Re: failed to install debian on Edgerouter 3 Lite

Pietro Sammarco <[email protected]> 于 2020年6月12日周五 上午1:48写道：

> Hello folks,
>
> I have been trying to get the debian-installer to load up on this
> Edgerouter Lite since the past 4 days with little no success.
>

i had a er8xg. and failed to boot d-i also.


> The kernel boots fine, however it will kernel panic soon after as it
> fails to detect the initrd.gz.
>

debian has some machines with cavium cpu, while none of them are from ubnt.


> I am unable to find a suitable memory address to where upload the
> initrd.gz to, and quite frankly I don't know much about u-boot to be
> able to figure it out on my own, although I tried.
>

some here. i think that it is the problem of ubnt's uboot.
it seems doesn't support initramfs at all.


> The following website shows how to load kernel and initrd.gz and pass
> the argument to the boot command on a similar edgerouter, however the
> memory address happens to be different, and it doesn't explain how it is
> found.
>
>
> https://horace0425.pixnet.net/blog/post/65695171-linux-on-cavium-octeon%28%E8D%89%E8C%89%29
>
> I am wondering if any of you has had any success in installing debian on
> this router, and perhaps could share some knowledge as to the
> installation process.
>

ohhh,maybe we can get some info from this link and the code of uboot.


> I am happy to provide any logs etc if needed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pietro
>
>