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 fB67V7u18390 for linux-mips-outgoing; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 23:31:07 -0800 Received: from mms1.broadcom.com (mms1.broadcom.com [63.70.210.58]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id fB67V0o18387 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 23:31:00 -0800 Received: from 63.70.210.4 by mms1.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS-1 SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7)); Wed, 05 Dec 2001 22:30:42 -0800 X-Server-Uuid: 1e1caf3a-b686-11d4-a6a3-00508bfc9ae5 Received: from dns-blr-2.blr.broadcom.com ([10.132.16.11]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA25856; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 22:30:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from adm-blr-001.blr.broadcom.com (adm-blr-001 [10.132.16.111] ) by dns-blr-2.blr.broadcom.com (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA29883; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:53:39 +0530 (IST) Received: from broadcom.com ([10.132.64.110]) by adm-blr-001.blr.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA19399; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:53:42 +0530 (IST) Message-ID: <3C0F119C.95A3B1FF@broadcom.com> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 12:05:08 +0530 From: Nitin X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mark Salter" cc: hartvige@mips.com, dant@mips.com, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Booting from IDE References: <200112051510.QAA12575@copsun18.mips.com> <200112051531.fB5FV6N22409@deneb.localdomain> X-WSS-ID: 1011CF18264012-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Thanks Dan, Hartvig and Mark. I could get the linux prompt according to the instruction given in the Install file Dan has suggested. I will update my Yamon and try auto booting also. -Nitin Mark Salter wrote: > Another possibility is to replace YAMON with RedBoot. > > http://sources.redhat.com/redboot/ > > RedBoot can load the kernel image directly from an ext2 filesystem > on an IDE drive. You can also use it to put the kernel image and > JFFS filesystem in flash for a diskless boot. > > --Mark > > >>>>> Hartvig Ekner writes: > > > 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