Arcboot - Revision history

Onion: SGI Category

2010-10-18T10:57:42Z

SGI Category

Ralf: Add to ARC category.

2006-05-17T11:27:09Z

Add to ARC category.

Alec v: arcboot in CVS

2005-05-13T10:14:28Z

arcboot in CVS

Alec v: more links

2005-02-07T12:13:58Z

Alec v: crosslinking

2005-01-28T12:15:35Z

crosslinking

Alec v: HOWTO link

2004-11-25T13:23:34Z

HOWTO link

Onion: /* Arcboot */

2004-11-25T12:40:26Z

‎Arcboot

Onion at 10:59, 25 November 2004

2004-11-25T10:59:04Z

New page

=== Arcboot ===

Arcboot is a first stage bootloader that is able to load ELF32 and ELF64 kernel files from both ext2 and ext3 filesystems. At this time it is functional on the SGI [[IP22]] and [[IP32]].

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	[[Category:ARC]]		[[Category:ARC]]
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	http://home.tal.org/~milang/o2/patches/		http://home.tal.org/~milang/o2/patches/
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		+	[[Category:ARC]]

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 == Download ==
-http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/arcboot/
+* http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/arcboot/
 == Patches ==

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 == External Links ==
-[http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/indy-boot/indy-hd-boot-micro-howto.html Linux on SGI MIPS Hard Disk Boot Âµ-Howto]
+* [http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/indy-boot/indy-hd-boot-micro-howto.html Linux on SGI MIPS Hard Disk Boot Âµ-Howto]
 == Download ==

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 Arcboot is a first stage bootloader that is able to load ELF32 and ELF64 kernel files from both ext2 and ext3 filesystems. At this time it is functional on the SGI [[IP22]] and [[IP32]].
-Arcboot uses PROM variables to find out what it's supposed to load and from where. The PROM variable ''OSLoadPartition'' must point to the partition that has the kernel and the configuration file ''arcboot.conf''.
+Arcboot uses [[ARC]] PROM variables to find out what it's supposed to load and from where. The PROM variable ''OSLoadPartition'' must point to the partition that has the kernel and the configuration file ''arcboot.conf''.
 PROM variable OSLoadFilename should contain a label pointing to a label section in the configuration file. If the label can't be found then arcboot tries to load a file in OSLoadFilename.
 Kernel parameters can be given in arcboot.conf using the ''append="..."'' directive and also using PROM variable OSLoadOptions.
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 == ARCS partitions ==
-The ''OSLoadPartition'' partition name must be in the format used by ARCS, for example ''scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)''
+The ''OSLoadPartition'' partition name must be in the format used by [[ARC|ARCS]], for example ''scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)''
 == Example arcboot.conf ==

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	append="root=/dev/sda1 ro video=1024x768-16@60"		append="root=/dev/sda1 ro video=1024x768-16@60"

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		+	== External Links ==
		+
		+	[http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/indy-boot/indy-hd-boot-micro-howto.html Linux on SGI MIPS Hard Disk Boot Âµ-Howto]

	== Download ==		== Download ==

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	Arcboot is a first stage bootloader that is able to load ELF32 and ELF64 kernel files from both ext2 and ext3 filesystems. At this time it is functional on the SGI [[IP22]] and [[IP32]].		Arcboot is a first stage bootloader that is able to load ELF32 and ELF64 kernel files from both ext2 and ext3 filesystems. At this time it is functional on the SGI [[IP22]] and [[IP32]].
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		+	Arcboot uses PROM variables to find out what it's supposed to load and from where. The PROM variable ''OSLoadPartition'' must point to the partition that has the kernel and the configuration file ''arcboot.conf''.
		+	PROM variable OSLoadFilename should contain a label pointing to a label section in the configuration file. If the label can't be found then arcboot tries to load a file in OSLoadFilename.
		+	Kernel parameters can be given in arcboot.conf using the ''append="..."'' directive and also using PROM variable OSLoadOptions.
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		+	You can also give extra command line options at the PROM prompt:
		+	arcboot linux console=ttyS0 root=/dev/sda1
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		+	== ARCS partitions ==
		+
		+	The ''OSLoadPartition'' partition name must be in the format used by ARCS, for example ''scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)''
		+
		+	== Example arcboot.conf ==
		+
		+	label=linux
		+	image=/vmlinux
		+	append="root=/dev/sda1 ro video=1024x768-16@60"
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		+
		+	== Download ==
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		+	http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/arcboot/
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		+	== Patches ==
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		+	http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ths/debian-builds-teststuff/arcboot/
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		+	http://home.tal.org/~milang/o2/patches/