> On 09-02-09 23:19, Folkert van der Beek wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I always used to boot my poodle (Zaurus SL-5600) with altboot because
> > the small memory doesn't fit the GPE image. However, the
> > altboot-console-image doesn't start altboot at boot anymore, neither the
> > autobuild images, nor self-built images. Even though I have the console
> > at my disposal, I haven't succeeded in launching altboot by hand. This
> > renders my zaurus practically unusable (well, I am able to use the
> > console).
> >
> > Does anyone know how to launch altboot after a reboot? Has this to be
> > considered a bug?
> >
>
> Altboot is deprecated in angstrom and we're moving to kexecboot to have a
> cleaner way of doing things like booting from another medium.
>
> There's a poodle kexecboot kernel available at:
>
> http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/kexecboot/
>
> Copy the original zImage to /boot of the preferred medium and flash
> zImage-kexecboot (might need to rename it first so the flasher picks it up)
> as usual.
>
> regards,
>
> Koen

It works like a charm, thank you.

Folkert.

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