NAME¶
tip22 - create "piggyback" style boot images for SGI/MIPS IP22
machines
SYNOPSIS¶
/usr/sbin/tip22 <vmlinux> <initrd> <outfile>
DESCRIPTION¶
tip22 is used on SGI/MIPS IP22 machines to embed kernel and initial
ramdisk into one ECOFF image which can then be booted by the ARCS PROM. This
is usually used to create tftp boot images.
USAGE¶
<vmlinux> is the ELF kernel you want to embed into the bootimage
<initrd> is the (optionally gzip compressed) initial ramdisk
<outfile> is the resulting tftpboot image
SEE ALSO¶
arcboot(8).
AUTHORS¶
Tip22 was written by Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> and borrows
heavily from arcboot written by Ralf Bächle <ralf@gnu.org> and
Guido Günther.