From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: boot methods From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= To: paulus@samba.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org In-Reply-To: <15302.40082.869098.88039@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> References: <15302.40082.869098.88039@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: 13 Oct 2001 13:01:59 +0200 Message-Id: <1002970919.7091.1849.camel@pismo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Fri, 2001-10-12 at 09:32, Paul Mackerras wrote: > > I would like to make a complete list of the methods people use to boot > the PPC/Linux kernel on different platforms. As a start, here is what > I can think of off the top of my head: > > Powermac: > vmlinux loaded with BootX > vmlinux loaded with quik > vmlinux loaded with yaboot > vmlinux.coff loaded via OF netboot > vmlinux.elf-pmac loaded via OF (disk or net boot) > > RS/6000 CHRP: > vmlinux loaded with yaboot > zImage.chrp-rs6k loaded via OF netboot > > RS/6000 43p-140: > zImage.prep loaded via OF (floppy or hard disk) APUS: vmlinux loaded with boothack (from AmigaOS) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/