I found the flash programmer utility, but I am actually a bit scared to flash the flash with the version of PPCBoot that I made. I am working without a JTAG interface, so flashing using JTAG is out of the question, and how would I re-flash if the PPCBoot binary I have doesn't work properly? Is the board running out of EEPROM right now with the IBM Open Shell always there? I have sifted through the documentation a bit, but haven't found a straight answer as to exactly how the board is setup right out of the box.
Any sort of help is appreciated. I am extremely new to ICE, JTAG and such embedded systems -- so please, be patient with me (if you can). Sincerely, Brian Padalino -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org]On Behalf Of Chris Zimman Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 5:33 PM To: Brian Padalino Cc: linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: PPCBoot on Ebony board On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 02:11:07PM -0400, Brian Padalino wrote: > > I am trying to transfer PPCBoot that I had compiled over a tftp session in > the 440GP 1.18 ROM Monitor (02/11/02) that came on the Ebony board. Is that > the wrong method of trying it? I tried using both serial ports and Kermit > with Xon/Xoff handshaking, but it just ended up timing out. > > I keep getting the error: > Loading file "C:\ppc\bootp\boot.img" ... > Sending tftp boot request ... > Not a valid boot image file > > Which stems from an improper magic number at the top of the file to say it's > a valid boot image. This is not going to work. You want to program PPCBoot into flash via a flash programmer or via JTAG. --Chris ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
