Unable to boot Slackware/SuperZaxxon from SD


kingoddball

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Hi!


I an unable to get Slack or Zaxxon to boot off SD.


I am always getting the same error message.


I have done copy and paste, Slack includes an autoboot.txt, I also renamed that to boot.txt.


I tried Zaxxon from "Make pandora OS SD" PND program. That did not work, I copied the Zaxxon.tar.xx to SD (same method as wiki).


I have tried both at a total of (around) 20 times.


Can anyone help?


I got Ubuntu working very well on any partition.


Also, slack/Zaxxon, I tested on both


Ext2 and ext3.


Error posted as a picture to avoid typo errors.
tahytu8e.jpg
 
Never see that.


I suppose your NAND is already flashed with the latest firmware ? I ask that because it also flashes the bootloader.


Did you respected the partition scheme, e.g. system on partition 1 ?
 
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Hey,


Newest Pandora OS.


I am testing again with another SD.


8GB Sandisk, single partition only, ext2.


mkfs.ex2 formatted.


Long transfer time.


Is it possible to run your Slack from partition 2 if boot,txt gets modified?
 
I've never tried.


If you give it a go, you'll also have to modify the /etc/fstab
 
Same errors. Tested with new 8GB SD. No go. I've done exactly as the wiki said.
 
It won't show "boot from SD 1:x".


Just shows default boot options.


Maybe it copied wrong. Can't see why. No errors and autoboot.txt is fine I also renamed it to boot.txt. Argh!
 
Weird.


Did you let 8M of free space at the start of the card ?


I see "boot from SD 1:x" only when i use my Zaxxon flash card.


BTW, you don't have to press the R button when booting an OS on SD.
 
Looks like boot.txt is corrupted somehow, perhaps wrapped or has had windows line endings appended by some editor.
 
Oh, so the omapfb.vram is interpreted as a command, i.e. at the start of a new line.


I had this problem once with the nano editor.
 
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