Thread: Arch Linux ARM on N900
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AhmadMhd is offline AhmadMhd
2013-03-24 , 15:46
Posts: 13 | Thanked: 6 times | Joined on Oct 2012 @ Damascus, Syria
#252
Hello everyone

@Skry
Thanks for the hard work

It's really amazing to have arch linux on N900

@Skry
have a question please
I did the following
1- formated mmcblk0p5 (logical) to ext4
2- untar then sync your unofficial image to the above partition.
3- installed U-boot (the version that supports booting kernel 3.x)
4- added boot menu item in /etc/bootmenu.d/30-Arch.item

Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p1"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext4"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk0p5 rootwait init=/bin /systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet"
5- then u-boot-update*

But when I try to boot to Arch I get "Kernel Panic"
What am I doing wrong ?

actually I don't know how to deal with U-boot
I didn't understand the part about U-boot
and where do I have to put the "uImage" and how to boot correctly
Please guide me, what should I do to successfully boot Arch

Thanks

EDIT: forgot to say that I've manged to chroot to /dev/mmcblk0p5 successfully
Last edited by AhmadMhd; 2013-03-24 at 16:13.