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Re: Redboot builds correctly?


I wrote:

> Hi Gregg
> 
> Gregg C Levine wrote:
> 
>> For a change my configuration to build a working redboot image works. But
>> it only creates the redboot.elf image, rather then a copy of redboot.bin.
>> Can one of you who have gone down this path, recommend a series of steps
>> that will create the requisite file? This is for the generic I386pc
>> platform.
> 
> Have you selected the appropriate value for the "Startup type"
> (CYG_HAL_STARTUP) in your eCos configuration? For example, if you want to
> boot RedBoot from a diskette, you will need to select FLOPPY startup
> before building the source code. redboot.bin should then be generated by
> default.

I should add that importing hal/i386/pc/<version>/misc/redboot_FLOPPY.ecm in 
accordance with the RedBoot documentation should set CYG_HAL_STARTUP to 
"FLOPPY" without further intervention.

John Dallaway
eCosCentric Limited


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