[ARMedslack] slackwarearm on seagate dosckstar

[Stuart Winter]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2013, Davide wrote:

> So I updated the uboot image with the install script (I did it by hand
> the first time around and I;ll savemyself the trouble if possible) and
> nor the kernel gets loaded properly. I still have an issue concerning
> that the root filesystem on the usb stick is ext2 while the slackware
> arm 14 initrd is looking to mount an ext3 filesystem. I think I can fix
> that by remaking my usb stick image or by repackaging the initrd with
> the correct fstype ... maybe I just need to recheck how I pass boot
> parameters to kernel from uboot when I detect a valid usb stick !

The resson it's doing that is purely because the kernels are built on a
machine that has an ext3 root fs.

Have a look through the INSTALL_KIRKWOOD document, as it explains what
configuration to set up.  You need to supply the kernel parameter:
  rootfstype=ext2
to your boot string.