[U-Boot-Users] [yes, i tried rtfming docs]u-boot on x86, how to?

[Geraldo Netto]

Hi :)

regarding ppc boards,oh, i didn't know that
actually i'm a 22yo newbie guy which is interested in u-boot
because i do study information systems in Brazil and i'm doing a
linux distro for thin clients(as a final course project->monograph+software)
and i got interested in u-boot because it seems the *correct*
bootloader for my project
ie: it seems far smaller than other ones and at once offers many features :)
and i also studied/setup grub/lilo/syslinux :)
i need to compare bootloaders and write down the features of each one and show
which bootloader is better for each case
ie: which one has 'best' features for diskless boot;
which one is better for local boot(size, 'dinamyc configuration(ie:
pass parameter on the fly)',...,...;
...

Kind Regards and Best Wishes,

Geraldo
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2008/7/26 Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>:
> In message <faf3083f0807261131t57aa2d05ib1f8a4c85960266d at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> sudo tar xjvf u-boot-1.3.3.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src
>>
>> then i tried:
>>
>> make distclean canyonlands_config all
>> (as i read at http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootConfiguration )
>
> You mention "u-boot on x86" in the subjct - are you aware that the
> Canyonlands board is not x86, but PPC?
>
> What you should do is:
>
>        make distclean
>        make canyonlands_config
>        make all
>
> Do not try to perform all there steps in a single call to make - this
> cannot work.
>
>> mbdev-deb:/usr/src/u-boot-1.3.3# make distclean canyonlands_config all
>> Configuring for canyonlands board...
>> System not configured - see README
>> make: ** [all] Erro 1
>
> This is caused by your incorrect call to make - see above.
>
>> also, as you all can easely see, i was not able to 'configure' the system
>> i tried many other things in a 'adhoc' way and i still not able to
>> handle this :(
>
> Please read the manual - it describes step by step what to do.
> If you had follwed the examples, aboveerror could have been avoided.
> See http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/Manual?stickboard=canyonlands
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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