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  • #1607
    Anonymous
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    I tried to follow the getting started software how to. I’m trying to boot ubuntu 16.04 server image. I already prepared the rootfs with kernel 4.4.52 and dtb file in /boot. When trying to boot, I get the ff error:

    [ 6.074707] Starting init: /sbin/init exists but couldn’t execute it (error -8)
    [ 6.085632] Starting init: /etc/init exists but couldn’t execute it (error -13)
    [ 6.102679] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
    [ 6.110756] Starting init: /bin/sh exists but couldn’t execute it (error -8)
    [ 6.118164] Kernel panic – not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.

    This is my current uboot env:

    baudrate=115200
    boot_interface=mmc
    bootcmd=mmc dev 0; ext4load mmc 0:1 $kernel_addr $image_name;ext4load mmc 0:1 $fdt_addr $fdt_name;setenv bootargs $console root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait; booti $kernel_addr – $fdt_addr
    bootdelay=2
    bootmmc=mmc dev 0; ext4load mmc 0:1 $kernel_addr $image_name;ext4load mmc 0:1 $fdt_addr $fdt_name;setenv bootargs $console root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait; booti $kernel_addr – $fdt_addr
    console=console=ttyMV0,115200 earlycon=ar3700_uart,0xd0012000
    eth1addr=00:51:82:11:22:01
    eth2addr=00:51:82:11:22:02
    eth3addr=00:51:82:11:22:03
    ethact=neta@30000
    ethaddr=F0:AD:4E:05:34:B8
    ethprime=eth0
    fdt_addr=0x4f00000
    fdt_high=0xffffffffffffffff
    fdt_name=boot/armada-3720-community.dtb
    fdtcontroladdr=3f7161b8
    gatewayip=10.4.50.254
    get_images=tftpboot $kernel_addr $image_name; tftpboot $fdt_addr $fdt_name; run get_ramfs
    get_ramfs=if test “${ramfs_name}” != “-“; then setenv ramfs_addr 0x8000000; tftpboot $ramfs_addr $ramfs_name; else setenv ramfs_addr -;fi
    hostname=marvell
    image_name=boot/Image
    initrd_addr=0x1100000
    initrd_image=boot/uInitrd
    initrd_size=0x2000000
    ipaddr=0.0.0.0
    kernel_addr=0x5000000
    loadaddr=0x5000000
    netdev=eth0
    netmask=255.255.255.0
    ramfs_addr=0x8000000
    ramfs_name=-
    root=root=/dev/nfs rw
    rootdev=/dev/mmcblk0p1
    rootfstype=ext4
    rootpath=/srv/nfs/
    serverip=0.0.0.0
    set_bootargs=setenv bootargs $console $root ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname:$netdev:none nfsroot=$serverip:$rootpath $extra_params
    stderr=serial@12000
    stdin=serial@12000
    stdout=serial@12000
    verbosity=2

    #1608
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    Did you remember to partition the card and format as ext4 ?
    When I created my ubuntu image, I used a single ext4 partition; this is much simpler and easier than using two partitions.

    See my create EspressoBIN ubuntu image for how an image could be created.

    … You can use my imageWriter script for writing the image conveniently to a SD-card or USB-stick.
    (In this case, you want to write to a block-device, not a single partition, because the EspressoBIN.img file is a volume that contains partitions).
    Note: I use cp instead of dd, this is only for convenience; the outcome is identical.
    Note2: Some people fear using dd, because they’re afraid of losing all their data, but dd is not a dangerous tool at all, this is a complete misunderstanding. ‘dd’ is just as harmless as cp, cat echo, printf and so forth, but if you write to anything in /dev, you want to be careful – no matter which command you use.

    My goal with those scripts is to make it easier and safer to write disk images.

    #1613
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I did partition my SD card with single ext4 according to the guide. I switched to Archlinux ARM it’s pretty solid now. No crash running overnight yet.

    #1614
    deleted
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    Archliux sounds like a good solid choice. I’ll likely try that myself.
    Great to hear that you got things working. 🙂

    #1615
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    If I had the time, I would really like to try out your script. But I’ve got really limited time right now. Thanks for your help

    #1616
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    One more question, is it possible to bundle the file system in a tarball and just copy it to another SD card?

    #1617
    deleted
    Participant

    I know how it is. 😉

    Just keep them for a rainy day.
    I hope that other forum readers can benefit from them too.

    #1618
    deleted
    Participant

    Certainly.

    You can use tar in place of dd or cp.

    For example if you have …

    sudo dd if=/dev/sdy of=myimage.img bs=1m

    … you could just as well write …

    sudo tar -cjf myimage.tar.bz2 /dev/sdy

    … just think of a block device as being one huge file.

    #1619
    deleted
    Participant

    … in some cases you do not need ‘sudo’ in front of dd or tar; it depends on which O/S you’re using and your account settings. 😉

    #1620
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Thanks. I had to use sudo due to permission errors. It’s compressing the file system from my SD card now. Hope it works 😀

    #50258
    sarahroxon
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