How can I get the kernel to boot directly without having to boot up EPOC?
A system of generating OS.img files, similar to those from psion, has been put together; it is called bookboot. This will allow a kernel image and initrd.gz file to be stored in this file, to be directly loaded by the netBook’s bootloader. This procedure works just fine; see the section on bookboot in this HOWTO.Alternatively, you can define a plain text file called D:\System\Data\wsini.ini containing the following lines (modified from the default Z:\SYSTEM\DATA\WSINI.INI): BASERGB 255,255,255 PALETTE 0,85,150,255 AUTOCLEAR 1 SHELLCMD \System\Apps\Shell\Shell.APP STARTUP D:\ARLO\ARLOSH.EXE WINDOWMODE COLOR256 SCR_WIDTH1 640 SCR_HEIGHT1 480 SCR_WIDTH2 480 SCR_HEIGHT2 640 This will cause EPOC to startup ARLOSH.EXE at boot up first, giving the option of continuing to boot up EPOC or boot to linux. [This looks very much like the LILO prompt.
A system of generating OS.img files, similar to those from psion, has been put together; it is called bookboot. This will allow a kernel image and initrd.gz file to be stored in this file, to be directly loaded by the netBook’s bootloader. This procedure works just fine; see the section on bookboot in this HOWTO.Alternatively, you can define a plain text file called D:\System\Data\wsini.ini containing the following lines (modified from the default Z:\SYSTEM\DATA\WSINI.INI): BASERGB 255,255,255 PALETTE 0,85,150,255 AUTOCLEAR 1 SHELLCMD \System\Apps\Shell\Shell.APP STARTUP D:\ARLO\ARLOSH.EXE WINDOWMODE COLOR256 SCR_WIDTH1 640 SCR_HEIGHT1 480 SCR_WIDTH2 480 SCR_HEIGHT2 640 This will cause EPOC to startup ARLOSH.EXE at boot up first, giving the option of continuing to boot up EPOC or boot to linux.
