If you’re wondering why there is no working boot menu yet. I can tell you. Things are stalled since shortly after my last post. I found the problem and ran into the next one. But this time it proves to be a tough one:
init: can't open '/dev/null': No such file or directory
Looks totally innocent. But trust me I checked each and every file-system involved and they all have a /dev/null device node. I’ve tried countless things. Also rebuilt the kernel with an almost identical CMDLINE like the Archos kernel. Nope.
My last hope is that I can build a zImage from a patchset for the linux kernel source I have recieved from Archos (thanks!). Maybe that will finally and magically work… but for now I’m calling it a day and will try that tomorrow.
PS: On an unrelated note. Looks like we’re going to have WiFi working on gen7 soon. Got it working today but now have to wait for the patches I received to be open sourced. If somebody wants to play with binaries I might be able to give those away right now. Just contact me on IRC.
Tags: boot-loader, boot-menu, build, fail, gen7, gpl, multiboot, multiroot, sources