Re: Problem with kernel image in a Prep Boot on PowerPC

[John W. Linville]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 02:52:44PM -0300, Márcio Oliveira wrote:

> The command rdev can change the default root partition on x86 linux 
> systems with pre-built kernels.
 
Of course...I meant I don't know of anything like that for PPC.

> About the CONFIG_CMDLINE in the kernel configuration, I found it in lots 
> of files in the kernel source tree and I'd like to know which file I 
> need to change this value (/usr/src/linux/arch/ppc64/defconfig ?).
 
Probably just in your .config file:

	cp arch/ppc64/defconfig .config
	vi .config # Change CONFIG_CMDLINE here
	make oldconfig

> According to this doc: 
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/library/es-SW_RAID_LINUX.html, 
> ppc64 can use zImage-style boot wrapper, so I'm trying it.

Cool...I think you will like having that as an option.

John
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