From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2048 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2009 08:41:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 2040 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jul 2009 08:41:41 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from www.meduna.org (HELO meduna.org) (92.240.244.38) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:41:33 +0000 Received: from dial-78-141-95-31-orange.orange.sk ([78.141.95.31] helo=[192.168.130.27]) by meduna.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MPY98-00011d-RG for ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:41:30 +0200 Message-ID: <4A58502D.2060701@meduna.org> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:41:00 -0000 From: Stanislav Meduna User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org References: <93b50ea30907110121k314b478bm4d1bf9148a0c3c99@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <93b50ea30907110121k314b478bm4d1bf9148a0c3c99@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-User: stano@meduna.org X-Authenticator: dovecot_plain X-Spam-Score: -8.1 X-Spam-Score-Int: -80 X-Exim-Version: 4.69 (build at 30-Sep-2008 18:26:44) X-Date: 2009-07-11 10:41:30 X-Connected-IP: 78.141.95.31:1404 X-Message-Linecount: 25 X-Body-Linecount: 13 X-Message-Size: 970 X-Body-Size: 466 X-Received-Count: 1 X-Recipient-Count: 1 X-Local-Recipient-Count: 1 X-Local-Recipient-Defer-Count: 0 X-Local-Recipient-Fail-Count: 0 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/msg00062.txt.bz2 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. -- Stano -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss