[linuxdc-dev] [linuxdc-dev]: Net boot linux kernel

[Jeff T. <jw...@me...>]

I have managed to get the CVS kernel booting (by editing some things,
figuring out what the config options should be via make menu config, and
by copying over some files from the firstkernel tar ball). I don't have a
serial cable, but do have the ethernet adapter.  I have obtained and
burned the IP-slave program as well as another network bootloader a friend
of mine wrote (www.openblt.org/dcdev/) and would like to test my builds.
However, I am having very little luck.  Basically things are haning after
the code is loaded.  This could clearly be a badly built kernel, or
possibly something else, so I was wondering if anyone else had done a net
boot and if anyone had a working vmlinux that I could use to test with in
order to get my net setup working and verified first.

I also used the .config from first kernel as a basis for my configuration
(if that is of any help to anyone :) ).

Once I get all of this working, I'd be happy to write up a mini-faq in
order to help anyone else who is trying to work with the CVS tree and
broadband adapters.

Thank you for any help,

Jeff

Jeff Thompson
Software Evangelist and Visionary
Senior Security Analyst
Argus Systems Group, Inc.