Re: SheevaPlug boot error ?can't open root device?

[Diogo <diogo%demux.eu@localhost>]

Hi Martin,

Thank you for your suggestion. I was not aware of the installer for SheevaPlug.

Unfortunately, I can’t find the right documentation on how to use this file. Shall I load it to uboot as netbsd.ub or what exactly? Note that I currently do not have a running NerBSD system. Is that necessary?

Thank you.

Best,
-Diogo

> On 21. Jul 2024, at 10:48, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 08:49:10AM +0200, Diogo B. wrote:
>> Dear mailing list,
>> 
>> I'm trying to revive an old SheevaPlug device. Luckily, I've found NetBSD supports it. SheevaPlug has a Marvell Kirkwood CPU (ARMv5TE), an SD card slot, a USB port, and an Ethernet port. Serial output is available via a secondary USB port.
>> 
>> Getting the pre-built kernel to boot the SheevaPlug was quite straight-forward. Unfortunately, the boot process stops with the following error:
> 
> I would suggest to use the installer kernel instead, e.g.
> 
> https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/latest/evbarm-earmv5/installation/instkernel/netbsd-SHEEVAPLUG_INSTALL.gz
> 
> and boot that.
> 
> It will allow you to create the required partions on the USB stick and
> populate them. When that is done, reboot and use the regular kernel again
> as you tried already - but now it should work.
> 
> I have a GuruPlug device that is running -current.
> 
> Martin