Re: [gNewSense-users] lemote does not boot after install

[Sam Geeraerts]

Quiliro Ordóñez schreef:
> 2010/1/26 Peter Rock <address@hidden>:
> > Here's exactly what happens:
> >
> > PMON> load (usb0,0)/vmlinux-2.6.31.6-libre1
> > Loading file: (usb0,0)/vmlinux-2.6.31.6-libre1/(elf)
> > (elf)
> > 0x80200000/3555840 + 0x80564200/286128(z) + 6815 syms\
> > Entry address is 802063c0
> >
> > PMON> initrd(usb0,0)/initrd.gz
> > Loading initrd image (usb0,0)/initrd.gz(bin)     #This process takes a
> > few minutes with a twirling backslash/frontslash on the right side of
> > the screen and then...
> >
> > Loaded 5259509 bytes
> > PMON> g console=tty no_auto_cmd root=/dev/hda1 rootdelay=8 machtype=8.9
> It worked that way for me. It booted the installed OS and not the installer.

In the meantime the wiki page for the Yeeloong [1] has been updated 
(thanks Christophe) with the instructions on how to work around this 
problem. See the note in point 6 of the installation section.

The trick is to NOT use initrd (as that will start the installer) and 
set the right root device.

[1] http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/GNewSenseToMIPS