Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Standardized Linux-based 2nd-stage bootloader

2007-12-22 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Paul, Friday, December 14, 2007, 5:52:03 PM, you wrote: Hello Koen, Thursday, December 13, 2007, 9:09:07 AM, you wrote: [] During last few months, myself and other contributors worked on bootloading solution which would satisfy the following criteria: [] So, based on

Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Standardized Linux-based 2nd-stage bootloader

2007-12-21 Thread Kevin O'Connor
Hi, On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 05:52:03PM +0200, Paul Sokolovsky wrote: So, based on all this, the conclusion can be made that the most problem-free solution for now would be to use loopback-mounted ext2 images as means to install Angstrom on an arbitrary PocketPC device. I agree with the

Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Standardized Linux-based 2nd-stage bootloader

2007-12-14 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Koen, Thursday, December 13, 2007, 9:09:07 AM, you wrote: [] During last few months, myself and other contributors worked on bootloading solution which would satisfy the following criteria: 1. Implemented as a Linux-based user-space application, taking advantage of of the

Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Standardized Linux-based 2nd-stage bootloader

2007-12-14 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Rod, Thursday, December 13, 2007, 4:06:34 AM, you wrote: Paul Sokolovsky wrote: During last few months, myself and other contributors worked on bootloading solution which would satisfy the following criteria: 1. Implemented as a Linux-based user-space application, taking advantage

Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Standardized Linux-based 2nd-stage bootloader

2007-12-13 Thread Cliff Brake
On Dec 12, 2007 8:54 PM, Paul Sokolovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, based on the above functionality, I'd like to propose it as a default bootloading solution for Angstrom, or at least as the default solution for PocketPC- and Palm-based devices. Sounds good! Cliff --

[Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Standardized Linux-based 2nd-stage bootloader

2007-12-12 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello angstrom-distro-devel, From the previous experience, one of the pressing issues with popularizing an embedded Linux distro was a complex and tangled installation procedure, which not all users can follow. Other problem is that some distros give up inherent Linux flexibility and force

Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Standardized Linux-based 2nd-stage bootloader

2007-12-12 Thread Koen Kooi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Sokolovsky schreef: Hello angstrom-distro-devel, From the previous experience, one of the pressing issues with popularizing an embedded Linux distro was a complex and tangled installation procedure, which not all users can follow. Other