Re: Jornada 680 asks for "root device"

Just a quick note here. Nikos, I replaced just the kernel file and 
hpcboot.exe with the files you sent me, and it works! I'm getting some 
errors when it boots, but I can log in fine, and even X works. No more 
time to work on it now, but thanks. I'll report more when I have 
investigated a little further. Your version of hpcboot was definitely 
different than the one I downloaded from netbsd.org. It had many more 
options for regional variations.

Thanks,
Mike


On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Nikos Ntarmos wrote:

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> On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 07:17:47PM -0400, Michael Wileman wrote:
>> It's a Sandisk CF card. I've tried in the CF slot and in a PCMCIA
>> adapter.
>
> Never had one of those. I'll check with some gadgeteers at the office
> for one and get back to you. The fact that WinCE reads it just fine
> makes me believe that your cf card is o.k. for use with the 680.
>
> FWIW I have a:
>
> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <LEXAR ATA FLASH>
> wd0: drive supports 4-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
> wd0: 983 MB, 1999 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2014992 sectors
> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4
>
> Now check this out:
>
> root@nada:~# fdisk wd0
> Disk: /dev/rwd0c
> NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:
> cylinders: 1999, heads: 16, sectors/track: 63 (1008 sectors/cylinder)
> total sectors: 2014992
>
> BIOS disk geometry:
> cylinders: 125, heads: 255, sectors/track: 63 (16065 sectors/cylinder)
> total sectors: 2014992
>
> Partition table:
> 0: Primary 'big' DOS, 16-bit FAT (> 32MB) (sysid 6)
>    start 63, size 2013921 (983 MB, Cyls 0-125/93/1), Active
> 1: <UNUSED>
> 2: <UNUSED>
> 3: <UNUSED>
> root@nada:~#
>
> As far as hpcboot is concerned, there are two files in
> .../hpcsh/installation: hpcboot-sh3.exe and hpcboot-sh4.exe. You should
> be using hpcboot-sh3.exe. I'm sending you the contents of my
> known-to-work fat partition off list. Could you try them out and see
> if you can boot with those in your fat partition?
>
>> What do I need to do to capture the dmesg if the machine won't boot
>> into netbsd?
>
> The only way I can think of is hooking your Jornada to a pc through the
> serial cable that came with your 'nada, set the console to 'serial' in
> hpcboot under the 'option' screen, and use some serial line
> communication prog on the pc side (e.g. cu, kermit, tip, etc.) to
> capture the Jornada's output.
>
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