On Thu 11 Jan, Philip Blundell wrote: > >I need the full Linux tree. > You can get a tarball from ftp.armlinux.org:/pub/lkab. You need the 2.4 tree.
> >I have the Debian ARM 2.2rev2 CD, but can't seem to boot from > >it. > >I would appreciate any input from anyone that has used the Chaltech > >system, especially regarding booting. I've e-mailed Chaltech, but haven't > >heard back from them. > Booting the CATS is a little tricky at the moment. The latest (0.6) > firmware can apparently boot from CD-ROM, but it doesn't directly > understand Linux kernels. You have to tack a small piece of code onto the > front of the image. Aside from that there are no major issues. I don't > know offhand if the potato CDs are supposed to be bootable or not. Potato ARM CDs are not bootable as at the time of last fettling there were no ARM machines capable of booting from a CD. You might well need different CD boot code for different systems which may cause probs in future, but if there is some code for making it work on CATS boxes now I can put it in the Boot-floppies CVS (next time Ido an update) if someone sends me it.... Wookey -- Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel (00 44) 1223 811679 work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://www.chaos.org.uk/~wookey/
