Combine kernel and ramdisk image.

[wolfgang.grandegger at bluewin.ch]

>-- Original Message --
>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:49:11 -0800 (PST)
>From: rekha gvv <rekhagvvc at yahoo.co.in>
>Subject: Combine kernel and ramdisk image.
>To: linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org
>
>
>
>Hi all,
>I want to combine the Linux kernel Image and the
>ramdisk image.I had used the mkimage tool for doing
>this
>./mkimage -A ppc -O Linux -T multi  -C gzip \
>-n 'Linux-2.4.4-2002-03-21 Multiboot-Image' -e 0 -a 0
>\
>-d /SELF/build/linux-2.4.4-2002-03-21/arch/ppc/
>coffboot/vmlinux.gz:/SELF/build/ramdisk_image.gz \
>/SELF/images/pMulti
>
>PMulti is the Combined kernal image ..
>wheni download it to the powerpc board using ppcboot I
>get this .
>
>bootm
>## Booting image at 00100000 ...
>   Image Name:   Linux-2.4.4-2002-03-21 Multiboot
>   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Multi-File Image (gzip
>compressed)
>   Data Size:    1580442 Bytes = 1543 kB = 1 MB
>   Load Address: 00000000
>   Entry Point:  00000000
>   Contents:
>   Image 0:   530861 Bytes = 518 kB = 0 MB
>   Image 1:  1049566 Bytes = 1024 kB = 1 MB
>   Verifying Checksum ... OK
>   Uncompressing Multi-File Image ... OK
>   Loading Ramdisk to 6fabe000, end 0075a4bc ...
>
>
>
>what could be the error....
>when i downlaod the kernel and  the ramdisk separately
>then the ramdisk gets loaded at this address
>
>Loading Ramdisk to 0065a000, end 0075a3de ... OK
>Linux version 2.4.4 (root at UCLinuxServer.embedded) (gcc
>version 2.95.3 20010315
>.................

Load the pMulti at 0x200000 to avoid data getting
overwritten.

Good luck,

Wolfgang.


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