bootldr state / was: Bootloader after piggyback.

Hi Walter! Hi Massimo!

Walter: Is it still right, that bootldr is not yet capable of booting winCE 
images, even if the arnold-header is stripped manually?

Back to your files, Massimo:

loaderbl : This is the "original" bootloader (in any version) which is able to 
    boot winCE Images and linux-images with patched kernels.
    With this arnold bloader you can flash loaderbl_alt.

loaderbl_alt: This is the "alternate" arnold bootloader with which you can 
    flash any "original" loaderbl, e.g. if you want to update the
    arnold to its newest version, which is also capable of booting/flashing
    via bootp or to boot kernels with unmodified entry adress.

ce-images:  I guess those images will be the original ones from the siemens 
    web-site and thus contain a arnold header (you can chech this using a hex 
    editor). Those images can simply be downloaded using serload and
    afterwards wince will be flashed. Those can only be flashed using 
    loaderbl. The alternate bootloader will refuse its job.

Due to an incompatiblity issue concerning the different flash sizes,  one 
should always use the newest arnold bootloader (bloader-2.5.3-SL4.tar.gz) 
when flashing the simpad or switch to a completely different one like 
bootldr. Older versions may result in a brick :-) Note that the smaller 
versions of the simpad still have a lower bloader-version you can use without 
any problems. (2.5.2?!)

bye bye
 Ralf

Am Mittwoch, 8. September 2004 17:16 schrieb Ralf Miunske:
> First a question to all: As the bootldr is still heavily under development.
SORRY: Forget it! :-)


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