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Re: Slow serial transfer to redboot
- To: Peter Blair <peterb at turnpikeglobal dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Slow serial transfer to redboot
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 21:33:18 +0100
- Cc: "Trenton D. Adams" <tadams at theone dot dnsalias dot com>,ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <8669764C0A96B640AE8A6F5BB7C259D955CF@turnpdcf1.home.turnpikeglobal.com>
Peter Blair wrote:
>
> Yes, I've been using GDB for the image transfer with no luck-- I've
> tried
> rebuilding redboot with the repositiory supplied with the 1.3.1
> configuration tools for Windows no avail-- the redboot template doesn't
> seem
> to be available.
>
> I CVS'd the repository on Monday, but haven't been able to get v1.3.1 of
> the
> Configuration utility to recognize the current repository.
You have to use the tools from http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/anoncvs.html
or the v2 config tool.
> I'm
> currently
> experimenting with version 2 of the configuration tool with Monday's
> snapshot of the repository but am still running into difficulties...
>
> I've successfully compiled both redboot.bin & redboot.elf files for i386
> target, and dd'd them to a floppy, but upon bootup of the target the
> machine hangs with a blank screen. I didn't change any of the default
> settings for the redboot template.
Did you remember to import the redboot_FLOPPY.ecm file? Without that, it
won't know how to boot!
Jifl
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