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You may specify root device to boot Linux instead of initramfs. For example, you can boot kernel and use HDD/CF or MMC/SD card as root file system. Or you can use NFS ROOT or JFFS2 on MTD.
Note, for the application chooser to work, you can fdisk the sd card to two partitions, part 1 vfat and part 2 ext3. Store the eek files in part 1. And use part2 for rootfs. the kernel command line should be "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw".
eg, the sd card in sdb on Linux PC.
fdisk /dev/sdb
n, p-primary, 1- part1, 0+64M
t, 0c for fat32 lba.
n, p-primary, 2-part2
w
mkdosfs /dev/sdb1
mke2fs -j /dev/sdb2
mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/disk
mkdir /media/disk/Altera_EEK_Applications
mkdir /media/disk/Altera_EEK_Applications/uClinux
Put images in uClinux dir.
umount /media/disk
1. For HDD/CF or MMC/SD, "make menuconfig" in uClinux-dist.
enable "ext2/ext3" file system support of kernel
select "shutdown (sash)" in "Core Applications" ,
select "mke2fs" in "Filesystem Applications" .
2. Boot, and format the device on nios2 board,
mke2fs -j /dev/hda1 # for HDD/CF
or
mke2fs -j /dev/mmcblk0 # for MMC/SD, no partition table
3. mount the device, eg, to /mnt,
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
or
mount /dev/mmcblk0 /mnt
4. copy the file system to /mnt,
cp -a /bin /dev /etc /home /init /lib /sbin /usr /mnt
mkdir /mnt/mnt /mnt/proc /mnt/sys /mnt/tmp /mnt/var
5. umount the file system,
umount /mnt
6. disable initramfs of kernel.
General setup -->
[ ] Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support <== unselect
Add kernel command line,
Processor type and features -->
() Default kernel command string <== enter the following command line
root=/dev/hda1 rw
or
root=/dev/mmcblk0 rw
or
root=/dev/mtdblock0 rw rootfstype=jffs2
7. rebuild and boot.
8. you will need to shutdown your nios2 board,
shutdown -r now
Login root account on your PC,
1. format the device with ext2/ext3 on your PC.
2. Mount it to a dir, say /tmp/n2root.
3. extract the initramfs to target rootfs using cpio
cd /tmp/n2root
zcat <path to>/uClinux-dist/linux-2.6.x/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz | cpio -id
4. umount.
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