It turns out that the command line to change the boot args is indeed already working, I just didn't think I could change it when it showed up on the screen. I was shown my mistake, so this is taken care of. Thanks for the prompt replies.
Regards ~Ashwin >From: "Ashwin Bihari" <raz0redge at hotmail.com> >To: linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org >Subject: Linux boot args with PReP image >Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:28:49 -0500 > > >Greetings, > >I'm using a PrPMC800 with Motorola's PPC7-BUG> to boot Linux. I've got a >working kernel and everything works fine. I've used the default boot args >of: console=ttys0,9600 console=tty0 root=/dev/hde2 noinitrd. > >This, of course, means that if we decide to change the location of root, or >more appropriately decide to have two separate roots between which we would >have switch back and forth, I'll have to recompile the kernel with the new >string and then put that onto the PReP partition. > >What I would ideally like to do is have a Linux: prompt appear after I boot >into the PReP partition to allow me to have a default string and then >change >it if I decided to chagne root on the fly.. > >Has anyone done anything similar or have any tips for me? > >Regards, > >~Ashwin Bihari > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Cheer a special someone with a fun Halloween eCard from American Greetings! Go to http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/index_msn.pd?source=msne134 ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
