From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Steven Blakeslee Cc: "'linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org'" Subject: Re: booting from flash From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 04 Mar 2002 14:42:24 EST." Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 20:54:59 +0100 Message-Id: <20020304195504.640F9109E9@denx.denx.de> Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: In message 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 -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. - George Bernard Shaw ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/