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

LAB, which will eventually replace the OHH bootloader, is based on the
Linux kernel and could easily boot from ext2. That might be a good
avenue for you to pursue.

Adding ext2 support to the OHH codebase would be possible, but the flash
boot sector is already very close to full and it might be difficult to
find space for any additional filesystem code.

p.

On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 12:23, William Moser wrote:
> 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 - 12:51:50 EST