Re: new SMP kernel on the old Netra X1
On Fri, 2025-09-05 at 06:21 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> BusyBox v1.20.2 (Debian 1:1.20.0-7) built-in shell (ash)
> Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
>
> /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
> (initramfs) cat /proc/partitions
> major minor #blocks name
>
> 8 0 39082680 sda
> 8 1 1951897 sda1
> 8 2 3903795 sda2
> 8 3 39078112 sda3
> 8 4 33222420 sda4
> 8 16 39082680 sdb
> 8 17 2097152 sdb1
> 8 18 4194304 sdb2
> 8 19 39078112 sdb3
> 8 20 32764567 sdb4
> (initramfs) ls bin
> busybox false ipconfig minips nfsmount resume
> umount
> cat fstype kill mkdir nuke run-init
> uname
> chroot gunzip kmod mkfifo pivot_root sh
> cpio gzip ln mknod poweroff sleep
> dd halt losetup mount readlink sync
> dmesg insmod ls mv reboot true
> (initramfs) bin/uname -a
> Linux (none) 6.12.3-sparc64-smp #1 SMP Debian 6.12.3-1+sparc64
> (2025-08-28) sparc64 sparc64
> (initramfs)
OK, so the block devices are there and the kernel may just have swapped sda
and sdb which can happen any time when you boot a system with multiple disks.
I would recommend passing "root=UUID=XXXXX-XXXX.." (put the UUID of the root
partition here) in your silo.conf.
To retrieve the UUID of your root partition, boot the Wheezy kernel and run:
# blkid /dev/sda4, e.g.:
root@stadler:~# blkid /dev/vdiska3
/dev/vdiska3: UUID="30e11c2c-be02-48eb-9238-(redacted)" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="2495e223-9d30-47f0-bdda-(redacted)"
root@stadler:~#
Use what's in UUID and paste it into silo.conf as:
root=UUID=NNNNNNNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNNNNNNNNNN
Adrian
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