From 71dc8760ff4de5f365330d1bc571d934deb54af9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Igor Pashev Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:04:42 +0400 Subject: Imported Upstream version 1.1.11 --- doc/genisoimage/README.hppaboot | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/genisoimage/README.hppaboot (limited to 'doc/genisoimage/README.hppaboot') diff --git a/doc/genisoimage/README.hppaboot b/doc/genisoimage/README.hppaboot new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7a7549 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/genisoimage/README.hppaboot @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# README.hppaboot Steve McIntyre 2004/07/19 + +The hppa boot support allows you to create a bootable CD which will +work with HP PA/RISC machines, for example bootable installation +media. + +The method used for this is the same as in palo, the bootloader for +Linux on hppa. See the palo README for more details about supported +hardware etc. + +The HPPA firmware reads the first 2048-byte sector off a disk and +parses information in that sector. The information in question is the +location (start sector) and length of various files: + + * a 32-bit kernel image + * a 64-bit kernel image + * first stage bootloader (iplboot) + * (optional) ramdisk + +and also the system command line to use, e.g. + + "5/vmlinux HOME=/ TERM=linux console=tty" + +The firmware will load and execute the first stage boot loader, and +that should be able to find the (32- or 64-bit) kernel and boot +normally. Whether you need a 32- or 64-bit kernel depends on your +hardware; some will even support both. + +To use the hppa boot support code in genisoimage, simply specify the boot +command line and file locations (relative to the CD root) as follows: + +genisoimage ... -hppa-cmdline \ + -hppa-kernel-32 <32-bit kernel> \ + -hppa-kernel-64 <64-bit kernel> \ + -hppa-bootloader \ + -hppa-ramdisk \ + -o hppa.iso hppa-files + -- cgit v1.2.3