[Cbe-oss-dev] Petitboot Issue

[Jiafu Gao]

OK, I gave it another try with the newest otheros.bld from http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-kboot/. It does not work either. So:

Is it possible to update otheros.bld independently with the linux OS? If yes, how?

My theory is that otheros.bld is a boot loader. Provided they are compatible (read the same config file, from the same location), the answer is yes. As to how, the standard PS3 procedure (Install Other OS, Default System->Other OS, and reboot after taking the otheros.bld media out) should work. Note that: I didn't really install other os when PS3 reboot after selection Other OS under Default System since the other os is already installed. I simply remove the otheros.bld media from PS3, and hopefully PS3 will boot the OS I already have on the disk.

Something does not appears to match my theory though... Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Jiafu




----- Original Message ----
From: Jiafu Gao <jiafu_gao at yahoo.com>
To: CBE Development <cbe-oss-dev at ozlabs.org>
Sent: Monday, August 4, 2008 10:08:39 PM
Subject: Petitboot Issue


Hi, 

I like what I saw about Petitboot, and decided to give it try tonight. 

My PS3 has Ubuntu 7.10, and the otheros.bld is still the one comes with the install CD. I copied the petitboot otheros.bld to my usb flashdrive at PS3/otheros directoy. PS3 find it ok, and when I reboot, the UI comes up fine. First only 1 icon (the hard disk) appears on the left, and nothing appears on the right. I said oh oh. When I accidently press the down key, the hard disk icon get selected, and then the boot selection of my Ubuntu appears on the right (linux=... and old=...).  So this is the first issue: petitboot should select one on the left automatically. In this case, the hard disk should be selected by default.

I selected the 1st item (linux=.. ), Booting linux... appears on the status line. A good sign. However, there is no hard disk activity. Waited for about 10 minutes, and nothing progressed: the GUI still there. So it didn't boot my linux. 

Before the GUI appears, I do see some error about mount ps3da3 error: Invalid parameter. ps3da5 etc. After I selected linux=.., I could switch my tty to the error console, so I am not sure if any error printed out. 

Here is my partition:
> more /proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name
 254     0   26225012 ps3da
 254     1    3903763 ps3da1
 254     2          1 ps3da2
 254     5    2000061 ps3da5
 254     6   10000431 ps3da6
 254     7    4996183 ps3da7

And here is my fstab: 
> more /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/ps3da1
UUID=aeb.. 5  /      ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/ps3da7
UUID=a45.. 7 /data   ext3    defaults        0       2
# /dev/ps3da6
UUID=d8f.. /home      ext3    defaults        0       2
# /dev/ps3da5
UUID=04f.. none    swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0  /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
# cell development
none /spu spufs gid=spu 0 0

Could my fstab used UUID instead of the dev name such as /dev/ps3da1? Can I change it to the dev name? 

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Jiafu


      
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