... root=PARTUUID=94a2dc27-01 rw rootwait bootm 0x850000 And the machine boots into a dt kernel. Note I stated that you load from the 0th ide device, partition ...

... either in /boot/uEnv.txt or in uboot env variables. 5) probably make sure your mac address is right in the updated env variables 6) Also get the PARTUUID of your root disk and set in /boot/uEnv.txt Somewhere on here is the commands to type, let me see if I can find them. Ok seems to be: pacman ...

Oh yes, in the initrd you should have enough commands to see why the root file system wasn't loaded. My guess it it couldn't find the PARTUUID. Probably because it could only see the sd card and not the eMMC.

... 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 129920 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0 console=ttyO0,115200n8 root=PARTUUID=8bcfc095-01 rw rootwait [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: ...

... as its incompatible. But worth checking that you only end up with the new kernel and uboot. /boot/uEnv.txt you want looking something like: root=PARTUUID=94a2dc27-01 mtdparts=mtdparts=orion_nand:0xC0000(uboot),0x40000(uboot_env),0x80000(old_uboot_env),0x80000(key_store),0x80000(info),0xA00000(etc),0xA00000(kernel_1),0x2FC0000(rootfs1),0xA00000(kernel_2),0x2FC0000(rootfs2) ...

Yes just load the uImage instead (and change the boot command to a "bootm"). You also won't need the dtb in that case. The partuuid of the HDD, you can get when you boot up from USB, with the HDD installed. The command "blkid" - just note the PARTUUID of the root on the ...

And from : https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/init/do_mounts.c this is why we use PARTUUID: /* * Convert a name into device number. We accept the following variants: * * 1) <hex_major><hex_minor> device number in hexadecimal represents itself * no leading 0x, ...

... else setenv bootpart 1; fi part uuid ${devtype} ${devnum}:${bootpart} uuid setenv bootargs "console=tty0 console=${console} root=PARTUUID=${uuid} rw rootwait" if load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${bootpart} ${kernel_addr_r} /boot/zImage; then gpio set 54 echo fdt: ${fdtfile} if ...