RE: bootldr state / was: Bootloader after piggyback.

Hi Ralf

I have never tried to boot Wince with bootldr.
The arnold-header must be replaced with the bootldr equivalent.
Furthermore the wince image contains code to deal with problems
we had with the simpad bootloader, which probably will make problems
when using bootldr.
My focus on bootldr was Linux, not Wince. Unless there is a *BIG*
demand for bootldr and dual boot, I won't look at Wince.

Regards
Walter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralf Miunske [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:22 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Massimo Di Leo; Schweizer Walter
> Subject: 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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