* Douglas Lopes Pereira <[email protected]> [2009-09-21 16:55]: > > On Martins Debian there is also the flash-kernel script, maybe see > > if it can actually flash as well, I only used it to create proper > > uImage and uInitrd files. > > I've tried to run flash-kernel but I couldn't figure out how to use > it. > > Can anyone please walk me through it? How do I use flash-kernel?
On systems that use U-Boot (like the SheevaPlug), the kernel and ramdisk have to be wrapped with a special header so U-Boot will boot them. What flash-kernel does on the SheevaPlug is to take your kernel and ramdisk from /boot and then create /boot/uImage and /boot/uInitrd that can be loaded by U-Boot. flash-kernel is ran automatically when you install a new kernel, so you don't have to do anything. Note that despite the name, flash-kernel on the SheevaPlug currently doesn't write anything to flash. It makes a bootable image on disk, which is what the USB and SD boot options require (the two currently supported). > My plan is to flash mtd1 with uImage and copy my entire file system > to mtd2. Does it looks okay to you guys? This is currently not supported out of the box, altough I'm sure you can get it running. I also heard that Rabeeh Khoury from Marvell is working on a Debian base system that can be put in flash (presumably it will be announced on the PlugForum). -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
