From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id fB5GAm609953 for linux-mips-outgoing; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:10:48 -0800 Received: from mx.mips.com (mx.mips.com [206.31.31.226]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id fB5GAio09948 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:10:44 -0800 Received: from newman.mips.com (ns-dmz [206.31.31.225]) by mx.mips.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id HAA14382; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 07:10:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from copfs01.mips.com (copfs01 [192.168.205.101]) by newman.mips.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id HAA02716; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 07:10:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from copsun18.mips.com (copsun18 [192.168.205.28]) by copfs01.mips.com (8.11.4/8.9.0) with ESMTP id fB5FAWA16809; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:10:32 +0100 (MET) From: Hartvig Ekner Received: (from hartvige@localhost) by copsun18.mips.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id QAA12575; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:10:33 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200112051510.QAA12575@copsun18.mips.com> Subject: Re: Booting from IDE To: dant@mips.com (Dan Temple) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:10:33 +0100 (MET) Cc: nitin.borle@broadcom.com (Nitin), linux-mips@oss.sgi.com (linux-mips@oss.sgi.com) In-Reply-To: <3C0E3764.4EC8FE58@mips.com> from "Dan Temple" at Dec 05, 2001 04:04:04 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk If you feel lucky, you can also reserve space on your disk for the kernel - either in a separate partition, or outside the area used by your current partitions. The YAMON 02.02 or later can read the kernel directly from disk and execute it. I do this on my Malta board with one disk. /Hartvig Dan Temple writes: > > I guess you're installing as per: > > ftp://ftp/pub/linux/mips/installation/redhat7.1/INSTALL > > (If not, you might want to upgrade to that version). > > YAMON can't read the disk file system, so you have to TFTP the kernel to memory from a remote filesystem, and then run it. The instructions are in the above file under "Booting linux on the target". > > The latest version (2.02) of YAMON can read and write blocks from an IDE device (not a filesystem) so you could install a CompactFlash card and use that to store the kernel if you don't want to TFTP each time. > > There is also a $start environment variable if you want to auto-boot. > > /Dan > > Nitin wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have a very basic query. I have a MIPS Malta board. I attached a IDE > > hard disk to it and installed linux as per the instructions. At the end > > of the installation, system rebooted and control gone to the board > > monitor program(Yamon). How can I get the linux prompt? Do I need to > > write an application program which will read boot sector from hard disk, > > > > store it in memory and pass on control to that particular location?(If > > yes, is such application already available?) Or is there a other way of > > doing it. > > > > Thanks, > > Nitin From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartvig Ekner Message-ID: <200112051510.QAA12575@copsun18.mips.com> Subject: Re: Booting from IDE Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:10:33 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: <3C0E3764.4EC8FE58@mips.com> from "Dan Temple" at Dec 05, 2001 04:04:04 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com To: Dan Temple Cc: Nitin , "linux-mips@oss.sgi.com" Message-ID: <20011205151033.41Xd6JhnJSq_SP_3neVmdUBaDueaWcBecGx6179S4i8@z> If you feel lucky, you can also reserve space on your disk for the kernel - either in a separate partition, or outside the area used by your current partitions. The YAMON 02.02 or later can read the kernel directly from disk and execute it. I do this on my Malta board with one disk. /Hartvig Dan Temple writes: > > I guess you're installing as per: > > ftp://ftp/pub/linux/mips/installation/redhat7.1/INSTALL > > (If not, you might want to upgrade to that version). > > YAMON can't read the disk file system, so you have to TFTP the kernel to memory from a remote filesystem, and then run it. The instructions are in the above file under "Booting linux on the target". > > The latest version (2.02) of YAMON can read and write blocks from an IDE device (not a filesystem) so you could install a CompactFlash card and use that to store the kernel if you don't want to TFTP each time. > > There is also a $start environment variable if you want to auto-boot. > > /Dan > > Nitin wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have a very basic query. I have a MIPS Malta board. I attached a IDE > > hard disk to it and installed linux as per the instructions. At the end > > of the installation, system rebooted and control gone to the board > > monitor program(Yamon). How can I get the linux prompt? Do I need to > > write an application program which will read boot sector from hard disk, > > > > store it in memory and pass on control to that particular location?(If > > yes, is such application already available?) Or is there a other way of > > doing it. > > > > Thanks, > > Nitin