[Avila] embeeded Linux on GW2345

[David Acker]

Hello,
For a compact flash boot, the redboot build delivered by gateworks does 
not seem to support loading from vfat.  How do you add this in?  Do I 
need a different version of redboot then what gateworks provided?
-Ack

Kerry Brown wrote:
> Depending on what version of redboot you are using you can load the 
> kernel from compact flash by doing
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> load -r -m disk -b 0x01600000 hda1:zImage
> load -r -m disk -b 0x00800000 hda1:ramdisk.gz
> exec -c "console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/ram0 initrd=0x00800000,8M" 
> 0x01600000
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> You can change the root to /dev/hda1 if you have the cf-ide driver enabled
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> And if you are trying to do a nfs boot
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> exec -c "console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/nfs 
> nfsroot=serveripaddress:/directory/ initrd=0x00800000,8M init=/linuxrc" 
> 0x01600000
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> You need to make shure you have a linuxrc file in your ramdisk's root 
> that loads the microcode and the ethernet drivers,
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> Thanks
> Kerry
> PowerCODE
> 801-623-3631
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> ESSELLAK Radouane wrote:
>> hello all;
>> I'm trying to build a Linux to GW2345 board. I've finished to build a 
>> cross-compiler using crosstool-0.42.
>> I've also build kernel 2.6.18 with this cross-compiler.
>> Now I don't know what would be the next step to make GW2345 work. I 
>> want to use this board to communicate with a notebook via ftp p.ex and 
>> use the CF for storage.
>> Any help would be great
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>> Best regards
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>> Radouane Essellak
>> HEIG-Vd @ Yverdon-les-Bains
>> Switzerland
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