Oh, I should add that FILO .3 no longer requires an ELF image to boot. You may use "make bzImage" in your kernel source tree and copy the bzImage that to your IDE device. This is convenient if you don't already know how to convert to an ELF image using the mkelfImage utility.
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 05:12:28 -0600 David Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Etherboot is a somewhat misleading term, as it can be used to boot from various > devices now including IDE. > > However, I've really grown to like FILO ( http://te.to/~ts1/filo/ ) by Sone Takeshi. > Follow the instructions for building and configuring it and use filo.elf as your > payload. > > On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 11:19:28 +0100 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > Can anyone explain how to boot an isolated box using LinuxBIOS, i.e. not > > etherboot. What do I use as the payload? (I did think it would be the kernel > > itself, but even a minimal config compiles to around 850KB which is no way going > > to fit in my EEPROM). > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > (BTW, in answer to my previous post, CVS archives are available here: > > http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/) > > > > Thanks, > > Surj > > > > > > ---- Message sent via Totalise Webmail - http://www.totalise.co.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Linuxbios mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
