John Frankish wrote: > No feedback at all? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Frankish > Sent: 21 June, 2009 09:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Clfs-dev] Compile for USB stick boot on PS3 > > Having identified a bootloader that looks like it will boot from a USB stick > on a PS3, I'm starting to think about how I will go about a LFS build to a > USB stick that will boot to RAM via initrd. > I'm not sure how you intend to boot to ram with an initrd, I can think of a few ways to do it. But I havn't ever had the chance to work on a ps3. > I've already managed a multi-lib CLFS installation to the PS3 hd on the same > partition as the original YDL installation, so I have some kind of > confirmation that things might work... > The first thing I would try is making a kernel with a very small initrd/initramfs. something that has an init that just does echo "Hello World" or some other such command just for a proof of concept for booting off of usb. If you havn't done something like that already. > A couple of questions: > > 1. Do I have to use the CLFS process since I'm compiling for the same > architecture (I guess the only powerpc instructions are in CLFS)? > It worked the first time, It will work the second time. > 2. Are there any LFS guidelines for an initrd boot totally to RAM? > > None that I know of. One thought I did have was to use an initramfs rather then an initrd. When it loads up, mount the usb stick and untar the root filesystem.
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