Re: [Gumstix-users] Problem booting gumstix, getting weird messages

[VaibhavGhadiok <vai...@gm...>]

As you said I could try booting from the CF. I could get a CF and then make
it bootable using another verdex pro board. Worth a shot.


 In my case I wasn't padding out the JFFS2 image properly 
> (i.e. I wasn't correctly using the -p option with mkfs.jffs2 in 
> conjunction with the -e option). 

In my case, the bitable gives me the image. What do I need to modify to
ensure padding with the correct word.



Trevor Woerner-6 wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:42 PM, VaibhavGhadiok
> <vai...@gm...> wrote:
>> But the gumstix should still be able to boot. The flash should not be
>> involved with the booting process.
> 
> That depends on how the device is setup by the people who designed it.
> 
> When the processor comes out of reset it has to do something. I'm
> guessing by default it tries to fetch an instruction from high in its
> memory area. If the flash is mapped to those addresses then yes, flash
> will be involved in booting the device.
> 
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