Re: [gNewSense-users] lemote does not boot after install

[Peter Rock]

Thank you so much for your help. I have finally got gNS to boot on its
own on my YeeLoong. On the wiki however, where it says:

"Note: if the dir (wd0,0)/boot command gives you only one delo.2nd
file, you have to boot your installed system from USB key"

it says to do this:

"load (wd0,0)/boot/vmlinux-2.6.31.6-libre1"

but it should say (usb0,0) instead. And if one is following the
directions on the page, it is unlikely they have a /boot directory on
their USB. I used "load (usb0,0)/vmlinux-2.6.31.6-libre1"

Other notes:

I couldn't install the default kernel (2.6.32.2) but I successfully
installed 2.6.32.3
I also went with GRUB and noted that I had to install GRUB first. sudo
apt-get install grub-yeeloong is working for me so far. Perhaps that
step could be included in the wiki.

Well, I have just booted up for the first time so it's time to play.
Hopefully I can get the wireless to play and other things to work.
Thanks again!

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Quiliro Ordóñez <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2010/1/27 Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden>:
>> Quiliro Ordóñez schreef:
>>>
>>> 2010/1/26 Peter Rock <address@hidden>:
>>>>
>>>> Here's exactly what happens:
>>>>
>>>> PMON> load (usb0,0)/vmlinux-2.6.31.6-libre1
>>>> Loading file: (usb0,0)/vmlinux-2.6.31.6-libre1/(elf)
>>>> (elf)
>>>> 0x80200000/3555840 + 0x80564200/286128(z) + 6815 syms\
>>>> Entry address is 802063c0
>>>>
>>>> PMON> initrd(usb0,0)/initrd.gz
>>>> Loading initrd image (usb0,0)/initrd.gz(bin)     #This process takes a
>>>> few minutes with a twirling backslash/frontslash on the right side of
>>>> the screen and then...
>>>>
>>>> Loaded 5259509 bytes
>>>> PMON> g console=tty no_auto_cmd root=/dev/hda1 rootdelay=8 machtype=8.9
>>>>
>>> It worked that way for me. It booted the installed OS and not the
>>> installer.
>>
>> In the meantime the wiki page for the Yeeloong [1] has been updated (thanks
>> Christophe) with the instructions on how to work around this problem. See
>> the note in point 6 of the installation section.
>>
>> The trick is to NOT use initrd (as that will start the installer) and set
>> the right root device.
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/GNewSenseToMIPS
>>
>>
>
> Yes... I did not use initrd...I'm sorry. I wrote this manual on memory.
>
> I did not need to use step 6. I don't remember if I had to review
> /boot/grub/menu.list though. Please give us some feedback, Peter.
> --
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