disk_create was made such that if there are no links to the parts, it will skip them. So, you can:
- change out the stage1 link
- remove uboot link
- remove kernel link
- run script and only change stage1
[How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA
Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA
by WarheadsSE » Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:20 pm
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA
by shv » Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:12 pm
Does it mean that I can write stage1 any time even the drive is already partitioned?
So I have written the the right 850 stage1 file again and again but never got more than 700MHz! It seams that previously written stage1 content isn't changed anymore.
I executed the command directly and still get just 700MHz.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dd if=stage1.wrapped850 of=sda bs=512 seek=34
14+1 Datensätze ein
14+1 Datensätze aus
7576 Bytes (7,6 kB) kopiert, 0,0854193 s, 88,7 kB/s
')
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Stage-1 Bootloader Mon Nov 14 22:15:13 EST 2011
Attempting to set PLLA to 700MHz ...
plla_ctrl0 : 0x0000000A
plla_ctrl1 : 0x000E0000
plla_ctrl2 : 0x001B01A0
plla_ctrl3 : 0x00000016
PLLA Set
Setup memory, testing
Reading disk 0, Image 0
Sector : 0x0000009A
Hdr len: 0x0001FB34
Hdr CRC: 0x2229BDCD
OK
')
So I have written the the right 850 stage1 file again and again but never got more than 700MHz! It seams that previously written stage1 content isn't changed anymore.
I executed the command directly and still get just 700MHz.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dd if=stage1.wrapped850 of=sda bs=512 seek=34
14+1 Datensätze ein
14+1 Datensätze aus
7576 Bytes (7,6 kB) kopiert, 0,0854193 s, 88,7 kB/s
')
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Stage-1 Bootloader Mon Nov 14 22:15:13 EST 2011
Attempting to set PLLA to 700MHz ...
plla_ctrl0 : 0x0000000A
plla_ctrl1 : 0x000E0000
plla_ctrl2 : 0x001B01A0
plla_ctrl3 : 0x00000016
PLLA Set
Setup memory, testing
Reading disk 0, Image 0
Sector : 0x0000009A
Hdr len: 0x0001FB34
Hdr CRC: 0x2229BDCD
OK
')
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA
by karog » Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:37 pm
of (out file) should be /dev/sda, not just sda. You just wrote it to a file named sda in your current directory.
And yes you can write it without reformatting.
And yes you can write it without reformatting.
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA
by shv » Sun Dec 23, 2012 7:22 pm
Thanks for your comment. Now my Pogo is running at 850MHz.
Using the file stage1.wrapped800 I just get 750 MHz instead of 800 MHz CPU clock. The other stage1 files are working as expected.
Using the file stage1.wrapped800 I just get 750 MHz instead of 800 MHz CPU clock. The other stage1 files are working as expected.
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA
by wxtofly » Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:39 pm
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('s09g06', 'I')s anyone else having issues updating the system after setting up boot from SATA drive.
Also I could not get the system to boot from SATA drive for the longest time. I recently realized that I had to update the uImage in the downloaded root file system with the uImage in the initial .tar download. After replacing the uImage the system boots correctly and I am able to ssh in, but if I try to install any package, the system asks me to update pacman and a bunch of other system packages. I am not able to correctly update these and this always results in a broken system. I would appreciate if someone could help me with this.
Also I could not get the system to boot from SATA drive for the longest time. I recently realized that I had to update the uImage in the downloaded root file system with the uImage in the initial .tar download. After replacing the uImage the system boots correctly and I am able to ssh in, but if I try to install any package, the system asks me to update pacman and a bunch of other system packages. I am not able to correctly update these and this always results in a broken system. I would appreciate if someone could help me with this.
This concerns me. When I installed arch to a usb from slightly older source, I had a very hard time with upgrading because several important things had changed. I found the answers in generic upgrade forums, not here.
I have not been sucessful with an sata boot. My concern is that the december 2011 kernel is before all the upgrades, and the "latest" distribution is after the changes. Could that be why I can't get the sata to boot? Do I need to populate it with an old distribution first, to go with the old kernel rather than with "latest"?
Also, there was no direct response to the question as to whether the sdx1 partition needs to be marked bootable. Does it?
Also, the disk_create script that I downloaded does not have skip=2048 for the kernel install. Is it needed, or is that taken care of by writing to sdx1?
Thanks for all this great information!
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA
by karog » Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:46 am
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wxtofly', '
')Also, there was no direct response to the question as to whether the sdx1 partition needs to be marked bootable. Does it?
')Also, there was no direct response to the question as to whether the sdx1 partition needs to be marked bootable. Does it?
No, it does not.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wxtofly', '
')Also, the disk_create script that I downloaded does not have skip=2048 for the kernel install. Is it needed, or is that taken care of by writing to sdx1?
Not needed, taken care of by sdx1.
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