If you feel lucky, you can also reserve space on your disk for the kernel - either in a separate partition, or outside the area used by your current partitions. The YAMON 02.02 or later can read the kernel directly from disk and execute it. I do this on my Malta board with one disk. /Hartvig Dan Temple writes: > > I guess you're installing as per: > > ftp://ftp/pub/linux/mips/installation/redhat7.1/INSTALL > > (If not, you might want to upgrade to that version). > > YAMON can't read the disk file system, so you have to TFTP the kernel to memory from a remote filesystem, and then run it. The instructions are in the above file under "Booting linux on the target". > > The latest version (2.02) of YAMON can read and write blocks from an IDE device (not a filesystem) so you could install a CompactFlash card and use that to store the kernel if you don't want to TFTP each time. > > There is also a $start environment variable if you want to auto-boot. > > /Dan > > Nitin wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have a very basic query. I have a MIPS Malta board. I attached a IDE > > hard disk to it and installed linux as per the instructions. At the end > > of the installation, system rebooted and control gone to the board > > monitor program(Yamon). How can I get the linux prompt? Do I need to > > write an application program which will read boot sector from hard disk, > > > > store it in memory and pass on control to that particular location?(If > > yes, is such application already available?) Or is there a other way of > > doing it. > > > > Thanks, > > Nitin
