boot linux from an ide

[Greg Watson]

If FILO is a payload in flash, then you need to set CONFIG_ROM_STREAM=1 
and CONFIG_ROM_STREAM_START to the address you want to start looking 
for the payload ELF header (usually just after the LinuxBIOS image). 
CONFIG_IDE_STREAM is used to load a payload (such as FILO) from an 
attached IDE device. This is useful if the flash is not large enough to 
hold LinuxBIOS+payload, but is probably not what you are looking for. 
Sorry for the confusion.

Greg

On Nov 25, 2004, at 5:40 AM, Gin wrote:

> I use FILO as the payload to boot from a Hard Disk, which has a
> installed linux on it. I noticed if I enabled the ide stream. It tries
> to read the ELF header from my IDE drive. But I thought the FILO 
> payload
> should be the one to load the image from the IDE drive. When does it
> come in and play the role?
> Anyone can explain the flow of booting if I try to load the INSTALLED
> linux from a IDE drive.
>
>
> Gin
>
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