[BusyBox] Booting problem with busybox

[jmrobert5 at mchsi.com]

Hi,

You didn't say what your target cpus' are.

Someone correct me if I am wrong here.

1. You can't take Redhat 9 libs (compiled for x586 and later) and run them on a
x386.  use Slackware or recompile all your libs for x386.  What does the VIA cpu
 look like anyway x586, x686?

2. Disk On Chip.  Don't forget to compile the MTD extensions for Disk on Chip. 
IIRC DOC2000 requires some patches.  You may also need the DOS tools from
M-Systems to load up an image onto a DOC.

3. Make sure you have all the /dev/*'s you need.

JoeR




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JoeR
LUNA Interactive
http://luna-site.homelinux.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi 
> Hello. I've a problem that probably you can resolve.
> I want to create my own mini-distribution linux that must run on a
> compact flash (connect as hdc1), on a disk on chip and on a
> disk on module in a PC with VIA C3 processor. I compiled the
> kernel, create the root file system coping files (with cp) and
> library (with objcopy) from my Red Had 9 to the target system
> and install grub with a grub floppy disk. When I start my PC,
> the kernel starts, mount the root fs and then stop. At this
> point, the kernel must starts init but init won't start and
> there are no warning/error messages.
> 
> I use busybox 0.60.5 and kernel 2.4.20. Must I patch the kernel
> in some way? Why my system hangs at the init boot time (if I
> delete /sbin/init the beaviour of the boot don't change, kernel
> don't say me "unable to find init" or similar)? Kernel see all
> my hardware in the right manner.
> 
> Thank you.
> Bye, Nicola
> 
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