Thanks for your clarifying answer Martin. I'll keep one eye on Sheeva Plug Forum.
Thanks. Regards, Douglas On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> wrote: > * 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]
