Slackware on APC 8750

Kernel and initrd files for installing Slackware on APC 8750

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Slackware on APC 8750

Description

Brief description of files available for download

Installation

For installation, you need one of these kernels + the initrd-kirkwood.cpio file. on the bootable vfat partition of the micro sd card.

install/vga/uzImage.bin

    Kernel image for starting installer. Built with console=tty0. You get boot messages on the vga monitor attached to the board.

install/ttyWMT0/uzImage.bin

    Kernel image for starting installer. Built with console=ttyWMT0. You get boot messages on the serial port.

initrd-kirkwood.cpio.gz

    Download, gunzip and keep on the bootable vfat partition along with the kernel uzImage.bin you chose.

Booting new Slackware installation

Once the installation is done on /dev/mmcblk0p2, use one of these to replace the kernel used in the install step, for booting Slackware.

boot/vga/uzImage.bin

    Kernel image for booting with Slackware installed on /dev/mmcblk0p2. Built with console=tty0, you get boot messages on VGA monitor attached to the board.

boot/ttyWMT0/uzImage.bin

    Kernel image for booting with Slackware installed on /dev/mmcblk0p2. Built with console=ttyWMT0, you get boot messages on the serial port.

Optional : building the kernel

Following are for building a kernel / installer of other type, in case you are interested.

Linux-vtwm page at github

Download linux-vtwm testing.tar.gz

configs

    Kernel config files, if you are interested in building the kernels. Choose one of these config files.

initramfs_data.cpio.gz

    Initramfs cpio archive, which gets embedded in the kernel.

build.sh

    Script useful for building kernel, initrd images etc. Run with no arguments to see help.



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