Re: /boot/zImage only symbolic link (invalid)
"Justin Patrin" <[email protected]>
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On 7/28/06, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey-t5m7mq5/[email protected]> wrote: > Am Freitag, den 28.07.2006, 18:04 +0200 schrieb niam.tni: > > 2006/7/28, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey-t5m7mq5/[email protected]>: > > > > > Yes. The Zaurus kernel resides in one of the flash partitions. > > > > > > > Ok! Altboot should boot any kernel image I put to /boot, right (not > > only SD, CF)? > > No. Altboot is a bit improperly named. It should really be named AltInit > because it is an alternative init -- and choses one -- but not a boot > loader. Once you booted a kernel, altboot just continues init from a > different medium, it doesn't reboot or calls kexec -- which would maybe > an option for later versions. Yes, but no. Altboot already have kexec support, at least for those zaurii that have a 2.6 kernel. You can choose a kernel from its menu. I have noticed, though, that option 1 never boots the new kernel, it only happens for other boot options. > > With the dumb angelboot Sharp is using, you can't boot a kernel from > anything else than the standard flash partition (exception: kexec, but > that's technically not really a reboot). An alternative may be porting a > better bootloader -- I heard the pdaXrom folks are doing experiments > with U-Boot. Wouldn't that be nice.... -- Justin Patrin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV