[Cbe-oss-dev] ps3-linux.git: legacy bootloader hack to be removed

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> >> On Sep 12, 2007, at 7:44 AM, Geoff Levand wrote:
> >>> After linux-2.6.23 is released I will remove the hack that allows
> >>> the ps3-linux.git kernel to be loaded from linux-2.6.16 based
> >>> bootloaders.
> >>>
> >>> All users of ps3-linux.git will need to update to a linux-2.6.23
> >>> based bootloader.  To check the bootloader version, from the kboot
> >>> prompt type:
> >>>
> >>>   uname -rv
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The latest kboot is here:
> >>>
> >>>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/
> >>> kboot-20070831.bld
> >>
> >> I have flashed our PS3 with this image and it won't boot any more
> >> automatically.  The problem is that kboot does not mount the root
> >> file system, so it does not find the correct kboot.conf and cannot
> >> load our setup.
> >>
> >> Based on e2label, I see that /dev/ps3da1 correctly has '/' as its
> >> label, so kboot should be finding it... but it doesn't.  The
> >> installed Fedora 6 system finds this without problems (it also uses
> >> LABEL=/ in fstab).
> >>
> >> If I use '/dev/ps3da1:/boot/...' manually from the kboot prompt, I
> >> can make the machine boot, but this is just a workaround.  Any idea?
> >
> > Is the `bootable' flag set for the partition (using fdisk)?
> 
> Yes, but that did not fix it.
> 
> Sorry for not mailing earlier, but I already found the solution: I  
> had to move /etc/kboot.conf to /boot/etc/kboot.conf to make it work.   
> Why is that?

Do you have a separate /boot partition?

With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
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