From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@asu.edu>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ilguiz Latypov <ilatypov@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: DoC + GRUB booting problem
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:33:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1050312832.32593.3.camel@passion.cambridge.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1050111033.4189.1.camel@russ.local>
On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 02:30, Russ Dill wrote:
> > The bootloader is definitely the M-Sys BIOS extension. My
> > impression is that for DoC 2000s, the BIOS extension is in a ROM that can't
> > be changed. I am still trying to verify that, but if its true, I have to
> > deal with it. If it can be changed, like in a DoC Millenium, I could be in
> > business.
>
> its not a ROM, its the first page of the DOC. Grub changes it over to
> looking like a network boot rom (as apposed to looking like a hard disk)
In the DiskOnChip Millennium you're correct -- it's loaded into RAM from
the first page of the flash at reset time.
In the DiskOnChip 2000, you have a very small amount of ROM which pulls
in a second-stage loader from the flash.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-14 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-08 18:19 DoC + GRUB booting problem Edward A. Hildum
2003-04-11 7:50 ` Ilguiz Latypov
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304110336470.3790-100000@CPE00e0292061fa-CM 014370001917.cpe.net.cable.roger>
2003-04-11 20:10 ` Edward A. Hildum
2003-04-12 1:30 ` Russ Dill
2003-04-14 9:33 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2003-04-12 12:30 ` Henrik Nordstrom
2003-04-13 2:33 ` Ilguiz Latypov
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