Redboot serial download of linux -- help!

Jul 01, 2005 1 Replies
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Hello,



Does anybody have any experience with downloading linux to a target via (using Red Boot) the serial port?



I don't have my ethernet hardware working yet, but I would truly like to see linux boot.



Questions:


1) Where in memory should I download linux?


2) Where should I download the root filesystem? How does linux know where it is?



Thanks, Mike



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Hi Mike,

pretty much anywhere.

you can put the filesystem anywhere too, but you then need to tell the kernel where to find it using the initrd= boot arguement.

regards,

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