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- This is ARM Linux.
-
- *** THESE ARE THE READMES FROM THE PREVIEW VERSION. I WILL BE UPLOADING A NEW
- *** VERSION OF THESE SOON!
-
- Installation - ONLY IDE DISKS ATM.
- ==================================
-
- 1) Get the files partitions/root.gz, bootbin.tar.gz, bootmap.tar.gz and
- config.zip.
-
- 2) Ungzip the partition file root.gz onto your harddisk.
-
- 3) Unpack bootbin.tar.gz onto your harddisk. This contains one binary
- of the boot-time boot loader (the one that you put in your !Boot
- system).
-
- 4) Unpack config.zip onto your harddisk.
-
- 5) Create an empty file for swapping to (about 5MB should be ok).
-
- 6) Run the configuration (!Linux), and you should be presented with a
- setup screen. Set up the partition files as needed. At the moment,
- only two should be specified, the root partition and a swap file.
- Remove any that are not required. Leave the other settings as is.
-
- 7) Choose S and Y to start linux.
-
- 8) Linux may complain about a few problems during the boot, but the kernel
- should not panic. If it does, please send me precise details of the
- setup & the config file.
-
- 9) Login as root
-
- 10) edit /etc/fstab so that the correct device corresponds with the
- place where it is to be mounted.
-
- 11) type: mkswap <device> <size in kb> where device is your swap device
- eg. /dev/hdb4. These devices correspond to the image files in the
- setup screen.
-
- 12) Unpack the bootmap program from bootmap.tar.gz and run it:
- bootmap <root-device>.
-
- 11) reboot back to riscos (ctrl-alt-del).
-
- 12) put the linux boot-time boot loader into your !Boot system using:
- linuxboot -config <config-file-inside-!linux> -root <root-image-file>
-
- 13) reboot the machine and you should see the linux bootloader say:
- 'Press alt to access bootloader' or similar message. If left, it
- will boot to linux, press alt for a menu of available kernels.
-
- It is best to have bootmap.tar.gz on a dos floppy & mount it using:
- mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
- Then copy bootmap.tar.gz into /tmp:
- cp /floppy/bootmap.tgz /tmp/bootmap.tar.gz
- and unpack it there using:
- tar zxvf bootmap.tar.gz
- Then copy bootmap to /sbin/bootmap, overwriting the version already there.
-
- If you encounter any problems, then email me using the address
- rmk92@ecs.soton.ac.uk, subject preview.
-
- PS. Get vmlinux.gz and put it in the !linux directory, setting its load &
- execution addresses to be 0x01800000 (&1800000).
-
- One way is to use OS_File...
-
- ==========================================================================
- Contacting
- ----------
-
- I (Russell King) can be contacted at:
-
- Email: rmk92@ecs.soton.ac.uk (until July 95).
- Snail: 28 Waterer Gardens, Burgh Heath, Tadworth, Surrey, England. KT20 5PB.
- For Snail, please address all correspondance as
- 'R.M.King (armlinux)'
- Thanks.
-