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List:       leaf-user
Subject:    Re: [leaf-user] BuC v6 - Missing PATA* modules?
From:       KP Kirchdoerfer via leaf-user <leaf-user () lists ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2017-11-06 18:00:27
Message-ID: 1509991227.1972.43.camel () users ! sourceforge ! net
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On So, 2017-11-05 at 15:10 -0500, groups, freeman wrote:
> So I just tried to get v6.1.0 of BuC running under a VMware Player
> and 
> no joy (I'm currently using v5.2.7).
> 
> I created a 110MB HD in the VM, and dd'd 
> 'Bering-uClibc_6.1.0_i486_isolinux_vga.iso' straight onto it, and
> tried 
> to bootup.
> 
> What I get at bootup is this:
> > ISOLINUX parms come up
> > 
> > Decompressing...
> > Booting the kernel.
> > LINUXRC: Bering - Initrd - 6.1.0 Rev 1 uClibc 1.0.25
> > [#] F2FS-fs (fd0): Can't find valid F2FS filesystem in the 1st
> > superblock
> >     ... 2nd superblock
> >     ... 3nd superblock
> >     ... 4nd superblock
> > LINUXRC: PKGPATH is empty or unset. Can not install packages.
> > LINUXRC: LRP= is empty ot unset. Can not install packages.
> > LINUXRC: Monting squashfs with modules...
> > LINUXRC: modules.sqfs is missing on
> > sed: /etc/modules: No such file or directory
> 
> FWICT I cannot see my sda device (e.g. cannot 'mount /dev/sda1
> /mnt') 
> which makes me suspect a missing driver.
> 
> When I compared the contents of modules.sqfs from 5.2.7 to 6.1.0 I 
> noticed that the subdir 'kernel/drivers/ata' went from having 25
> files 
> in it under 5.2.7, to having just one (sata_dwc_460ex.ko.gz, FWIW)
> under 
> 6.1.0.
> 
> So I'm wondering, does it look like the missing files from 
> kernel/drivers/ata are the cause of my failure to boot?

Though you have solved it, a note for readers - most of the pATA
modules and SCSI modules has been compiled into the kernel to alleviate
the boot process, so you'll won't find them in modules.sqfs any longer.

kp

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