From: Ling Su (lingsu@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 10 2002 - 03:52:37 EDT
Dear All,
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. But 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, plan9 on ipaq (http://www.acl.lanl.gov/plan9/bitsy/). But all the
instrutions on based on bootldr-2.14.xx, I have installed the bleeding-edge
one 2.18.48, I hope I don't need to roll back. :)
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 only
'bootldr' and 'root', and the default boot type is 'jffs2'. My question is
simple, can not installed those old cramfs linux image (before v0.2, I
guess) 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 in another
way, if I want to change to boot_type back to 'flash', 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! BTW, please forward me a copy
the replied message, since I am not sure my email address is successfully
registered on the list. Thanks a lot!
Regards,
-Ling
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