source: chapter06/colo.xml@ 00af9f7

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<sect1 id="ch-system-colo" role="wrap" arch="raq2">
<title>Colo-&colo-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo"><primary sortas="a-Colo">Colo</primary></indexterm>

<sect2 role="package"><title/>
<para>The Colo package contains the Cobalt Boot Loader.</para>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>10 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Colo installation depends on</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>

<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Colo</title>

<para>Compile the Colo package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>install -d  /usr/lib/colo/examples
install binaries/colo-chain.elf /usr/lib/colo
install binaries/colo-rom-image.bin /usr/lib/colo
install tools/colo-perm/colo-perm /sbin
install tools/colo-perm/colo-perm.8 /usr/man/man8
install tools/elf2rfx/elf2rfx /sbin
install tools/flash-tool/flash-tool /sbin
install tools/flash-tool/flash-tool.8 /usr/man/man8
install tools/lcdtools/e2fsck-lcd/e2fsck-lcd /sbin
install tools/lcdtools/e2fsck-lcd/e2fsck-lcd.8 /usr/man/man8
install tools/lcdtools/liblcd/liblcd.a /lib
install tools/lcdtools/paneld/paneld /sbin
install tools/lcdtools/paneld/paneld.8 /usr/man/man8
install tools/lcdtools/putlcd/putlcd /sbin
install tools/lcdtools/putlcd/putlcd.8 /usr/man/man8
install tools/md5rom/md5rom /sbin
install tools/md5rom/md5rom.8 /usr/man/man8
install examples/menu.colo /usr/lib/colo/examples
install examples/simple.colo /usr/lib/colo/examples
cp binaries/colo-chain.elf /boot/vmlinux
gzip -9 /boot/vmlinux</userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="contents-colo" role="content"><title>Contents of Colo</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>colo-chain.elf, colo-rom-image.bin, colo-perm, 
elf2rfx, flash-tool, e2fsck-lcd, paneld and putlcd</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<varlistentry id="colo-chain.elf">
<term><command>colo</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Is the Cobalt Bootloader's chain mode executeable. This file gets gzipped and renamed to vmlinux.gz, so it
can be booted automatically by the Cobalt's existing firmware</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo colo-chain.elf"><primary sortas="b-colo-chain.elf">colo-chain.elf</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="colo-rom-image.bin">
<term><command>colo-rom-image.bin</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Is a replacement firmware for the Cobalt's standard firmware</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo colo-rom-image.bin"><primary sortas="b-colo-rom-image.bin">colo-rom-image.bin</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="colo-perm">
<term><command>colo-perm</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Is a tool which looks in the ROM of a Cobalt machine for a magic string identifying CoLo.  This
way, it can be determined if the original Cobalt firmware is used or whether CoLo has been flashed to 
the ROM</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo colo-perm"><primary sortas="b-colo-perm">colo-perm</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="elf2rfx">
<term><command>elf2rfx</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>UNKNOWN</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo elf2rfx"><primary sortas="b-elf2rfx">elf2rfx</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="flash-tool">
<term><command>flash-tool</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Read or write Cobalt's firmware flash memory</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo flash-tool"><primary sortas="b-flash-tool">flash-tool</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="e2fsck-lcd">
<term><command>e2fsck-lcd</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Will output file system check progress information on the Cobalt LCD</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo e2fsck-lcd"><primary sortas="b-e2fsck-lcd">e2fsck-lcd</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="paneld">
<term><command>paneld</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Is an admin tool for the LCD panel of Cobalt machines. By default, it will display the current
time and optionally a message. When you hold the enter or select button for a couple of seconds you will
get an admin menu.  The menu will allow you to either halt or reboot your Cobalt machine</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo paneld"><primary sortas="b-paneld">paneld</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="putlcd">
<term><command>putlcd</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Is a tool to display text on the LCD display of Cobalt machines</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo putlcd"><primary sortas="b-putlcd">putlcd</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="md5rom">
<term><command>md5rom</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Will output the MD5 checksum of a Cobalt's ROM</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-colo md5rom"><primary sortas="b-md5rom">md5rom</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>


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