User:NeoAmsterdam/10.1.2/Bootable SD

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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

Failure

<TUX>

[    7.824604] dracut: Switching root
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:
  /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty0 (656)
  /sys/devices/virtual/tty/console (653)
  /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo (651)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram9 (623)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram8 (622)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram7 (621)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram6 (620)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram5 (619)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram4 (618)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram3 (617)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram2 (616)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram15 (615)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram14 (614)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram13 (613)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram12 (612)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram11 (611)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram10 (610)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram1 (609)
  /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram0 (608)
  /sys/devices/platform/rtc_cmos/rtc/rtc0 (585)
  /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0c.1/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:b368/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p1 (544)
Wait timeout. Will continue in the background.             [FAILED]
/etc/init.d/functions: line 494: /usr/bin/plymouth: Input/output error

[  662.777089] EXT3-fs error (device: mmcblk0p1): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - in
ode=17748, block65625
[  988.376632] EXT3-fs error (device: mmcblk0p1): ext3_find_entry: reading directory #311662 offset 0
udevd-event[991]: exec of program '/sbin/alsactl' failed'

Observations

Looks like a total hang, but no "I give up" message on screen, so sipping coffee and pondering next move... (SD card busted? 10.1.2 not expecting to boot off SD? Can I fsck from withing OFW?)

Post-mortem

OFW doesn't seem to have fsck, so...

1. Restarted from 10.1.2 on NAND
2. /sbin/init 3 in console.
3. fsck.ext3 -v /dev/mmcblk0p1 returned OLPC-SD: clean, 43246/981120 files, 353740/3922425 blocks.
4. fsck.ext3 -fv /dev/mmcblk0p1 found a problem with inode 13 - fixed (please let that be the reason)
5. shtudown -r now

Third Attempt

Apparent Success

Greeted with "Name:_____" screen .o0( "I'd like to thank my momma and Elvis..." )

Observations

Boot was kinda sluggish (part key generation, part olpc-configure note: doing a mkdir -pv /mnt/sd/home/olpc after copying to /mnt/sd is imperative), and was done with √ held down - time to take off the training wheels

Post-Mortem

1. shoutdown -h now, sip some more coffee, and boot without any "cheat codes".

Fourth Attempt

In progress...