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Re: RedBoot Woes
- From: Jesper Skov <jskov at redhat dot com>
- To: Charles Schweizer <cbs2 at ee dot duke dot edu>
- Cc: eCos Discuss <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 02 Apr 2002 08:57:20 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot Woes
- References: <3CA1E876.7070706@ee.duke.edu>
On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 16:42, Charles Schweizer wrote:
>
>
> I am stuck on the first step to getting eCos running on my laptop. I
> downloaded redboot.bin and threw it on a floppy. Trying to boot my
> laptop from this floppy brings up boot messages and a redboot prompt,
> but after this the system becomes entirely unresponsive. If I have
> hyperterminal connected from my main machine, the same text shows up
> there, but I still can't type commands or get responses. Booting my
> main machine from the same floppy works fine (I can type redboot
> commands and get appropriate responses), so it's not the disk. Any
> ideas on what the problem might be, or how I could go about isolating it?
>
> Laptop specs: Netlux NX-7321, AMD mobile Athlon 4 w/ VIA chipset
> Main machine: Dell Precision 330, P4
There has been problems with RedBoot on machines with only one serial
port. I don't remember the details - look through the mailing list for
the solution (which is probably to rebuild RedBoot).
Jesper
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