Re: [Bootldr] Bootloader vfat issues (long post)

Hmmm...would it be difficult to add ext2 hard disk
support? I'm thinking I might be able to grab
something out of the source for LILO or Grub that
might be immediately useful. (I assume that 'boot ide'
is a starting point for adding other file systems.)
Failing that, I wonder if I could modify an x86
bootloader to work for hard disk booting. I would
welcome input on either of those approaches.
B

--- Philip Blundell <pb_at_nexus.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 00:07, William Moser wrote:
 why
> > doesn't the bootloader support booting from a
> native
> > linux partition?
>
> It does, but only as jffs2. Since the main focus of
> the bootloader has
> been for handhelds, and these generally use flash
> storage, nobody has
> yet found it necessary to add ext2 support.
>
> p.
>
>

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Received on Sat Dec 27 2003 - 12:23:39 EST