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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Linux, U-Boot, and Root File Systems

I'm working with a Nios II design with an MMU, on a Nios II Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition board (EP2C35). I'm trying to figure out how to get to a system that boots with some sort of root...
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16 years ago

Why using u-Boot ?

>>> "images/zImge.initramfs.gz is the compressed elf image with initramfs built-in"

AFAIK, same just needs to be copied into RAM and started, now it will spawn the file system automatically.

-Michael