A Clean, Fresh, Configured Eabi Rootfs Tarball, last updated 080416; see the first post Options

[ArchiMark]

You don't have to remove the older kernel modules. Just leave them there and extract the new one to the root of the root partition.

OK, ZDevil, I'VE GOT DEBIAN EABI ! ! ! ! !


So far, working great, IceWM, ethernet card, apt-get..........







Could not have done it without, ZDevil !!!!

T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! ! !

[adf]

You don't have to remove the older kernel modules. Just leave them there and extract the new one to the root of the root partition.

OK, ZDevil, I'VE GOT DEBIAN EABI ! ! ! ! !


So far, working great, IceWM, ethernet card, apt-get..........







Could not have done it without, ZDevil !!!!

T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! ! !

is blutooth/gprs working? tell us more

[ArchiMark]

OK, ZDevil, I'VE GOT DEBIAN EABI ! ! ! ! !


So far, working great, IceWM, ethernet card, apt-get..........

is blutooth/gprs working? tell us more

Dunno yet....

I have an old Belkin USB BT adaptor F8T001 that maybe I can try out....

[ZDevil]

Congrats.
Try this scriptpack here: http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25644 , which gives a more user-friendly IceWM setting.

[ArchiMark]

Congrats.
Try this scriptpack here: http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25644 , which gives a more user-friendly IceWM setting.

Thanks, ZDevil....will try that scriptpack...

Meanwhile, I installed something that said I should reboot....when I do that I get various error messages mainly about my HD; hda2.....

CODE

Checking root file system...fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)
/dev/hda2 - contains a file system with errors. Check forced.
/dev/hda2: Inodes part of a corrupted orphan linked list found.
/dev/hda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY.
                  (ie. without -a or -p options)
fsck died with exit status 4
[color="#FF0000"]failed (code 4)[/color]
[color="#FF0000"]**[/color]An automatic file system check (fsck) of the root file system failed.
A manual fsck must be performed, then the system restarted.
The fsck should be performed in maintenance mode with the root filesystem mounted in read-only mode.
[color="#FF0000"]*[/color] The root filesystem is currently mounted in read-only mode.
A maintenance shell will now be started.
After performing system maintenance, press CONTROL-D
to terminate the maintenance shell and restart the system.
Give root password for maintenance (or type CONTROL-D to continue):
Zaurus: ~#

One other problem now is that I can't type a '/' character in this shell, when I press that key it gives a ',' or a '<' if I use the shift key...

What fsck command should I use or do something else ???

and how can I type a '/' so that I can type '/dev/hda2' ????

Funny thing is that debian/IceWM seemed to be working OK...

Thanks,

Mark

[ZDevil]

Easy:

In this case you SHOULD run a fsck to check and repair the filesystem.
To do so, reboot and you would get to that warning message again.
Just type your root password (default is "zaurus" if you haven't changed it).
Then run fsck .. [tab] dev/hda1 -- just run fsck without any option (as already suggested by the warning message -- a very cool and helpful feature in such a complete system)
(The [tab] after ".." does the trick to get you the "/" )
When prompted to repair something, just answer yes by "y" then [Enter].
This way fsck will get through and things will be fine again.

[ArchiMark]

Easy:

In this case you SHOULD run a fsck to check and repair the filesystem.
To do so, reboot and you would get to that warning message again.
Just type your root password (default is "zaurus" if you haven't changed it).
Then run fsck .. [tab] dev/hda1 -- just run fsck without any option (as already suggested by the warning message -- a very cool and helpful feature in such a complete system)
(The [tab] after ".." does the trick to get you the "/" )
When prompted to repair something, just answer yes by "y" then [Enter].
This way fsck will get through and things will be fine again.

Thanks, ZDevil !

Your suggestions worked and fsck is fscking away right now....says FIXED after each error found.....

[rogalian]

Many thanks for this, all working (but needing a ton more tweaking) here. Took about an hour and a half to untar the root on the Zaurus

My notes are here - http://rogalian.blogspot.com/2008/03/debia...s-sl-c3200.html

Out of interest, why the huge amount of (non-debian) sources list?

[axeTail]

Hi Guys,

Please help, I have 2 partitions, hda1 ext3 and hda2 swap. I untared the rootfs to hda1, flashed the kernel and get :

kernel panic, no init found.

Please help

[ZDevil]

Which kernel are you using? Which model is your Z?

[axeTail]

Which kernel are you using? Which model is your Z?

Hi ZDevil, Thanks for the quick reply.

I have a 3200 and am using kernel 2.6.24.3, hda1, what does this error mean and how can I solve it? Thanks

Oh, the error message also say :

Try passing init= option to kernel

[rogalian]

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Checking root file system...fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)
/dev/hda2 - contains a file system with errors. Check forced.
/dev/hda2: Inodes part of a corrupted orphan linked list found.

I've been getting exactly the same inode errors quite regularly, even when shutting down the machine properly. Not sure what's causing them yet.

In other news, I've had some success with the rather more mature evtouch driver in Debian - http://rogalian.blogspot.com/2008/04/zauru...erver-xorg.html Rotating works with the touch screen driver, but sadly it breaks the framebuffer driver...

The same bug previously occured with a non-rotated screen and evtouch, so I'm hoping the fix is similar.

[ZDevil]

Which kernel are you using? Which model is your Z?

Hi ZDevil, Thanks for the quick reply.
I have a 3200 and am using kernel 2.6.24.3, hda1, what does this error mean and how can I solve it? Thanks
Oh, the error message also say :
Try passing init= option to kernel

Can you check/try these:
-- Which brand/model is your internal disk?
-- The kernel download is intact.
-- The updater.sh is the correct one (use the one attached in the first post)
-- The root partition is ext3 formatted. (you have to do "mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda1" after using fdisk).

[axeTail]

Which kernel are you using? Which model is your Z?

Hi ZDevil, Thanks for the quick reply.
I have a 3200 and am using kernel 2.6.24.3, hda1, what does this error mean and how can I solve it? Thanks
Oh, the error message also say :
Try passing init= option to kernel

Can you check/try these:
-- Which brand/model is your internal disk?
-- The kernel download is intact.
-- The updater.sh is the correct one (use the one attached in the first post)
-- The root partition is ext3 formatted. (you have to do "mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda1" after using fdisk).

Hi ZDevil,

-- Hitachi 6GB HD
-- The kernel is fine, downloaded from http://yonggun.tistory.com/68
-- update.sh comes from the 1st post
-- I did the following to the root partition : mke2fs -j /dev/hda1

I untared the rootfs on the SD then copied it across to the hda1.

Thanks for the support....

[ZDevil]

How did you uncompress the rootfs tarball?
Can you find /etc/inittab in the rootfs (you can check in the linux emergency cnosole)?