From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3625 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2009 09:25:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 3613 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jul 2009 09:25:25 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from londo.lunn.ch (HELO londo.lunn.ch) (80.238.139.98) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:25:14 +0000 Received: from lunn by londo.lunn.ch with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1MPYpM-0007Pq-00; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:25:04 +0200 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:25:00 -0000 From: Andrew Lunn To: Stanislav Meduna Cc: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org Message-ID: <20090711092504.GG8175@lunn.ch> Mail-Followup-To: Stanislav Meduna , ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org References: <93b50ea30907110121k314b478bm4d1bf9148a0c3c99@mail.gmail.com> <4A58502D.2060701@meduna.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A58502D.2060701@meduna.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Installing Redboot on a pendrive X-SW-Source: 2009-07/txt/msg00065.txt.bz2 On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 10:41:17AM +0200, Stanislav Meduna wrote: > Alessio Bianchi wrote: > > Hi, I've been trying to create a pendrive (to boot off a regular PC) > > with Redboot, but unfortunately without much success. > > AFAIK on a PC the eCos only supports booting RedBoot from a floppy. > If the pendrive can't masquerade itself as floppy to the > machine (I happen to have one that can, but most can't), > I think you are out of luck. > > The recommended way to boot eCos applications is via GRUB. Take a look at the sites which explain how to get linux booting from a pen driver. Any sites which use grub to get linux booted are applicable for getting eCos booted. And it you need redboot for gdb support, use grub to boot redboot, to boot your application. Andrew -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss