13. LanWorks BootWare PROMs
This information may save you time. In order to make LanWorks BootWare(tm) PROMs to correctly start up a Linux kernel image, the "bootsector" part of the image must be modified so as to enable the boot prom to jump right into the image start address. The net-bootable image format created by netboot/etherboot's `mknbi-linux' tool differs and will not run if used with BootWare PROMs.
A modified bootsector together with a Makefile to create a BootWare-bootable image after kernel compilation can be found at -
- Bwimage package ftp://ftp.ipp.mpg.de/pub/ipp/wls/linux/bwimage-0.1.tgz
- See also http://www.patoche.org/LTT/net/00000096.html
- LanWorks BootWare Boot ROMs http://www.3com.com/lanworks
Refer to the README file for installation details. Currently, only "zImage"-type kernels are supported. Unfortunately, kernel parameters are ignored.
This section courtesy of Jochen Kmietsch email to - jochen.kmietsch@tu-clausthal.de for any questions.
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