In message 850473.22223.qm@web51909.mail.re2.yahoo.com you wrote:
However it looks lile U-Boot accomplishes both (PMON+GRUB-like functionality) since I see some indication U-Boot handles VFAT? (how about ATA CF?) (If U-Boot can
U-Boot can handle FAT/VFAT, ext2, cramfs, reiserfs, JFFS2, ...
ATA/IDE devices are supported, including CF.
read a VFAT CF, and load the linux image from there, then that negates the need for any subsequent boot loader like GRUB/LILO - right?)
Right. Only U-Boot is needed.
Any recommendations out there? (such as "trash PMON and go with U-BOOT - it does all you want" or "look here xxx to find what you want")
You will have to port U-Boot to your hardware, but then it will match all your requirements.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk