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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:34:01 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: Brian Stark <brian.stark@onstor.com>
Cc: Rick Lund <rick.lund@onstor.com>, Larry Scheer
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Subject: boot commands for CF cards
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Here are the commands necessary for booting from a compact flash card.
These are as of prom v. 1.0.3. and Linux kernel as of today.

Boot from first (top) CF card:

SSC-PROM> diskload
[..garbagee..]
SSC-PROM> g root=/dev/sda1 ip=none

boot from second CF card:

SSC-PROM> diskload -a ffffffff82000000 /dev/sdb1/boot/vmlinux.bin
[..garbagee..]
SSC-PROM> g rootdelay=1 root=/dev/sdb1 ip=none

mods to prom and kernel will soon make this sequence unnecessary, but
until then, enjoy!