GeeXboX

arch = i386
nope…

it is still not working. Error indicates current root is not in splashfs format.

I met the same problems and therefore I make a patch for init file in initrd.

1. put all geexbox files into /GEEXBOX directory including rootfs
2. add grub menu
title GEEXBOX
root (hd0,1)
kernel /GEEXBOX/vmlinuz vga=789 persistent loglevel=3 live-path=GEEXBOX root=/dev/sda2
initrd /GEEXBOX/initrd.xz

“live-path” is my new parameter in init file.

3. patch init in initrd

diff -uN mnt2/init mnt/init
— mnt2/init 2011-09-16 01:32:12.000000000 +0800
+++ mnt/init 2011-11-23 15:27:34.954000159 +0800
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
data=*)
DATA=”${arg#data=}”
;;
+ live-path=*)
+ LIVE_PATH=”${arg#live-path=}”
+ ;;
init=*)
INIT=”${arg#init=}”
;;
@@ -50,8 +53,8 @@
# try to mount the rootfs specified in cmdline…
if [ -n "$ROOT" ]; then
dbg_echo -n “Trying root=$ROOT as requested…”
- if mount -o ro $ROOT /mnt >/dev/null 2>&1; then
- if mount -t squashfs /mnt/rootfs /squashfs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ if mount -o rw $ROOT /mnt >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ if mount -t squashfs /mnt/$LIVE_PATH/rootfs /squashfs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
dbg_echo “found.”
else
dbg_echo “failed, cannot mount squashfs.”
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@
continue
fi
fi
- if mount -t squashfs /mnt/rootfs /squashfs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ if mount -t squashfs /mnt/$LIVE_PATH/rootfs /squashfs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
dbg_echo “found.”
FOUND_ROOTFS=yes
break
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@

# setup aufs
if [ "$PERSISTENT" = yes ]; then
- DATA=/mnt/casper-rw
+ DATA=/mnt/$LIVE_PATH/casper-rw
PERSISTENT_OPT=”-o loop -t ext2″
[ ! -f "$DATA" ] && unset DATA && unset PERSISTENT_OPT
fi

• This reply was modified 175 days ago by  zzzz88.

Hello,
I’ve the same/similar problem: I can start GEEXBOX from HDD without any error, but I can’t store any changes.
File system: ext4
Grub2 bootloader
rootfs in / (sda1)
casper-rw in / (sda1)
initrd (558,1kb-version) & vmlinuz in /GEEXBOX/

menuentry ‘Gee 2.0a’{
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /GEEXBOX/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 quiet splash
initrd /GEEXBOX/initrd
}

I’ve tied the parameter persistent-/casper-rw, but I get error messages like this:
linux /GEEXBOX/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 persistent=/casper-rw quiet splash
Error message
aufs test_br: 179 ….
mount /newroot failed

The file casper-rw: owner root rw; group root readonly; others readonly

Thanks for help

Eduard

its regular I386-iso (Ubuntu 11.04) 32-bit system in parallel ; HDD = TS32GSSD25S-M:
I’ve installed the “latest-iso-devel.iso” and initrd
I’ve copied the “rootfs” file into /

menuentry ‘Gee 2.0c’{
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /GEEXBOX/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 quiet splash
initrd /GEEXBOX/initrd
}
without persistent parameter I get following messages during startup:
could not open framebuffer: No such file or directory
- EXT3-fs (sda1): error: couldn’t mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
- EXT2-fs (sda1): error: couldn’t mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
XBOX starts, but no change permanent

menuentry ‘Gee 2.0d persistent’{
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /GEEXBOX/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 persistent=/GEEXBOX/casper-rw quiet splash
initrd /GEEXBOX/initrd
}
with persistent I get following:
- could not open framebuffer: No such file or directory
- EXT3-fs (sda1): error: couldn’t mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
- EXT2-fs (sda1): error: couldn’t mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
- aufs test_br:173:mount write permission …
- mount: mounting none on /newroot failed: invalid argument …
- Cannot mount aufs, dropping to shell
- BusyBox v1.19.2

cat /proc/mounts
Result:
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
none /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
none /dev devtmpfs rw,relatime,size=893524k,nr_inodes=215433,mode=755 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/a4488ca6-aa7d-44e8-92c8-96a3e5fe8610 / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
none /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0
none /var/run tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
none /var/lock tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/loewe/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000 0 0

Thanks for the help

Thanks @tomlohave,
you were right; the rw was missing, now it’s working.

Eduard

Confirmed here also. After more than one reboot, ext2_lookup: deleted inode referenced errors occur and drops to shell and then dies.