Hi Beth; Thanks for your prompt reply. I have some questions. This is my disk configuration: [tehkok@linux4:~ 3]$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hdd Disk /dev/hdd: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 79656 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd1 1 2081 1048544 83 Linux /dev/hdd2 2081 4162 1048575 82 Linux swap /dev/hdd3 4162 6242 1048580 83 Linux /dev/hdd4 6242 79656 37000893+ 5 Extended /dev/hdd5 6242 8323 1048578+ 83 Linux /dev/hdd6 8323 10403 1048578+ 83 Linux /dev/hdd7 10403 12484 1048568+ 83 Linux /dev/hdd8 12484 14564 1048568+ 83 Linux [tehkok@linux4:~ 4]$ I need to load the mipsboot into /dev/hda1 that reads the configuration from /dev/hda1/boot and boots linux kernel from /dev/hda1/boot/*. [tehkok@linux4:/mnt/hdd1 10]$ l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 22 03:22 boot [tehkok@linux4:/mnt/hdd1 11]$ ls boot System.map-kernel-aprp-2.6.19-malta.12 changelog-kernel-exp-2.6.20-malta.6 grub vmlinux.srec-kernel-aprp-2.6.19-malta.12 System.map-kernel-exp-aprp-2.6.20-malta.6 config-kernel-aprp-2.6.19-malta.12 vmlinux-kernel-aprp-2.6.19-malta.12 vmlinux.srec-kernel-exp-aprp-2.6.20-malta.6 System.map-kernel-exp-smtc-2.6.20-malta.6 config-kernel-exp-aprp-2.6.20-malta.6 vmlinux-kernel-exp-aprp-2.6.20-malta.6 vmlinux.srec-kernel-exp-smtc-2.6.20-malta.6 System.map-kernel-exp-smvp-2.6.20-malta.6 config-kernel-exp-smtc-2.6.20-malta.6 vmlinux-kernel-exp-smtc-2.6.20-malta.6 vmlinux.srec-kernel-exp-smvp-2.6.20-malta.6 System.map-kernel-smtc-2.6.19-malta.12 config-kernel-exp-smvp-2.6.20-malta.6 vmlinux-kernel-exp-smvp-2.6.20-malta.6 vmlinux.srec-kernel-smtc-2.6.19-malta.12 System.map-kernel-smvp-2.6.19-malta.12 config-kernel-smtc-2.6.19-malta.12 vmlinux-kernel-smtc-2.6.19-malta.12 vmlinux.srec-kernel-smvp-2.6.19-malta.12 changelog-kernel-2.6.19-malta.12 config-kernel-smvp-2.6.19-malta.12 vmlinux-kernel-smvp-2.6.19-malta.12 [tehkok@linux4:/mnt/hdd1 12]$ and /dev/hda1 is formatted as ext3 BOOT partition. Is it possible to do that? Thanks. Regards, KH. -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Oldham [mailto:beth@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 5:37 PM To: Teh Kok How (IFAP DC COM WL SD) Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Nachtmann Friedrich (IFAP DC COM WL SD External) Subject: Re: YAMON booting Linux kernels from malta board harddisk.... KokHow.Teh@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I read of MIPSboot that is loaded into the MBR which is then read > from YAMON to boot a selection of kernels from the harddisk. MIPSboot is my rather hacked bootloader that goes with the MIPS/TimeSys Linux distro, and does not as yet sit in the MBR...one day perhaps. Anyway, it sits at the beginning of the first partition on disk (which should not be formatted with a filesystem and can be very small), and then loaded with a YAMON command line like: YAMON> disk read hda 3f ff 800d0000; go 800d0000 MIPSboot version 0.3 Loading /boot/mb.conf . ok Choose a kernel image to boot: (0) aprp-2.6.19-glibc root=/dev/hda3 (1) smtc-2.6.19-glibc root=/dev/hda3 ... You can put that command line in the "start" environment variable to autostart it. I've dropped source and binary tarballs together with an example conf file on our ftp site: ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/tools/software/timesys/extras/mipsboot/ If you have any queries about it send me email. Beth
