In message 20041007152800.73751.qmail@web90008.mail.scd.yahoo.com you wrote:

I read that u-boot can be installed on a floppy and can be booted from the floppy. Is it possible on an

Where did you read this? I never heard about this, bu t I definitely would like to know!

I downloaded u-boot-1.1.1. The README says that u-boot can be used for i386 CPUs and architecture. But, the Makefile has only one entry for i386 for AMD SC520 CDP. I need to do "make <arch>_config" first and not sure which one I should do for an x86 target system.

Obviously SC520 as this is the only supported x86 board - and don;t expect to find complete and working code. The x86 port seems to be stuck in the "work in [no more] progress" state.

My main objective is to write my own commands in the u-boot monitor source program, and test it when u-boot boots the system.

Any suggestions?

Go on, start fixinbg the problems. Your patches will be welcome.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk