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List:       suse-sparc
Subject:    [suse-sparc] How to generate a tftp.img from scratch
From:       Lieven Buts <lieven () ultr ! vub ! ac ! be>
Date:       2002-02-07 14:04:19
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  You need a kernel and a compressed image of a root file system.
Put the compressed image in the location indicated in 
${kernelsource}/arch/sparc64/boot/Makefile and run 
"make tftpboot.img" in ${kernelsource}. (${kernelsource}
is the base directory of the source tree with the
desired kernel.) make then generates a tftp boot image
by combining the kernel (${kernelsource}/vmlinux), the
system map (System.map) and your root filesystem.
The tftp image ends up in ${kernelsource}/arch/sparc64/boot.

  The main challenge is creating a working root file system.
I have tried this myself (*), but it's not working perfectly
yet. 


(*) http://ultr16.vub.ac.be/SciComp/sparclinux.html

-- 
Lieven Buts
Department of Ultrastructure
Brussels Free University

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