From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Steven Blakeslee <BlakesleeS@embeddedplanet.com>
Cc: "'linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org'"
<linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: booting from flash
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 20:54:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020304195504.640F9109E9@denx.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Mar 2002 14:42:24 EST." <D73A25AA6E54D511AD74009027B1110F0F30E0@ORION>
In message <D73A25AA6E54D511AD74009027B1110F0F30E0@ORION> you wrote:
>
> Is there a simple way to boot embedded linux from flash? I've been able to
> easily compile and execute from RAM but when I try from flash the kernel can
> not use the initrd and it panics.
It would be helpful to know what board you have, and which formware
you're using.
So all I can say is: yes, there is a simple way. Probably it's a
two-step solution. The first step is installing PPCBoot, the second
step is using the "bootm" command.
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-04 19:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-04 19:42 booting from flash Steven Blakeslee
2002-03-04 19:54 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2002-03-04 20:00 ` Dan Malek
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