SD with single linux partition (type 82) and format the partition as ext2. Then, unpack the tarball into it.
<br><br>Don&#39;t remember about rootfs.tar.gz, and the could not find the altboot-faq anywhere.<br>--<br>Arieh<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Knorr</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">





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<p><span><font size="2">Great, I am making good progress 
here. </font></span></p>
<p><span><font size="2">Once I have the opie image 
tarball, I place this file in the \media\card\boot-images of my SD card ( which 
is formatted fat 32). Do I just rename the file to 
&#39;something&#39;-rootfs.bin?&nbsp;</font></span></p><span class="q">
<p><font size="2">Butch Knorr<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[email protected]</a><br></font></p></span></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div><br>
<div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us">
<hr>
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span class="q"><b>From:</b> 
<a href="mailto:openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org</a> 
[mailto:<a href="mailto:openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of 
</b>Arieh Skliarouk<br></span><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 06, 2007 11:03 
AM<br><b>To:</b> openzaurus-users</font><div><span class="e" id="q_1112822260d72a31_5"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openzaurus-users] How 
do I boot from the SD card on a poodle?<br></font></span></div><br></div><div><span class="e" id="q_1112822260d72a31_7">
<div></div>Hi,<br><br>An old URL to the tarballs:<br><br><a href="http://ewi546.ewi.utwente.nl/tmp/hrw/3.5.4.2-test/rc2/poodle/tarballs/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://ewi546.ewi.utwente.nl/tmp/hrw/3.5.4.2-test/rc2/poodle/tarballs/
</a><br><br>Whoever 
maintains the <a href="http://openzaurus.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">openzaurus.org</a> website: can 
you make the files available somewhere under the <a href="http://openzaurus.linuxtogo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">openzaurus.linuxtogo.org</a> 
domain?<br><br>--<br>Arieh<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard 
Knorr</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[email protected]</a>&gt; 
wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
  <div>
  <div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Thank you for the 
  reply.</font></span></div>
  <div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">I have been to that page. The 
  top link fails with (<a href="http://openzaurus.linuxtogo.org/wordpress/howto/the-altboot-faq/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://openzaurus.linuxtogo.org/wordpress/howto/the-altboot-faq/ 
  </a>) with a page stating that the requested page could not be 
  found.</font></span></div>
  <div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">The second link (<a href="http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/docs/altboot.shtml" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/docs/altboot.shtml
</a>) 
  explains the altboot but does not give me enough information about how to 
  obtain the images.</font></span></div>
  <div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Quote from 
  link:</font></span></div>
  <div><span></span><span>A filesystem image must contain a complete bootable 
  distribution. OpenEmbedded can generate these images for you or you can rip 
  the content of your ROM and manually create an image file.<br><br>The images 
  must be named XXX-rootfs.bin (where XXX can be any description you&#39;d like, 
  just don&#39;t use space) and placed onto the SD or CF card inside the folder 
  configured by IMAGE_PATH. The default is &quot;boot-images&quot;. So, to boot an image 
  called &quot;opie-snapshot-rootfs.bin&quot; from SD, you&#39;d place it into 
  /media/card/boot-images. The full path then is 
  /media/card/boot-images/opie-snapshot-rootfs.bin<br><br>Altboot supports 
  multiple boot images. If altboot finds more than one image in IMAGE_PATH, it 
  will ask you which one you&#39;d like to boot using the full filenames of the 
  images. </span></div>
  <div><span></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Please help me&nbsp;to get 
  and use the &#39;images&#39;. <span>
  <p><font size="2">Butch Knorr<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[email protected]</a><br></font></p></span></font></span></div>

  <div>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div><br>
  <div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us">
  <hr>
  <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">openzaurus-users-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org</a>] <b>On Behalf 
  Of </b>Arieh Skliarouk<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:19 
  AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:openzaurus-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">openzaurus-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> 
  Re: [Openzaurus-users] How do I boot from the SD card on a 
  poodle?<br></font><br></div>
  <div><span>
  <div></div>Hi,<br><br><a href="http://wiki.openzaurus.org/HowTos/Root_Filesystem_on_external_media" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://wiki.openzaurus.org/HowTos/Root_Filesystem_on_external_media 
  </a><br><br>To Wiki maintainer:<br>I would expect to find the page using Wiki 
  search for &quot;altboot&quot; on <a href="http://openzaurus.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">openzaurus.org</a> 
  website...<br><br>--<br>Arieh<br><br>
  <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard 
  Knorr</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 
  [email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</span> 
  <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
    <div>
    <div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>I have installed </span>OpenZaurus 
    3.5.4.2-RC1<span> on my 5600. Now I would like to use atlboot to boot from 
    the SD. I know I need an image rootfs but where do I find&nbsp; or how do I 
    create one? I am trying to take this one small step at a time. 
    </span></font></font></div>
    <div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span></span></font></font>&nbsp;</div>
    <div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>Thanks for the 
    help,</span></font></font></div>
    <p align="left"><font size="2"></font></p>
    <p><font size="2">Butch Knorr<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[email protected]</a><br></font></p>
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