RE: Can't get a Linux 3.6-rc zImage smaller than 2MB
So it doesn't matter what is in /boot after flash has been loaded by flash-kernel? Redboot systems boot only and directly from flash so /boot is only a convenient and conventional initial staging post for flash-kernel to get the kernel and initramfs from and is irrelevant from that point on?
Am I understanding right?
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Arnaud Patard (Rtp) [mailto:arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 1:11 PM
To: Chris Wilkinson
Cc: 'Maciej Soltysiak'; debian-arm@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Can't get a Linux 3.6-rc zImage smaller than 2MB
"Chris Wilkinson" <kinsham@verizon.net> writes:
> Is it necessary to flash-kernel? Once /boot on HD is populated with
> the new kernel, doesn’t it finally boot from that and it doesn’t matter what version is flashed?
redboot is configured to read the kernel from the flash, so yes, you
need flash-kernel. I've not tested to load a kernel from disk so I've
no idea if you can configure and use redboot to do it (but it's unlikely).
Arnaud
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