Re: bootloader finished

Hi,

next bug found: kernel 2.4 thinks that there are only 16 MB of flash :/

Anything special that needs to be done by the bootloader to get this going?

Alex

On Saturday 01 May 2004 19:06, Alex Lange wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we use a version of bootloader that runs in ram to flash the bootloader
> into flash memory.
> go get this image: http://handhelds.org/~chicken/simpadboot and load it
> using serload. Once it's done start minicom with 115200 bps and load the
> real bootloader from http://handhelds.org/~chicken/simpad-bootldr.tar.bz2
> into flash using the "load bootldr" command. If that's done the new
> bootloader is up and running. Unfortunately there are no .jffs2 images yet
> that work. I need to build some. There is no seperate kernel partition
> anymore. jffs2 images can be flashed using a serial cable (slow) or using a
> cf storage card (very fast). I'm sure there are some bugs remaining, but it
> should work for now.
>
> It will be easyer to build new images now as we can use the same images
> used for the ipaq with just a different kernel.
>
> Alex
>
> On Saturday 01 May 2004 13:58, Michael Lauer wrote:
> > Am Sa, den 01.05.2004 um 13:32 Uhr +0200 schrieb Alex Lange:
> > > it seems like the new open source bootloader for the simpad is now
> > > finished. It should run on all simpad models.
> > > The tarball can be found at
> > > http://handhelds.org/~chicken/simpad-bootldr.tar.bz2
> >
> > Alex, this is great news.
> > You have a good time, because this news comes just when I wanted to quit
> > doing anything more for the SIMpad because of the lack of community
> > support.
> >
> > Now let's see how we can proceed. Walter, you figured out a method to
> > install this bootldr via the SIEMENS bootloader, right? Could you please
> > explain the steps needed.
> >
> > Thanks and three cheers to Alex and the people who helped him!
> >
> > Mickey.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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