On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Richard Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:54:17 +0000 (GMT), Ramesh Chhaba > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes Sir , > > u was right that I was missing that payload = line in configuration :) > > So I have aded that line > > and also enabled STD_FLASH > > and ELF_BOOT > > options and also added > > PAY_LOAD_SIZE = 64KB > > and ROM_SIZE =126KB > > But I want to make my romimage within 256KB > > > > So what options I acn change to do that > > currently my image is 356 (approx) KB > > PAY_LOAD_SIZE is not a maximum size. its the blocksize option thats > used in the 'dd' statemnet that copies the payload into a file. So > 64k is the minimum it will be but it could be 128k, 192k, 256k, etc. > > Make your ROM_SIZE be the size you want the image - payload size. You > can see all the magic for this in the makefile that the config tool > generates. I remember I had to tweak with my numbers till I got to to > come out the right size. > > 356k seems a little large for just linubios and etherboot. How big is > your payload? > this is a clear FAQ entry. ron _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
