On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Ottavio <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 25 August 2011 00:15, lee jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > Must admit I'd still like to try it if only to replace that s-l-o-w > ubuntu > > install. Though I'm just not sure how to go about it but I was reading > this; > > > > http://steubentech.com/~talon/Efika-MX/mavericksd/README.txt > > > > In particular the end of it as far as I can tell what is needed is a > kernel, > > initrd and a boot.scr file. > > It looks like that the kernel is in the > 'linux-image-2.6.31.14.20-efikamx' package: > http://packages.efikamx.info/pool/main/l/linux-source-2.6.31.14.20-efikamx/ > > It's a .deb file and if you extract it in the /boot directory you'll > find "vmlinuz-2.6.31.14.20-efikamx". There's no separate initrd. > > Whether this kernel would boot slackware root out of the box, I doubt > it because armedslack-13.37 comes with the 2.6.38.4 kernel and > armedslack-current with 2.6.39.4 but this is only my opinion. If you > have an account on power developer you could do us a favour and ask > there. > > About creating the boot.src and/or building the kernel from scratch: > https://wiki.linaro.org/Boards/Efika > > The standard boot.src should be in the /boot partition of the SSD. > > > Though weather it is possible to use > > armedslack's kernel/initrd or the > > efika's ones I'm not sure. > > The kernels on armedslack repository are only for kirkwood and versatile. > > > -- > Ottavio > > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > _______________________________________________ > ARMedslack mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack > Just been trying to make a start on this now, but so far I can't even get the mx to even attempt to boot from sd, it just ignores it and boots of the internal flash x.x . -- :) SP
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