[Cbe-oss-dev] Still having problems booting

[Bob McGwier]

I have done a full make from source following

make mrproper
make ps3_defconfig
make
make modules_install
make install

I then ran

mkinitrd and mkzmage where I do all of the correct pointing of the 
initrd at the root file system at

/dev/ps3da1

using the kernel vmlinux made and installed /boot during the make 
install process and I get exactly the same errors as before

cannot find /dev/root, etc.

Just as a sanity check for myself,  I built a kernel for the QS21's in 
my bladecenter H.  I use exactly the same kind of mkinitrd, mkzimage but 
aimed at the QS21 and the  much more complex pointing at the nfs mounted 
root.

<<THIS WORKED ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY>>

There is something wrong and I no longer believe it is my build 
commands.  But rather than us arguing about it,  what are the exact step 
one takes in making the ps3 kernel?  Whatever it is,  it is not clear to 
me and I have convinced myself doing the QS21 kernel builds 
successfully  that I am not a completely out in left field here.


Bob





Geoff Levand wrote:
> Edward Strong wrote:
>   
>>> The kernel starts but then the error message is
>>>
>>> cannot find /dev/root
>>>
>>> followed by
>>>
>>> cannot find /dev
>>>
>>> I have modified the kernel command line argument in yaboot and modified
>>> fstab in just about every way I can imagine with no joy.
>>>       
>> Did you ever find a proper solution to this? Mine started working again
>> out of the blue after doing a pull on Geoff's kernel last week, which is
>> strange since I'm positive no configuration changes were made.
>>     
>
> As was said in another post, I think your problem is your build or install
> method, not the kernel sources.
>
> One difference a new checkout gives you is that the modules are installed
> to a differnt directory.
>
> -Geoff
>
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