[Arm-netbook] debian for mele a1000 / a2000

[Gary Cramblitt]

On 05/30/2012 07:16 AM, Henrik Nordström wrote:
> The only rules are
> 
> a) dont partition space below sector 2048. That area is reserved for
> uboot.
> 
> b1) Default fallback boot is that first partition is FAT formatted and
> have system.bin and uImage contents.
> 
> b2) Preferred boot method is to look for boot.scr in /boot or / on first
> partition in extX or FAT format
> 
> 
> If boot.scr is used then it contains the uboot commands needed for
> loading kernel (+ initrd) and booting. The uboot shell is enabled so you
> have rudimentary sh syntax capabilities.
> 
> 
> As long as you stay within these boundaries then you are free to decide
> how to partition. Possible layouts are for example
> 
> 1) Single extX partition, sector 2048-end. boot.scr in /boot with the
> uboot commands needed for booting.
> 
> 2) extX partition + swap partition. boot.scr as above.
> 
> 3) FAT boot partition, extX system partition, optional swap partition.
> system.bin + uImage in FAT partition. No boot.scr.
> 
> 4) Any other partition scheme you see fit for your purpose.
> 
> 5) Reserving even more space and loading kernel from fixed blocks, and
> use some filesystem not supported by uboot for all partitioned storage.
> 
> Regards
> Henrik
> 

I'm a bit confused.  Suppose I want to go with layout #1.  Do I need a
script.bin/mele_stock.bin or not?  Example boot.scr?  Compile boot.cmd
to boot.scr with mkimage?  Should the kernel be uImage or zImage or
vmlinux or what?  How do I specify the MAC address?

Thanks.

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Gary Cramblitt
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