Did you try using mkelfImage from ftp://ftp.lnxi.com/pub/mkelfImage ? It combines the vmlinuz & initrd files into one.
To get my machine to boot I used the same kernel parameters as I found in grub, set up by Fedora.
-----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-bounces@linuxbios.org [mailto:linuxbios-bounces@linuxbios.org] On Behalf Of Per Mellander Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:05 AM To: linuxbios@linuxbios.org Subject: [LinuxBIOS] EPIA-MII 12000, almost there. ( newbie )
Hi list.
I've been trying to get LinuxBIOS going on my EPIA-MII 12000 system. I've read numerous messages on the ML and Googling for answers. Still I can't get my system to boot properly.
Following the HOWTO I've managed to create a linuxbios.rom that actually boots, starts the payload ( filo ) but then I don't get the kernel to load.
I'm using LinuxBIOS snapshot as of 24th of May and Filo 0.5. The VGA-rom is extracted with:
dd if=/dev/mem of=/video.bios.bin bs=65536 count=1 skip=12
My root is /dev/hdb1 and I've put my ( working ) kernel at /vmlinuz. ( It's a stock Fedora 5 kernel, 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5. )
When I use USE_GRUB = 1 and put a copy of my menu.lst in /boot/filo/menu.lst, I only get a grub prompt and when trying to manually load the kernel with:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 boot
It complains about unknown filetype, IIRC.
I've also tried using:
AUTOBOOT_FILE = "hdb1:/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200"
With this I get the LinuxBIOS to constantly restart.
My actual question is therefore If there is anyone with a working setup that could please give me some help?