Thanks to leighbb's help on #mklinux, I was able to figure out the problem. It's silly but I couldn't have guessed myself. First, PReP stuff is irrelevant. Don't use it for cdrom, just stick to regular ISO9660. Then, in gcombust you need to check the box 'Allow untranslated filenames'. I dunno the equivalent for other cd burner frontends or direct mkisofs call, but you should be able to figure it out from there..
Now I can do boot cdrom:,linux from the OF prompt just fine.. TTimo On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:01:45 +0100 Timothee Besset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to get DI code running for a 7043/150 powerpc box. Since the > kernel image and everything is too big to fit on a floppy, the only > solution is to boot on CD. > > After some looking around, I have found the following information: > > The CD must have a PReP partition to boot on, and point to a zImage.chrp > kernel image (which I compiled myself from a 2.4.20 tarball) > > I think I have made a correct CD. Typically I have built the image like > so: > > /usr/bin/mkisofs -graft-points -f -R -r -l -J -prep-boot linux -o >/home/timo/cranky.img -- linux=/home/timo/cranky/linux >net-initrd.gz=/home/timo/cranky/net-initrd.gz > > When I try to boot it from OF, it says ok, but nothing happens: > > 0 > boot cdrom:,linux console=ttyS0 > ok > 0 > > > That's it .. nothing afterwards .. > > TTimo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
