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Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] Flash booting Linux
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Your easiest way to boot from a Flash would be to have a custom program
that copies a compressed kernel and initrd (only) into memory then calls
it. That way you don't have to get into floppy simulators like you would
with tomsrtbt. It's not too difficult to put all of tomsrtbt into one
ramdisk image, but (1) it'l no longer fit on a floppy and (2) it won't
boot in less than 8Mb.
Also I'd suggest you use a serial port console initially so you can see
what you're doing while the LCD doesn't work.
I'll send you a bzimage loading C program (from my Dev86 package) in a
seperate message.
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Rob. (Robert de Bath <http://poboxes.com/rdebath>)
<rdebath @ poboxes.com> <http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday>
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Welch, Jim wrote:
> I have an embedded system that I would like to run Linux to prove to
> management that it works for us. I would like to "burn" linux in the flash
> (8m) and then expand into ram (16M), just like your floppy. The board uses
> STD dos bios then boots to flash. I would need to know where in RAM the
> first piece goes, and how it reads the "floppy" to expand the rest.
> BTW: we have two Ethernet, 4 serial ports and custom display and micro
> keyboard. I know that I would have to handle the display and keyboard or do
> you accept contract work?
>
