Re: [ECOS] Redboot (i386pc with IDE Flash)

[Nick Garnett <nickg at ecoscentric dot com>]

bhanuprakash kandimalla <kbhanu@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hello:
> I am working on i386pc. I am succesful in building a
> redboot(floppy) and the pc is able to bootup. The
> i386pc system has a IDE Flash disk. I am able to build
> ecos libraries and able to use fat file system on this
> IDE Flash disk. My plan is to put a redboot image on
> the IDE Flash disk so that the PC boots from this IDE
> flash disk instead of a floppy. I am insearch of
> finding solutions for the following:
> 1. I hope redboot(ROM) or redboot(ROM_RAM) will be
> needed. Am I right?

No, as the names of these configurations imply, these are intended for
booting from ROM, not disk.


> 2. If I can put the redboot(ROM).bin or
> redboot(ROM_RAM).bin on the IDE Flash Disk and set the
> pc BIOS to boot from IDE , will the pc boots up with
> the .bin file? or what file or type of file is pc
> looking for booting?
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

For booting from IDE disk you should use the GRUB support. Read the
documentation at:

http://ecos.sourceware.org/docs-latest/user-guide/setup-i386-pc.html

-- 
Nick Garnett                    eCos Kernel Architect
http://www.ecoscentric.com/     The eCos and RedBoot experts


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