PeeWee : Lilo/SysLinux.....Episode II

[Adi Linden]

Hi,

If I understand correctly the different firmware versions simply use
different addresses on the Disk-On-Chip device. So the patched lilo lives
in a different address space than the original lilo. Making things
compatible.

I have not used Disk-On-Chip as an attached drive at all. My way of
loading a Disk-On-Chip system is somewhat of a workarround. I build my
filesystem and load it onto a CompactFlash card. My board with the
Disk-On-CHip also has an IDE port. With the CompactFlash plugged into the
IDE port I can now run fdisk, syslinx manually and copy the files to the
Disk-On-Chip device.

I am looking at different ways of getting a PeeWeeLinux system onto target
devices. It could be possible to run an tftp server and use netboot to
load a target. Or have a floppy (if a drive is availabel on the target) to
boot and make the target available to PeeWeeLinux. But I haven't been able
to wrap my head around this just yet. No real idea how to integrate
something like that into PeeWeeLinux.

TTYL,
Adi

> Hi !
> Me again...
> Thanks Ralph for your tips about lilo.... I've fixed the eroors returned by Lilo.... now Lilo ends well but
> when I run "load File System Onto Target" the Installing Lilo Boot Loader step......... failed.....:-(
> 
> Anyway.... I've excuted Lilo form the command line.... and reboot my embedded card....
> Displayed :
> LILO :
> Loading DOC.......................
> ...And nothing else....
> Damned
> 
> Any idea....
> please
> 
> Thank's
> 
> NT : I haven't understood the difference beetween the different firmware version (for the Disk On Chip)
> provide by M-System...
> I must use the default one, the alternative one makes the Disk On Chip invisble from the Bios...so it
> can't boot....
> 
> NT2 : I've tried SysLinux with a FAT16 file System.... Same problem....
> Displayed :
> SYSLINUX ver.....
> And nothing else...
> 
> Thank's again
> Pierre Yves
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