Re: Can we boot directly from the MMC card

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Levi Scott schreef:
| Since hes running Windows XP I don't think he can create a ext2
| partition on his mmc.

yes you can:

http://www.ext2fsd.com/projects/projects.htm#ext2fsd

regards,

Koen


| You'll have to boot from a linux live-cd like
| knoppix or ubuntu etc to create an ext2 partition on the mmc card.
| On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 17:56 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
| Michael Thompson schreef:
| | All,
| | I have been working the WaySmall Basix 200 computer with a 1gb RS-MMC
| | card using the serial connection and Windows XP HyperTerminal for
| | communications. I would like to know if we can boot directly from the
| | MMC card and how I can configure the system to do that. Thanks for your
| | help.
|
| If the mmc controller is supported in uboot try:
|
| mmcinit; ext2load mmc 0:1 0x20008000 /uImage; bootm 0x20008000
|
| that should boot 'uImage' from the first (ext2) partition on the mmc
| card. It will probably require changing bootargs as well, but the above
| should work as a test to see if uboot can use the mmc controller.
|
| regards,
|
| Koen
|>
|>
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