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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

Changing ROMFS start in flash

Hi: I'm using the Nios2 IDE / Microtronix 1.4 dist. I an currently loading my romfs.flash image starting at 0x200000 in my flash. I have a need to relocate the image and I now want to...
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20 years ago

You'd better add a PC to run Linux, and follow,

http://forum.niosforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3174 (http://forum.niosforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3174)

There are many people using the tools on Linux successfully. It is easy to use and customize. We are porting more apps and drivers. The file system is already compressed into kernel using initramfs. And I will post a compressed kernel this week. These will cut the flash usage a lot.