On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 16:42 -0800, Prashant Viswanathan wrote: > However, the kernel seems to hang in "Sending BOOTP Requests" > <snip> > Sending BOOTP requests .<6>eth0: link up > eth1: link up > ..... timed out! > IP-Config: Reopening network devices... > Sending BOOTP requests .... > </snip> > Perhaps you don't have a bootp service on your network. I usually put ip=dhcp (go to Device Drivers->Networking support->Networking options and enable IP: DHCP support). > The same happens whether I use "go . ip=any" or "go . ip=10.2.11.185" from > yamon. All the other nodes on this network also use DHCP to get their > addresses and they have no problems. The board itself boots using tftp so > the network connectivity must be good. > > My next step would be to specify a root file system. Where can I find a root > file system (or/and compiled package) for MIPS (BE)? I saw this thread (link > below) on the mailing list, but none of these links work now. > http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2001-03/threads.html#00008 > You could build your own tool chain and root file system, which is what I did (I have a dbAu1100 board). I used the buildroot package which is part of the uclibc project: http://www.uclibc.org/ You can download the buildroot CVS tarball here (just look for the "Download tarball" link at the bottom: http://www.uclibc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/buildroot/ It has a "make menuconfig" style configuration system and will build busybox and other programs and create an ext2 file system, etc. I opted to build busybox and the mips kernel separately though (so I could more easily configure them). I now have a cross compiler and tool chain for my x86 laptop. > > Thanks > Prashant > Cheers. Josh Green
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