[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] What's wrong with the Maemo1.1Rc5 rootfs

[From: Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller]

Hi Rodrigo,
Thanks for the explanation. I got the problem solved myself by getting a
full updated FIASCO image from my contact at Nokia, so its taken care of
for me.

Sincerely,
Christian

On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 08:33 -0300, Rodrigo Parra Novo wrote:
>    Hi Christian,
> 
> On 11/3/05, Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller <christian at fluendo.com> wrote:
> > My guess is that you have the same problem I had, you are developing on
> > a B4 prototype and the image is for F5 (prototype and production
> > devices). Cause I got the exact same behavior as you when installing the
> > development Rootfs system onto my B4 device. So you need to get a B4
> > compatible rootfs system to make it work.
> 
>    The rootfs is the same for all "supported" hardware devices. The
> real problem is that for 1.1RC5, you must have a recent
> bootloader+kernel+initfs. (such as the ones distributed publicly by
> Nokia)
> 
>    Unfortunately, bootloader and initfs are hardware-version
> dependant, so I guess you need to ask whoever gave you the B4 device
> if they can send you newer versions of the product image, and only
> after that, install rootfs 1.1RC5. (and with this problem I'm unable
> to help, as I'm not a Nokia employee :) )
> 
>    Best regards,
> 
>    Rodrigo
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