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Re: Can we boot directly from the MMC card

by Terry Kemp-2 :: Rate this Message:

On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 12:42 -0500, Marc Humphreys wrote:

> Take a look at this.
> http://docwiki.gumstix.org/Root_filesystems_initflash#Using_the_MMC_Card_as_the_Root_Filesystem
>
> Its worked for me in the past.
>
>
>
> There is interesting data here
> http://docwiki.gumstix.org/U-boot#Gumstix-factory.script on the
> mechanics behind it, but I think that gumstix-factory script is old.
> The newer one supports mmc and cf. But it shows you the dirty details
> of getting it working from scratch. I think a lot of this is no longer
> necessary, but its been a while since I did it myself.
>

I have this working - verdex-xm4 booting from uSD.
I have started documenting it here.
Still got a lot to go (not fully tested and lots of mistakes) but it
might assist. Wouldn't mind some feedback if someone gets it working
with a screen - I don't have one yet.

Terry

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