[Peeweelinux] 0.61.0 and MSN Companion (aka Compaq iPAQ line)

Mark Meade [email protected]
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 08:53:28 -0500


A couple of thoughts (if you haven't tried them already):

Try changing Device Mount Point to "./mnt"

Check the "Boot Device on Target System" option.  It should probably be
"/dev/sda".

Regards

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Tanner" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:48 AM
Subject: [Peeweelinux] 0.61.0 and MSN Companion (aka Compaq iPAQ line)


> Using pwl 0.61.0 and a SanDisk USB reader/writer with a Viking 128Mb CF.
>
> Just starting out, I put the minimal project to the CF. Tweaked the MSN
> companion to boot the CF and I get a lovely lilo prompt.
>
> Hitting enter, I get a "Block move error 0xNNNN", where NNNN is a number
that
> isdifferent each time.
>
> But lilo continues to load the kernel.
>
> Kernel bootstraps. Right after mounting the "drives" I get the following
error:
>
> VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for swapper
>
> I read the following thread:
>
> http://mail.adis.on.ca/pipermail/peeweelinux/2000-October/000123.html
>
> Selecting the whole kernel didn't fix my problem.
>
> Running redhat 7.2 (kernel 2.4.29-21 official redhat kernel)
> PWL 0.61.0
> SanDisk Reader/writer
> Viking 128Mb CF
> To add to my info:
>
>      Target: Compressed ramdisk on ext2 partition -->
>      Project Mount Point: "mnt"
>      Device Mount Point: "/mnt/flash"
>      Target Device: "/dev/sda"
>      Free Space on Ramdisk: "2000"
>
> I'm not sure if these options are right.
>
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