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[cobalt-developers] booting the qube 3
- Subject: [cobalt-developers] booting the qube 3
- From: Gustav Kristoffer Ek <stoffer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri Jan 5 11:53:00 2001
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
I am trying to figure out how the qube 3 is booting specially how it boots
from the network.
How is the kernel loaded? It doesn't appeaers to use tftp to get the
kernel.
Apperantly the nfs share have to be named /nfsroot-x86 or
/nfsroot-x86single if you boot it in singleuser mode by using 'set_params
single' over the serial line.
How is the kernel loaded when it is booted from the disk? Does the
firware "know" how to locate the kernel on the ext2-filesystem?
Would it be posible to boot an other OS for example freebsd? Can the
bootloader handle this?
What are the ROM and EEPROM used for?
- gustav
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Gustav Kristoffer Ek, Netcetera, Brolæggerstræde 4, 1211 København K
+45 33147000, +45 20400005, fax +45 33146200 http://www.netcetera.dk/