From: Ling Su (lingsu@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 11 2002 - 14:47:05 EDT
Dear Everyone, especially to Dave or Jame :)
I recently post following message on the list, without a single reply so
far... :( Could anyone take a look and provide some suggestions? Thanks a
lot! I need some clue badly.
I have been off the list for some time, so I found there are plenty of
enhancements/changes for bootldr-2.18.xx compared to2.14.xx.
Now I want to try some other OS that doesn't support JFFS2. I don't want to
screw up the bootldr, so it is unlikely for me to change bootldr to support
other OS's filesystem, I prone to use cramfs at the beginning. For example,
to isntall plan9 on ipaq I basically need to follow a instruction pretty
much the same as handhelds linux release
v.20(http://www.acl.lanl.gov/plan9/bitsy/). (All the instrutions there are
based on bootldr-2.14.xx, and image files are cramfs instead of jffs2. Since
I have installed the bleeding-edge one 2.18.48, I
hope I don't need to roll back. :)
I tried to load the old version linux from handhelds.org, such as version
0.20, when I issue 'load kernel' to the new boot loader, the response is 'no
partition named kernel'. I figured out now the default partitions are
'bootldr' and 'root', and the default boot type is 'jffs2'. My question is
simple, can I install those old cramfs linux image (before v0.2, Iguess)
using the new bootldr? If yes, what I need to do to define a kernel partion,
such as address, size, etc.? Is it possible to make a single root image in
cramfs format and load it as it does on jffs2 image? Or worded in another
way, if I want to change to boot_type back to 'flash' from jffs2, how could
I build the image files and load them under the new bootldr?
I am a bit confused now, since I didn't pay attention to previous partitions
when I install v0.1. If anyone can take a little time to explain it or point
me some url, it will be highly appreciated!
Regards,
-Ling
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