From: Ling Su (lingsu@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 11 2002 - 15:52:22 EDT
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the info. Actually I did read the bootldr menu, but I found there
are some inconsistency among different versions. I checked the newer version
bootldr document, the 'load kernel' is still availble. But I just don't know
why in the old version linux (v0.20 or before), there is no need to create a
'kernel' partion before you issue 'load kernel'. Does this mean ther old
version bootldr (2.14.xx) default partition table aready including 'kernel'
partition?
In the url you point to, the "boot flash" command will invoke system
installed on partition named "kernel_partition", from this, I guess, I need
to define a partition with "kernel_partition" intstead of "kernel" and load
the "kernel_partition", then use "load flash" to boot? Is this correct? If
so, when I define the "kernel_partition", how do I set the flags?
Thanks for your kindly attention!
Regards,
-Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian, Andrew" <Andrew.Christian@hp.com>
To: "Ling Su" <lingsu@hotmail.com>; <bootldr@handhelds.org>
Subject: [Bootldr] RE: [Familiar] Help, or shed some light... thanks!
Take a look at the FAQ:
http://www.handhelds.org/handhelds-faq/bootldr.html
- Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: Ling Su [mailto:lingsu@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 2:47 PM
To: bootldr@handhelds.org
Cc: familiar@handhelds.org; familiar-dev@handhelds.org; Panariti, David;
jamey@handhelds.org
Subject: [Familiar] Help, or shed some light... thanks!
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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