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	ArchiMark	2013-03-29 , 15:08
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Back again....

I've untarred Arch rootfs file onto my microSD card....kept partitioning simple to get this going....figure I can always redo this if I want once I have successfully gotten Arch to run....

So, now onto to Step 5.....have some questions please...

5- Install and configure U-boot

Install u-boot version (that sports booting 3.x kernels)
add boot entry in /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item

example

Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="${INT_CARD}p5"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext4"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk1p5 rootwait init=/bin /systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet"This should work if you untar the image FileSystem on /dev/mmcblk0p5
run

Code:
u-boot-update-bootmenu

reboot

Question 1

Where do I create the bootmenu item?

Do you mean from inside the /etc/bootmenu.d/ directory on the microSD card where I untarred the rootfs file or ?

Question 2

Only have 2 partitions on my microSD card as follows:

/dev/mmcblk1p1 vfat

/dev/mmcblk1p2 ext2

So, should my bootmenu item look like this:

Code:

Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="${INT_CARD}p2"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext2"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 rootwait init=/bin /systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet"

Thanks!

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