[ARMedslack] Installing Slackware 14.0 on Sheevaplug (with ESATA)

[Michael Langfinger]

 Hi,

 you're right. This is a typo, i meant /dev/mmcblk0.

 Anyway, i just booted the Slackware Installer again to verify this and 
 now i can create the partitions. Seems to work now, although i have no 
 idea why.

 I also checked the 'arcNumber'/'mainlineLinux'/'machid' variables at 
 this occasion. To boot the installer you only have to set the 'machid' 
 variable and the 'mainlineLinux' variable. The 'arcNumber' variable is 
 not required, at least not with the u-boot version i used.

> mmcbklk0p is not a valid device.
>
> root at guruslack:/dev# l mmc*
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 0 Aug 13 04:00 mmcblk0
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 1 Aug 13 04:00 mmcblk0p1
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 2 Aug 13 04:00 mmcblk0p2
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 3 Aug 13 04:00 mmcblk0p3
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 4 Aug 13 04:00 mmcblk0p4
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 5 Aug 13 04:00 mmcblk0p5
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 6 Aug 13 04:00 mmcblk0p6
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 7 Aug 13 04:00 mmcblk0p7
>
> If these do not exist on the install initrd that you will have a
> problem. It should be there for all plug PC installs.
>
> I always had to partition by hand then run the install to mmc
> partitions as the slackware scrips did not detect mmc partitions
> (unless I altered it). (Pre 13.37 at least)
>
> I run boot/root off mmc on sheevas. Guru uses the USB bus so it is
> sdb (LUN 1). My Dockstar is a USB plugged device so it is sda.