From 609c823a56831266f741fa36a05ff1c3813a9693 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 23:23:28 +0000 Subject: Formatting and build fix --- en/boot-installer/arm.xml | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'en/boot-installer/arm.xml') diff --git a/en/boot-installer/arm.xml b/en/boot-installer/arm.xml index 46f90a61d..46f767ac1 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/arm.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/arm.xml @@ -184,22 +184,24 @@ just powercycle the machine and try again. . This will give you the RedBoot prompt. Enter the following commands: - - load -v -r -b 0x01800000 -m ymodem ramdisk.gz load -v -r -b 0x01008000 -m ymodem zImage exec -c "console=ttyS0,115200 rw root=/dev/ram mem=256M@0xa0000000" -r 0x01800000 -After every 'load' command, the system will expect a file to be -transmitted using the YMODEM protocol. When using cu, make sure you have -the package lrzsz installed, then hit enter, followed by -the ~< escape sequence to start an external program, -and run sb initrd.gz or sb -vmlinuz. + -Alternatively, it is possible to load the kernel and ramdisk using +After every load command, the system will expect a +file to be transmitted using the YMODEM protocol. When using cu, make +sure you have the package lrzsz installed, then +hit enter, followed by the ~< escape sequence to start +an external program, and run sb initrd.gz or +sb vmlinuz. + + + +Alternatively, it is possible to load the kernel and ramdisk using HTTP rather than YMODEM. This is faster, but requires a working HTTP server on the network. To do so, first swith the bootloader to RAM mode: @@ -207,20 +209,28 @@ server on the network. To do so, first swith the bootloader to RAM mode: fis load rammode g -This will seemingly restart the machine; but in reality, it loads + + + +This will seemingly restart the machine; but in reality, it loads reboot to RAM and restarts it from there. Not doing this step will cause -the system to hang in the necessary ip_address step that comes -next. -You will need to hit Ctrl-C again to interrupt the boot. -Then: +the system to hang in the necessary ip_address step that comes next. + + + +You will need to hit Ctrl-C again to interrupt the boot. Then: + ip_address -l 192.168.2.249 -h 192.168.2.4 load -v -r -b 0x01800000 -m http /initrd.gz load -v -r -b 0x01008000 -m http /zImage exec -c "console=ttyS0,115200 rw root=/dev/ram mem=256M@0xa0000000" -r 0x01800000 - + + + The installer will now start as usual. + -- cgit v1.2.3