BIOS FLASHROMS AND COMPACT FLASH BOOT

[Deepak Kotian]

Hi,

My enviorment :
I have a system, which has 256/512K BIOS FLASH ROMS
with 32MB Compact flash IDE.
And the kernel image is residing on Compact flash. 
I can change the partioning as per the needs for LinuxBIOS 
to work. I just want BOOT Linux and no other O.S for now.

I wish to burn the LinuxBIOS on 256K/512K BIOS FLASHROMS.

Question:

1. What should I use, ADLO,etherboot,LinuxBIOS itself supports?

2. If LinuxBIOS supports, could some give a link to a sample conifg
    file for the same.
    Please elaborate, if possible.

3. If ADLO or etherboot is to be used, can a sample config file
    be refered for the same..

Could someone please give some pointer on this one.

Regards
Deepak

[ron minnich]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Deepak Kotian wrote:
> I have a system, which has 256/512K BIOS FLASH ROMS with 32MB Compact
> flash IDE. And the kernel image is residing on Compact flash.  I can
> change the partioning as per the needs for LinuxBIOS to work. I just
> want BOOT Linux and no other O.S for now.

What we do here: 

burn linuxbios on flash with an etherboot payload

burn the linux kernel onto the Compact Flash.

ron

[Deepak Kotian]

Thanks.
Can I please get a sample config as well. Or the config file settings 
in this situation.

Thanks and Regards
Deepak

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ron minnich" <[e-mail]>
To: "Deepak Kotian" <[e-mail]>
Cc: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: BIOS FLASHROMS AND COMPACT FLASH BOOT
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Deepak Kotian wrote:
> > I have a system, which has 256/512K BIOS FLASH ROMS with 32MB Compact
> > flash IDE. And the kernel image is residing on Compact flash.  I can
> > change the partioning as per the needs for LinuxBIOS to work. I just
> > want BOOT Linux and no other O.S for now.
>
> What we do here:
>
> burn linuxbios on flash with an etherboot payload
>
> burn the linux kernel onto the Compact Flash.
>
> ron

[ollie lho]

On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 03:13, Deepak Kotian wrote:
> Thanks.
> Can I please get a sample config as well. Or the config file settings 
> in this situation.

See the winfast-elf-etherboot.config

-- 
ollie lho <[e-mail]>

[Deepak Kotian]

Also, why can we use ADLO or direct elfimage boot in my case.
Could I get some more details on this one.



----- Original Message -----
From: "ollie lho" <[e-mail]>
To: "Deepak Kotian" <[e-mail]>
Cc: "Ronald G Minnich" <[e-mail]>; "LinuxBIOS Mailing List"
<[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: BIOS FLASHROMS AND COMPACT FLASH BOOT
> On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 03:13, Deepak Kotian wrote:
> > Thanks.
> > Can I please get a sample config as well. Or the config file settings
> > in this situation.
>
> See the winfast-elf-etherboot.config

[Deepak Kotian]

I was reading the FAQ on etherboot, It says
    insmod bios.o
    dd if=natsemi.elf of=/dev/bios bs=64k
    dd if=linuxbios.rom of=/dev/bios bs=64k seek=1

looks to be valid for TFTP , could someone kindly please 
elaborate the etherboot procedure in my case.

Regards 
Deepak
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ron minnich" <[e-mail]>
To: "Deepak Kotian" <[e-mail]>
Cc: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: BIOS FLASHROMS AND COMPACT FLASH BOOT
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Deepak Kotian wrote:
> > I have a system, which has 256/512K BIOS FLASH ROMS with 32MB Compact
> > flash IDE. And the kernel image is residing on Compact flash.  I can
> > change the partioning as per the needs for LinuxBIOS to work. I just
> > want BOOT Linux and no other O.S for now.
>
> What we do here:
>
> burn linuxbios on flash with an etherboot payload
>
> burn the linux kernel onto the Compact Flash.
>
> ron
>
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