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Re: Issue in boot script
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: "G.Muruganandam" <gmuruga at gdatech dot com>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 03 Oct 2003 13:30:34 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Issue in boot script
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <5.2.1.1.0.20031003120343.04799d90@mail.gdatech.com>
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 13:30, G.Muruganandam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working on the IXP2xxx platform to boot linux using the boot script.
>
> The linux image is in the flash.
> I am able to use the following command at the redboot prompt to boot
> the linux. Its working fine.
>
> Redboot> fis load zImage
> Redboot>exec 0x10008000
>
>
> But when I include the same command under the boot script and allows the system
> to boot using the script, it is not working. I could see the system waiting
> for the Ctrl +c
> from user to abort the booting. But it is not reading the boot script and
> executing it .
>
> I can see the boot script residing in the flash using the following command.
>
> RedBoot> fconfig -li
> Run script at boot: true
> Boot script:
> .. fis load zImage
> .. exec 0x10008000
>
> Boot script timeout (1000ms resolution): 100
> Use BOOTP for network configuration: true
> GDB connection port: 9000
> Network debug at boot time: false
> RedBoot>
>
>
> Please let me know what I am missing and do let me know if you need more
> details.
>
How long did you wait? You've told it not to run the script until
*100* seconds have passed :-), so unless you waited for nearly two
minutes, you won't see the script execute.
This value (Boot script timeout) is typically something like 5 seconds.
--
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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