[SOLVED] Re: Re: Problem with kernel image in a Prep Boot on PowerPC

[SOLVED] Re: Re: Problem with kernel image in a Prep Boot on PowerPC

[Márcio Oliveira]

John W. Linville wrote:

>On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 02:52:44PM -0300, Márcio Oliveira wrote:
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>>The command rdev can change the default root partition on x86 linux 
>>systems with pre-built kernels.
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>Of course...I meant I don't know of anything like that for PPC.
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>>About the CONFIG_CMDLINE in the kernel configuration, I found it in lots 
>>of files in the kernel source tree and I'd like to know which file I 
>>need to change this value (/usr/src/linux/arch/ppc64/defconfig ?).
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>Probably just in your .config file:
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>	cp arch/ppc64/defconfig .config
>	vi .config # Change CONFIG_CMDLINE here
>	make oldconfig
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>>According to this doc: 
>>http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/library/es-SW_RAID_LINUX.html, 
>>ppc64 can use zImage-style boot wrapper, so I'm trying it.
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>Cool...I think you will like having that as an option.
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>John
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John,

 I made the changes in the kernel that you recomended and the server 
boots ok!

Thank's a lot.

Márcio Oliveira.