From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.z9.com ([64.142.101.243]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1SKl4f-0006Ue-Fu for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:42:42 +0000 Received: from GPontisPC by z9.com (MDaemon PRO v12.5.4) with ESMTP id md50000201899.msg for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:42:34 -0700 From: "George Pontis" Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:42:25 -0700 Message-ID: <037201cd1df7$94b2b600$be182200$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en-us List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6575284604572321004==" Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: New user: need a hand booting the kernel from NAND To: barebox@lists.infradead.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============6575284604572321004== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0373_01CD1DBC.E853DE00" Content-Language: en-us This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0373_01CD1DBC.E853DE00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Machine is a custom at91sam9g45 board with NOR and NAND flash. The bootstrap loader and barebox, and barebox environment are in the NOR flash. All seems to be working well there. The NAND is partitioned into 2 chunks: 2560K(kernel),-(root) I used ubimkvol to create a volume on root and the nfs command to put a root filesystem on it. Seems to work fine if I get the kernel via NFS. I have a good working kernel in uImage format, and used "nfs /var/share/uImage /dev/nand0.kernel.bb" in an attempt to write it to the 2560K partition. The nfs copy seemed to work fine. However, it will not accept the image. I get messages about an unknown format, suggesting to try -f. Was it the wrong procedure that I used to copy the uImage ? Thanks for any help or pointers. George ------=_NextPart_000_0373_01CD1DBC.E853DE00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Machine is = a custom at91sam9g45 board with NOR and NAND flash. The bootstrap loader = and barebox, and barebox environment are in the NOR flash. All seems to = be working well there. The NAND is partitioned into 2 chunks: = 2560K(kernel),-(root)

 

I used = ubimkvol to create a volume on root and the nfs command to put a root = filesystem on it. Seems to work fine if I get the kernel via = NFS.

 

I have a good working kernel in uImage format, and = used “nfs  /var/share/uImage =  /dev/nand0.kernel.bb” in an attempt to write it to the 2560K = partition. The nfs copy seemed to work fine. However, it will not accept = the image. I get messages about an unknown format, suggesting to try = –f. Was it the wrong procedure that I used to copy the uImage = ?

 

Thanks for any help or pointers.

 

George

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