[linux-sh:03172] Re: HP 620LX (SH-7709) Problems

Hi Henk,

        Downloaded your kernel and it has the same problem. (and I
waited for 30m for it to boot *g*) I'm beginning to think either A. the
kernels have the same problem (cross compiled incorrectly, as suggested
by Kojima) or B. what I am leaning toward, is I've somehow messed up my
bootloader. I think I'll grab the default shlo.txt and restart from there
tonight. Drop me a line off list about jLiME, I would be glad to hepl
anyway I can.

                                ~Ben

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, H.Brunsting wrote:

> Hi Ben,
>
> It so happens to be I and another person have just started a project
> concerning a linux distro for the HP 6x0 series (680/690 and 620LX/660LX
> machines). My fellow developer has built a few kernels, including one for the
> 620LX. You can get it from the downloads section on
> http://195.241.12.117/jlime (temporary address, domain is pending). It hasn't
> been tested, you're welcome to try it and inform us on how it works. It has
> some custom patches applied, my co-developer has sources for those. One
> reason your kernel could be hanging is if it's a bzImage, shlo only seems to
> support zImage. Also, it can take more than 30 seconds for the kernel to
> boot, but I figure you've waited longer than that.
> The userland we are creating  for our distro (based on uclibc if everything
> works out) will be intended for the 620LX as well, but we only just started
> the project so our userland is still pretty much non-existent (apart from a
> busybox build).
> We would very much appreciate if you would combine forces with us to create a
> decent distro. Check out our website for more details.
> About your disappearing /etc dir, I myself have been running a version of
> 2.5.24 which is probably built from the same sources (but for HP 690
> instead), and I've never experienced anything like that. However, I don't
> think I ever halted the system, I always reboot. Since there's no power
> management support yet you'll end up at the same point... being Windows CE.
>
> Hope to be hearing from you,
>
> Henk
>
> On Monday 23 February 2004 04:46, Ben Jackson wrote:
> > I've recently come into possesion of an HP 620lx. I've grabbed the
> > precompiled kernels from dodes.org and it merrily boots in 2.5.24.
> > However when put the system into halt, my entire /etc gets blown away.
> > The file system is one giant ext2 filesystem on a 256MB CF (along with
> > 32MB swap and a 6MB FAT16)
> >
> > Since I didn't like rebuilding my system every time I wanted to boot, I
> > decided to compile my own kernel. I grabbed crosstool and compiled
> > gcc-3.3.2 w/glibc 2.3.2. I applied the nessecary patches and used the
> > config file I got off of dodes. The kernel compiled fine. (2.4.24)
> >
> > Now, onto my main problem. I loaded the kernel onto the CF, edited my
> > shlo.txt to boot the kernel and ran shlo.exe. The WinCE dialog box shows
> > up, I hit OK... and nothing. Screen never blanks, kernel never boots,
> > and I have to hard reset the system to get it responsive again. Upon
> > reset, all my settings are kept, so the RAM never gets blanked.
> >
> > OK, so I have the following questions:
> >          * Any idea why my /etc keeps disappearing?
> >          * Is there any kerenel specific options in shlo.txt that
> > might                         be causing my problem?
> >          * Are there any more up to date resources I should be using?
> >          * Is there any more active development on the SuperH port od
> >            Debian?
> >          * Is there a better forum for these questions?
> >
> > Cheers and thanks!
> >
> >                                  ~Ben
> >
> > (In case anyone is in the same boat as me, you can view my progress at:
> > http://www.innismir.net/projects/hp620linux/ )
>