mkelfImage - make an elf network bootable image for linux
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Bugs
Not all kernel parameters can be passed with the multiboot image format. ip configuration is not
automatically passed to a node. The ramdisk base is hard coded to 8MB by default. This man page need to
be updated.
Copyright
mkelfImage is under the GNU Public License version 2
Description
mkelfImage is a program that makes a elf boot image for linux kernel images. The image should work with
any i386 multiboot compliant boot loader, an ELF bootloader that passes no options, a loader compliant
with the linuxBIOS elf booting spec or with the linux kexec kernel patch. A key feature here is that
nothing relies upon BIOS calls, but they are made when necessary. This is useful for systems running
linuxbios.
Name
mkelfImage - make an elf network bootable image for linux
See Also
The kexec kernel patch. LinuxBIOS. Etherboot. The multiboot standard.
Synopsis
mkelfImage [--command-line=commandline] [--kernel=pathtovmlinux] [--ramdisk=pathtoramdisk]
[--output=file] [--ramdisk-base=<start addr>]
