In message <20031017070720.61838.qmail at web8204.mail.in.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>
> I want to boot linux using the zImage.initrd file.
...
> i downloaded it using ppcboot.
PPCBoot does not use the zImage.initrd images format.
> go 200000
PPCBoot does not use "go" to boot Linux images (it uses the "bootm"
command instead).
> Why does the system crash if i tell go 200000 and then
> it just hangs at go 210000
Because you did not read any of the available documentation like the
RAEDME file that comes with code?
> please tell me how to boot an zImage.initrd.
You don't. With PPCboot / U-boot you will use the "mkimage" tool to
create a special image format.
> and also i have a confusion as to what is the
> difference between vmlinux and zvmlinux kernel that is
> found in the mbxboot directory.
Well, read the command output that gets printed when you run "make",
and you will see.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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