Hello , Thanks . Now I have a much bigger problem. I have to try to start this ATLAS board without a HDD and without ethernet. At reset it should give me a login prompt which I have to see throught the console. Can anyone help me ? Regards Nicu Brady Brown wrote: > Nicu Popovici wrote: > > > Hello , > > > > Does anyone know how can I do to start a Linux on a mips board ( ATLAS ) > > without using YAMON. I just want to turn on the mips and to boot in > > Linux . Is that possible ? > > > > Regards, > > Nicu > > It is possible. Look in Atlas Users Manual Sec 5.2 . Dip switch S1-1 > controls booting from either Monitor Flash or System Flash. If you boot > from System Flash then the monitor is effectively removed. You would of > course have to have your own boot-up code, PCI enumerator, hardware init, > kernel loader, kernel image, etc. in the System Flash all hooked to the > reset vector for this to work. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Brady Brown (bbrown@ti.com) Work:(801)619-6103 > Texas Instruments: Broadband Access Group > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~