> uboot) it is possible by pressing enter during the startup to > interrupt the boot process and type the commands to the uboot > interactively. I have the feeling, but I might be wrong, that Richard > has not done this. Come on guys, we are almost there! :-)
I was speaking to Richard on IRC and I don't think it's as simple as it seems. You wanted to do this without a serial cable: I don't think it's possible to use the proper slackware installer to install onto this device. You're going to need to set the boot parameters in order to tell the kernel where the root partition is, and stuff like that. This is done normally by setting the config in u-boot to match what partition scheme you have chosen. Of course if you follow my docs exactly then you can paste in the ones from my docs, since they will match the partition scheme (also suggested in the docs). However, if you want a custom partition scheme then you will need to be able to configure your boot loader to pass the root= parameter to the kernel. >From reading the Debian stuff, my guess would be that the best way to proceed is to do something similar to what they've done: take the miniroot and write a script to set it up in the way that works best for the Doozan rescue system. You could then use slackpkg to upgrade the installation after the miniroot has been unpacked onto the device. They're not actually installing Debian using the debian installer. The easiest way is to get a serial cabl and stop faffing around ;-) _______________________________________________ ARMedslack mailing list ARMedslack@lists.armedslack.org http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack