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RE: backup strategy for loading Linux kernel in Redboot FIS ?
- From: Winkler Andreas <andreas dot aw dot winkler at siemens dot com>
- To: "'ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org'" <ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:44:35 +0100
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] backup strategy for loading Linux kernel in Redboot FIS ?
> Are you thinking of the question that Andreas asked before?
> If so, then this reads like the same question, so Andreas, you may want to
> rephrase your question since it sounds like the same one again!
As I didn't understand the answer of Andrew
>> Enable redboots CRC checking. The boot script will first copy the
>> image from flash to ram and then do a go. In normal cases Linux then
>> completely takes over and redboot is dead. But if the CRC is wrong,
>> the copy fails and the go will also fail. You can then make your boot
>> script copy a second image and then execute it.
I tried to ask my remaining question in other words. Sorry, this was no good
idea.
I don't know how to enable redboots CRC checking, couldn't find it in the
users guide.
And I just tried the command "go 50000" to look whether redboot makes any
check before executing.
It didn't, just ran away.
Regards
Andreas
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