From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6501 invoked by alias); 11 Dec 2003 14:01:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 6494 invoked from network); 11 Dec 2003 14:01:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO msgdirector3.onetel.net.uk) (212.67.96.159) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 11 Dec 2003 14:01:41 -0000 Received: from miso.calivar.com ([213.78.64.135]) by msgdirector3.onetel.net.uk (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.6-GR) with ESMTP id BMC77381; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:00:26 GMT Received: from miso.calivar.com (miso.calivar.com [127.0.0.2]) by miso.calivar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E9C28DF45; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:00:25 +0000 (GMT) To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com Cc: giri@jntu.net References: <4188.203.200.40.199.1071116877.squirrel@www.jntu.net> <5927.203.200.40.199.1071148969.squirrel@www.jntu.net> From: Nick Garnett Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:04:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <5927.203.200.40.199.1071148969.squirrel@www.jntu.net> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: [ECOS] how to create a red boot image for hard disk X-SW-Source: 2003-12/txt/msg00156.txt.bz2 [Please keep ecos-discuss in the CC list, that way the discussion may also be of use to others, and it gets archived.] "Giri" writes: > Hai Nick Garnett > thanks for your information. > basically why i asked this question is my target is not having floppy > connector(it got currupted). so i am trying to boot my target from > Hardisk. > can i boot my target with compact flash if so could u please tell me > how can i. > You could try adapting the floppy bootstrap code for the hard disk you are using, you will need to adjust the sector and track counts and the device identifier. You will have to find some BIOS documentation to tell you what to do. If the CF implements an IDE interface then you can boot from that in exactly the same way as from a hard disk. -- Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect http://www.ecoscentric.com The eCos and RedBoot experts -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://sources.redhat.com/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/ecos-discuss