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# Switching <tt>root=LABEL=OLPCRoot</tt> to <tt>root=LABEL=OLPC-SD</tt> ('''note:''' maybe tell people to <tt>mkfs.ext3 -v -L OLPCRoot</tt> instead of editing a posteriori w/ dev key)
# Switching <tt>root=LABEL=OLPCRoot</tt> to <tt>root=LABEL=OLPC-SD</tt> ('''note:''' maybe tell people to <tt>mkfs.ext3 -v -L OLPCRoot</tt> instead of editing a posteriori w/ dev key)
= Second Attempt =
= Second Attempt =
In progress...
== In progress ==
Hello children of the world!

dracut: Switching root
init: readahead-collector.event main process (870) terminated with status 1
Welcome to Fedora OLPC Release 10 (based on Fedora 11)
Press 'I' to enter interactive startup
Starting udev: udevd-event[1113]: unknown format char 'g'

udevadm settle - timeout of 0 seconds reached, the event queue contains:
(list of devices)
Wait timeout. Will continue in the background. [FAILED]
)-: looks like we're hanging here... coffee time :-P

Revision as of 09:18, 31 August 2010

This page does not contain instructions leading to a successful installation of Release 10.1.2 onto an SD card
Do not follow these instructions until this warning has been removed by its author!

First Attempt

Failure

  • Failure
    used cp -prv /versions/pristine/852/* /mnt/sd/. (it lit. takes HOURS to copy over); boot yields the following:
FATAL: Module scsi_wait_scan not found.
FATAL: Module scsi_wait_scan not found.
FATAL: Module scsi_wait_scan not found.
FATAL: Module scsi_wait_scan not found.
FATAL: Module scsi_wait_scan not found.


No root device found

Boot has failed, sleeping forever.

Observations

  • Noticed that OFW looks for root=LABEL=OLPCRoot or somesuch, and my SD was formatted mkfs.ext3 -v -L OLPC-SD (oops?).
    • Maybe editing /boot/olpc.fth with µemacs in OFW?
    • Manually specifying kernel arg/root dev. in OFW (until "in")?
  • Penguin, not OLPC logo, shows in corner of screen... oopsie or intentional? [ shrugs shoulders ]

Post-Mortem

  1. Boot into OFW (note: make sure to mention developer key required)
  2. emacs sd:\boot\olpc.fth
    • BTW, didn't it occur to anyone that there isn't an F5/F6/F7/F8 key on an OLPC keyb? ^X^S won't work, and I can't tell which button/key I'm pressing!
  3. Down near the end - look for the last screenful:
" nand"  dn-buf count  sindex 0>= if
   " root=/dev/mtdblock0 rootfstype=jffs2"
else
   " root=LABEL=OLPCRoot rootfstype=ext3"
then
  1. Switching root=LABEL=OLPCRoot to root=LABEL=OLPC-SD (note: maybe tell people to mkfs.ext3 -v -L OLPCRoot instead of editing a posteriori w/ dev key)

Second Attempt

In progress

Hello children of the world!

dracut: Switching root
init: readahead-collector.event main process (870) terminated with status 1
                Welcome to Fedora OLPC Release 10 (based on Fedora 11)
                Press 'I' to enter interactive startup
Starting udev: udevd-event[1113]: unknown format char 'g'

udevadm settle - timeout of 0 seconds reached, the event queue contains:

(list of devices) 

Wait timeout. Will continue in the background.         [FAILED]

)-: looks like we're hanging here... coffee time :-P

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