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Re: Help with floppy start up type
- From: Nick Garnett <nickg at ecoscentric dot com>
- To: <praveena at netindial dot com>
- Cc: <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>, <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>
- Date: 11 Aug 2003 13:09:52 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Help with floppy start up type
- References: <2041.202.63.106.104.1060595212.squirrel@mail.netindians.org>
<praveena@netindial.com> writes:
> Hey There,
>
> I built eCos library for i386 PC target. Then i compiled the sample hello
> program in examples dir in ecos distribution. Then with the following
> commands copied the hello binary onto floppy.
>
> $fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 (format floppy drive)
> $i386-elf-objcopy -O binary hello hello.bin (convert elf to binary)
> $dd conv=sync if=app.bin of=/dev/fd0H1440 (copy onto floppy)
>
> But when i tried to boot with the floppy disk to test the 'hello' binary ,
> the binary boots properly(I can see the dots). But after that I see an
> empty screen with cursor blinking.
>
> Any help on where I am going wrong. In the configuration tool, I have
> chosen Startup Type = FLOPPY and enabling the Build GDB Stub option.
>
Does RedBoot work on this machine? Download an image from the website
and try that. If that works try building RedBoot from your source tree
and try using that. Also try a different PC if you have one.
If those work, try building and running some of the test programs.
--
Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect
http://www.ecoscentric.com The eCos and RedBoot experts
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