On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Nick French wrote:
> All we want is to load a kernel off an IDE drive why do things get so > complicated. I think it would be fair to say we just need a basic way to > read a kernel image of a hard disk due to the fact it wont fit in flash. If > we over engineer this we miss the point that what we want is to be able to > boot from flash but until this is a reality (bigger standard flash) we need > a short fix to get the image off an IDE drive, am I wrong? If we put too > much work into this and find that flash parts have become the right size we > will all be going back to flash. > > It just seemed to me if we had a bootable harddisk with LILO could we not > use the same method as LILO to get the image. > > I know I am repeating myself but the reason we are doing this is because the > kernel wont fit in the flash. > > I hope I am not treading on anyone's toes with what I have said > Don't worry so much :) You'll have a nice, simple scheme to start with shortly. And then I and perhaps Eric if he has time will work on it will make a much better system (from a sustainability and space standpoint) to try out and migrate to if you prefer. It only SEEMS that this is getting more complex. In actuality, our new plan is much simpler. - adam
