etherboot options needed to dhcpd/tftp boot rtems *.bt images
Jack Cawkwell
J.Cawkwell at open.ac.uk
Fri Apr 11 08:17:00 UTC 2003
Hi,
I am trying to boot rtems images using dhcpd/tftp/etherboot
and would like to know which of the etherboot options are needed.
Booting for example: hello.bt. Appended are some of the options
for the latest etherboot (5.1.7).
Thanks, Jack
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TAGGED_IMAGE
Add tagged image kernel boot support (recommended)
AOUT_IMAGE
Add a.out kernel boot support (generic)
ELF_IMAGE
Add generic ELF kernel boot support (recommended)
EL64F_IMAGE
Add generic ELF64 kernel boot support (useful for > 4GB disks).
WINCE_IMAGE
Add the ability to boot WINCE.... now only sis630 OK!
FREEBSD_PXEEMU
Add the ability to boot PXE images... only FreeBSD supported
Support for PXE emulation. Works only with FreeBSD to load the
kernel via pxeboot, use only with DOWNLOAD_PROTO_NFS
X86_BOOTSECTOR_IMAGE
Add the ability to boot 512 byte x86 boot sectors
IMAGE_MULTIBOOT
Add Multiboot image support (currently only for ELF images)
IMAGE_FREEBSD
Add FreeBSD image loading support (requires at least -DAOUT_IMAGE
and/or -DELF_IMAGE)
FREEBSD_KERNEL_ENV
Pass in FreeBSD kernel environment
AOUT_LYNX_KDI
Add Lynx a.out KDI support
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