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diff --git a/src/filo/README.filo_in_etherboot b/src/filo/README.filo_in_etherboot new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dc203f635 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/filo/README.filo_in_etherboot @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Moved from FILO into Etherboot, yhlu add boot from SATA disk and move usb boot framework +from Steven James baremetal in LinuxBIOS, also add the OHCI support. + + +1. refer to README.filo + but don't need to use make config. +2. CFLAG added + CONSOLE_BTEXT --- for btext console support + CONSOLE_PC_KBD --- for direct pc keyboard support + CONFIG_FILO --- It will make main call pci_init +3. to make: + make bin/filo.zelf + or + make bin/tg3--filo.zelf + + You can not use filo and ide_disk at the same time. + +Some input for boot: + +boot from BIOS ROM area +4G-128K +mem@0xfffe0000 +4G-512K +mem@0xfff80000 + +boot from suse +hda2:/boot/vmlinuz initrd=/boot/initrd ro root=/dev/hda2 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 +for suse install from CD +hdc:/boot/loader/linux initrd=/boot/loader/initrd ramdisk_size=65536 splash=silent showopts console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 + +boot from RH +for RH install from CD +hdc:/isolinux/vmlinuz initrd=/isolinux/initrd.img expert nofb acpi=off devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=65536 console=ttyS0,115200 + +for serial ATA support (using port1 and port2 only) +1) if your kernel think SATA as SCSI +hde2:/boot/vmlinuz initrd=/boot/initrd ro root=/dev/sda2 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 +2) if your kernel think SATA as normal IDE +hde2:/boot/vmlinuz initrd=/boot/initrd ro root=/dev/hde2 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 + +for usb support +uda1:/ram0_2.5_2.6.5_k8.2_mydisk7.elf + + +Yinghai Lu yhlu@tyan.com + +to do: + add menu to filo boot |