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Re: Help with linux on PC moboard using redboot
- From: "SSG" <sg21 at QSolv-inc dot com>
- To: "Ali, Khurram" <Khurram_Ali at mentor dot com>,
- Cc: ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 03:22:43 -0700
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Help with linux on PC moboard using redboot
Hi Khurram,
No I actually need to boot off a local harddisk. I have an
application which required that I do some integrity check
on the disk before I boot linux that is why I am using
redboot, so that I can write an ecos application that will
do the integrity check and then I can load linux as usual.
I am able to load the vmlinuz kernel with
redboot> load -r -b %{FREELOMEM} -m disk hda1:vmlinuz
This throws a lot of multi coloured garbage on the screen,
perhaps I loaded the image into the video mem area. Then
if I attempt to execute this the PC simply reboots.
Thanks.
Shyam.
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:09:17 -0500
"Ali, Khurram" <Khurram_Ali@mentor.com> wrote:
Shyam,
I have a setup where I boot using a floppy (with
redboot). I have ethernet on my target PC. If you have a
BOOTP server, redboot will use it to get an IP address.
Alternatively, you can use ip_address -l x.x.x.x to
provide an IP to your target.
I then use GDB to load my image. Since I am not too
fimiliar with GDB, I use insight (GUI over GDB) to
download my image to the target.
Does this help?
Thank you,
Khurram
-----Original Message-----
From: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org on behalf of
SSG
Sent: Wed 4/13/2005 6:44 PM
To: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org
Subject: [ECOS] Help with linux on PC moboard using
redboot
Hello Everyone:
Here is my environment : PC motherboard, redboot, linux
kernel residing on an attached harddrive.
I know this is a very trivial and basic configuration but
I simply could not find any information regarding loading
and running Linux on a PC.
This would be ideally used in a PC based appliance
design.
Similar questions have been posted many times here but I
could not find any specific details. If I get enough
information I am certainly going to write a HOWTO on
this.
My fingers are going numb serching thru the archives.
Anyway, if anyone has any information I'll greatly
appreciate it.
Thanks,
Shyam.
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