[ARMedslack] N00b alert: "Kernel image must be specified" (Qemu - Windows host)

[Dave Dowell]

Hello Ottavio,

The bootloader does the same job in both environments, it loads the 
kernel into memory, it might also load an initrd into memory, and it 
then hands control of theprocessor over to the kernel code it loaded, 
probably passing command line arguments into the kernel as it does that. 
It just looks and feels different to what you're used to.

Thanks
Dave


On 16/08/2011 09:05, Ottavio wrote:
> On 16 August 2011 09:00, Ottavio<pr0f3ss0r1492 at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>> On 16 August 2011 01:01, Dave Dowell<dowelld at netscape.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> On ARM systems you always need to tell it to load the kernel image. What
>>> happens then is very dependent upon how things have been built.
>
> And another thing: can you point me out to a resource that explains
> the role of a bootloader on ARM devices as opposed to the PC?
>
> Thanks
>