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Altera_Forum
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21 years ago

About Microtronix Linux's boot procedure..

hello everyone: I have questions about the boot procedure of Microtronix's Nios II linux distribution. 1. Is there a bootloader?If yes,how does it work?Is there any document available ...
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21 years ago

The romfs is accessed from flash. You can check this file:

drivers/mtd/maps/microtronix.c

You can also make the /dev/hda1 (compact flash) as the root filesystem. Still no files are copied to ram.

If you are using ramdisk as the root filesystem, they are in ram.