[U-Boot-Users] Booting Linux from hard drive
Hello,
Can anyone suggest a method to have U-Boot boot Linux from a hard drive on a PowerPC architecture?
I'm in the process of completing a port of U-Boot to the Motorola PrPMC800 which is uses a PowerPC MPC7410 processor. My goal is to have U-Boot boot Linux from a hard drive instead of from flash. I've just completed the PCI/IDE support for this. I thought I could have U-Boot load Lilo or Grub. But, it appears Lilo and Grub are specific to x86 architecture because they use x86 BIOS calls to function.
Thanks, Mark.
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Mark Lightfoot - Software Designer - SITA 777 Walker's Line, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7N 2G1 905-681-5575 mark.lightfoot@sita.aero
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Dear Mark,
in message OF2C06A494.5C13BDD5-ON85256D47.0073E4F0-85256D47.0075138E@sita.aero you wrote:
Can anyone suggest a method to have U-Boot boot Linux from a hard drive on a PowerPC architecture?
You have to adapt the existing IDE/ATA code so it can talk to your IDE controller. Then you can use the "diskboot" command to load a kernel image from a disk partition.
I'm in the process of completing a port of U-Boot to the Motorola PrPMC800 which is uses a PowerPC MPC7410 processor. My goal is to have U-Boot boot Linux from a hard drive instead of from flash. I've just completed the
Works fine on a couple of boards already.
PCI/IDE support for this. I thought I could have U-Boot load Lilo or Grub.
What the h*ll do you need lilo or grub for? You got U-Boot! :-)
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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