RE: [ECOS] Re: Redboot and edb7211

[Gary Thomas <gthomas at cambridge dot redhat dot com>]

On 06-Jun-2001 Trenton Adams wrote:
> I was searching through the discussion database about RedBoot, and found the 
> post below.
> 
>>But presumably you can't do an fconfig until you've done an "fis init", so 
>>both steps are required in order.
> 
> You don't actually require an "fis init" for RedBoot on the EDB7211 board, 
> do you?  All I did to get rid of the checksum error was run "fconfig" and 
> follow the prompts.  Also, right after downloading the RedBoot ROM image I 
> typed "fis list", and it did display a list of images so I assume that the 
> FIS was initialized at startup.
> 

'fis' and 'fconfig' are completely unrelated.

'fis list' will gladly list garbage if that's what's in the Flash.  To insure
that what you've got is correct, use 'fis init'

> Gary Thomas wrote:
>>
>>On 19-Apr-2001 Jonathan Larmour wrote:
>> > Perhaps the message is the initial checksum error reported when no Flash
>> > Image System has been created yet. If you do a "fis init" it may just go
>> > away.
>>
>>These two items are not related in any way.
>>
>>*  'fis init' rebuilds only the FIS directory.
>>
>>*  The warning about checksum failures is about the 'fconfig' database.  
>>One
>>    needs to run 'fconfig' to fix that.
> 
> But presumably you can't do an fconfig until you've done an "fis init", so
> both steps are required in order.
> 
> Actually it's a good point that I don't think this is covered in the
> RedBoot user's guide. I'll add it.
> 
> Jifl
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