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Re: [ts-7000] Kernel loading from CF card

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Kernel loading from CF card
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:42:40 +0000 (GMT)


On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Curtis Monroe wrote:

> The TS7250 does not have a CF card reader.
> The TS7200 does have the CF card reader but RedBoot does not know about it
> (from what I understand).

You are wrong - redboot on the ts7200 DOES know about the CFDISK.
What I said is accurate.......

> > on ts7200, to boot a kernel from CFDISK and use the cfdisk as the root
> > file system...
> >
> >  load -r -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/vmlinux.bin
> >  exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/hda1"
> >
> > as long as the the kernel is in the file /vmlinux.bin on the cfdisk.
> > The cfdisk should be an ext2 file system.

.... it is how my TS7200 is configured and works. The filesystem on the
onboard flash is pretty much as delivered by technologics - my modified
kernels, filesystems and tools are on a few 32M CFDISK flash cards that I
can swap to give the board different "personalities" after reboot. It is
THE big advantage of the ts7200 board.

re. 7250, I was assuming that what was meant was the use of a USB CFDISK
reader.

> You can boot the kernel from the internal NOR flash on the TS7200, and then
> store the root drive on the CF. But without adding CF support to RedBoot you
> can't boot the kernel from CF.
>
> -Curtis.
>
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> On December 16, 2005 01:02 pm, Jim Jackson wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, makynenh wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to load kernel from CF in redboot or do I have to copy
> > > it to "onboard flash"? I know that it is possible to load kernel from
> > > tftp server, but I haven't configured server yet.
> >
> > It can be done with a ts7200. From what I hear, I don't think so for the
> > ts7250.
> >
> > on ts7200, to boot a kernel from CFDISK and use the cfdisk as the root
> > file system...
> >
> >  load -r -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/vmlinux.bin
> >  exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/hda1"
> >
> > as long as the the kernel is in the file /vmlinux.bin on the cfdisk.
> > The cfdisk should be an ext2 file system.
> >
> > Jim
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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