hello,
i got my player to work (the power adapor was bad and radioshack had a pretty good new one for me! )
I'm trying to complete my had drive upgrade but my hard (brand new one, just replaced) seems not to be detected as the player gives me the no harddrive found contact support message. i've read te FAQ but to no clear solution based on my knowledge.

the message i get from hypertermnal is the following:

smc chip id/revision 0x3349
smc9194.c:v0.12 03/06/96 by Erik Stahlman ([email protected])

SMC9194: SMC91C94(r:9) at 0x4008000 IRQ:7 INTF:TP MEM:6144b MAC 00:02:d7:22:06:4
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RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 320 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
empeg-pump v0.03 (19980601)
Press Ctrl-A to enter pump...Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05


what does this mean and how do i fix it?


please help,
Marco

1 have you applied the builder image to the empeg with the new drive in it

2 you putting in an new drive and removing old one or adding a extra drive

3 post the whole output from the empeg from the moment you power it up as before that it tries to find the disc

4 Where are you incase we need to roll out internaional rescue

i'm replacing the disk with a 40 gig.
i tried loading the builder but i'm not sure if it completed because it wouldn't complete the 'finding pump' type message ... basically i don't thjnk it ever shut down and restarted as per the upgrade instructions say it would. however, i have the newest emptool updated..

heres the complete output from the time i turn on the player:

ÿIf there is anyone present who wants to upgrade the flash, let them speak now,
or forever hold their peace...it seems not. Let fly the Penguins of Linux!

e000 v1.04
Copying kernel...
Calling linux kernel...
Uncompressing Linux..................................... done, booting the kernel.

Linux version 2.2.14-rmk5-np17-empeg51 (mac@aphex) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #16 Wed Jul 24 18:19:54 BST 2002

Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11

NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer Corp.

empeg-car player (hardware revision 9, serial number 10101611)

Command line: mem=16m

Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS

Memory: 15024k/16M available (964k code, 20k reserved, 372k data, 4k init)

Dentry hash table entries: 2048 (order 2, 16k)

Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k)

Page cache hash table entries: 4096 (order 2, 16k)

POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX

Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2

Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039

NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0

IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP

TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 16384 bhash 16384)

IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli)

Linux-IrDA: IrCOMM protocol ( revision:Tue May 18 03:11:39 1999 )

ircomm_tty: virtual tty driver for IrCOMM ( revision:Wed May 26 00:49:11 1999 )

Starting kswapd v 1.5

SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled

ttyS00 at 0xf8010000 (irq = 15) is a SA1100 UART

ttyS01 at 0xf8050000 (irq = 17) is a SA1100 UART

ttyS02 at 0xf8030000 (irq = 16) is a SA1100 UART

Signature is 206f6972 'rio '

empeg display initialised.

empeg dsp audio initialised

empeg dsp mixer initialised

empeg dsp initialised

empeg audio-in initialised, CS4231A revision a0

empeg remote control/panel button initialised.

empeg usb initialised, PDIUSBD12 id 1012

empeg state support initialised 0089/88c1 (save to d0005f00).

empeg RDS driver initialised

empeg power-pic driver initialised (first boot)

RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size

empeg single channel IDE

Probing primary interface...

Probing primary interface...

empeg-flash driver initialized

smc chip id/revision 0x3349

smc9194.c:v0.12 03/06/96 by Erik Stahlman ([email protected])


SMC9194: SMC91C94(r:9) at 0x4008000 IRQ:7 INTF:TP MEM:6144b MAC 00:02:d7:22:06:4b

RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0

RAMDISK: Loading 320 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... |/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\done.

EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended

VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).

empeg-pump v0.03 (19980601)
Press Ctrl-A to enter pump... Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05


thanks for the help,
Marco

Greetings!

It never located the hard drive. Please check the cable connection and reconnect it if it is loose. Thanks!

hi,
thanks for the hints guys!

no matter what i do with the cable, nothing happens. i've checked the jumpers and they are all good. i guess this means i should be looking or a new cable. where is a good place to find them? or are they only available from support?

thanks,
Marco

no matter what i do with the cable, nothing happens

Please go here and read carefully every single item and check visually everything that is pictured.

For debugging purposes a standard laptop drive cable should do, but it is likely to be of the wrong total length, connector spacing and orientation for proper usage in the empeg.

I think support (Rob) is the sole source of proper cables -- unless someone has a spare they're willing to part with. You could buy wire and connectors and build/press a properly configured cable yourself, but without the proper crimp tool it can be hard...

/Michael

I will be able to supply these again in the New Year (see the recent post in Announcements).

I have the feeling there's going to be quite a rush at the start of January. Please note that there is a queue of people who have already asked over the last couple of months while I have been having problems: they MUST be served first, and I hope you all understand this. The best advice I can give is to send an email with your order to me at [email protected] so that I have it here in the queue, and you will get a notice from me in due course when I can go active again with trading. Call it a "late" Christmas present, if you like. Well, actually, call it whatever you want - I don't mind, to be honest

dank jij

Graag gedaan, jongen....

.... but don't forget I'm actually English. I am flattered, sir!

actually, i managed (with your help) to get everything working now... it's quite a relief!
now the hardest thing is to wait to load my 30 gigs into that drive... yummmm.... cant wait!!

thanks people!!