Re: hdprefix - Load etherboot directly from a harddrive

Hmm, perhaps I should hint that the patch has been uploaded ;-)
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1247871&group_id=4233&atid=304233

~Per

Per Dalgas Jakobsen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A few days ago I tried to get a development board up and running with 
> Etherboot loading from a flashdrive (IDE interface).
> The only thing I found was a depricated boot1a, which I didn't get to 
> work (I might have done something wrong at that point).
> 
> Anyway, I decided to take the quest of making a IDE-bootsector prefix, 
> so etherboot can be started directly from a harddrive.
> 
> I e-mailed with the original author of the code that I used as basis for 
> this, just to be sure that there would be no Copyright issues - He 
> agreed happily.
> 
> I have tested the patch on one system only, but I hope and think it will 
> work on most systems - I wonder why it hasn't been made before; I 
> probably have forgot to think about something... or it may already be 
> supported, but I couldn't find any hints on google.
> 
> For a eepro100 driver:
> * make bin/eepro100.hd
> or
> * make bin/eepro100.zhd (makeable but not tested on system)
> 
> The binary should be placed in the bootsector of the partition on question.
> * dd if=/<pathtofil>/eepro100.hd of=/dev/hda2
> If one wants it in the second partition. The partition has to be marked 
> active, but I guess that is logical ;-)
> 
> I hope the patch is acceptable.
> Perhaps it can even make it to 5.4.1? :-p
> 
> ~Per
> 
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