Problem booting with multiple partitions

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I made a ext3 partition in the HDD (dev/sda3) and installed the rootfs into it and labelled it "rootfs". sda1 is the storage partition and sda2 is the swap
I tried to boot but it boots into rescue. It the uboot variables looks correct?

ethact=egiga0
baudrate=115200
mainlineLinux=yes
console=ttyS0,115200
led_init=green blinking
led_exit=green off
led_error=orange blinking
mtdparts=mtdparts=orion_nand:1M(u-boot),4M(uImage),32M(rootfs),-(data)
mtdids=nand0=orion_nand
partition=nand0,2
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
stderr=serial
rescue_set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=$console ubi.mtd=2 root=ubi0:rootfs ro rootfstype=ubifs $mtdparts $rescue_custom_params
rescue_bootcmd=if test $rescue_installed -eq 1; then run rescue_set_bootargs; nand read.e 0x800000 0x100000 0x400000; bootm 0x800000; else run pogo_bootcmd; fi
pogo_bootcmd=if fsload uboot-original-mtd0.kwb; then go 0x800200; fi
force_rescue=0
force_rescue_bootcmd=if test $force_rescue -eq 1 || ext2load usb 0:1 0x1700000 /rescueme 1 || fatload usb 0:1 0x1700000 /rescueme.txt 1; then run rescue_bootcmd; fi
ubifs_mtd=3
ubifs_set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=$console ubi.mtd=$ubifs_mtd root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs $mtdparts $ubifs_custom_params
ubifs_bootcmd=run ubifs_set_bootargs; if ubi part data && ubifsmount rootfs && ubifsload 0x800000 /boot/uImage && ubifsload 0x1100000 /boot/uInitrd; then bootm 0x800000 0x1100000; fi
usb_scan=usb_scan_done=0;for scan in $usb_scan_list; do run usb_scan_$scan; if test $usb_scan_done -eq 0 && ext2load usb $usb 0x800000 /boot/uImage 1; then usb_scan_done=1; echo "Found bootable drive on usb $usb"; setenv usb_device $usb; setenv usb_root /dev/$dev; fi; done
usb_scan_list=1 2 3 4
usb_scan_2=usb=1:1 dev=sdb1
usb_scan_3=usb=2:1 dev=sdc1
usb_scan_4=usb=3:1 dev=sdd1
usb_device=0:1
usb_rootdelay=10
usb_set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=$console root=$usb_root rootdelay=$usb_rootdelay rootfstype=$usb_rootfstype $mtdparts $usb_custom_params
usb_bootcmd=run usb_init; run usb_set_bootargs; run usb_boot
usb_boot=mw 0x800000 0 1; ext2load usb $usb_device 0x800000 /boot/uImage; if ext2load usb $usb_device 0x1100000 /boot/uInitrd; then bootm 0x800000 0x1100000; else bootm 0x800000; fi
bootcmd=usb start; run force_rescue_bootcmd; run ubifs_bootcmd; run usb_bootcmd; usb stop; run rescue_bootcmd; run pogo_bootcmd; reset
ethaddr=00:10:75:1A:94:B9
rescue_installed=1
arcNumber=2097
bootdelay=10
usb_rootfstype=ext3
usb_scan_1=usb=0:1 dev=sda1
usb_init=usb start; setenv usb_root LABEL=rootfs
usb_root=LABEL=rootfs

Also, shall I flash the new uboot?

0.687811] Bad eraseblock 295 at 0x0000024e0000
[    0.736990] Bad eraseblock 1497 at 0x00000bb20000

OK got it booted:

usb_root=LABEL=rootfs
usb_device=0:3
usb_scan_1=usb=0:3 dev=sda3

but is there any better way to scan and boot?



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/11/2015 12:23PM by bodhi.

archat68,

See the 2nd method in the same instruction I've posted for you:

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A.2. New scanning script to scan all types of device looking for uImage in 1st partition :

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I have another question:
Suppose I'm booting from USB disk which only has rootfs. I have a swap in hdd and another partition in the same hdd for storage.
How can I force Debian to use the SWAP in the HDD? Is it true that if there is no SWAP partition in the USB disk and there is a SWAP in the HDD the OS will use that SWAP by partition?

archat68,

> How can I force Debian to use the SWAP in the HDD?
> Is it true that if there is no SWAP partition in
> the USB disk and there is a SWAP in the HDD the OS
> will use that SWAP by partition?

No. swap must be defined explicitly as in either of the following 2 methods:

- swap partition or swap file is defined in fstab.
- swap partition or swap file can also be activated on the fly. Either at command line, or in startup script such as /etc/rc.local

You can use either of the 2 methods above to define the swap file or partition on the HDD.

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