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

--- Philip Blundell <pb_at_nexus.co.uk> wrote:
> LAB, which will eventually replace the OHH
> bootloader, is based on the
> Linux kernel and could easily boot from ext2.

That is excellent news. I have been able to install
Debian to a card using the pivot-root method, and it
seems like the booting it is really the only major
obstacle left.

> Adding ext2 support to the OHH codebase would be
> possible, but the flash
> boot sector is already very close to full

Interesting. So any further development along that
line would require a fork in the bootloader
development, one for familiar, and another for
intimate. (I imagine one could make room by removing
jffs2 and vfat support, since neither is strictly
necessary if you're just booting an ext2 filesystem
with WinCE still in the flash.)

However, given what you just said about LAB, I think
that would be a short-term (and short-lived) solution.

Thanks
B

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Received on Mon Dec 29 2003 - 02:42:36 EST