[Etherboot-users] etherboot loading etherboot images

[Robert H. <rob...@ya...>]

Hello,
 
 Hope someone can help me out with the following...
  
 I am trying to load a new (debug) version of etherboot using an existing version of etherboot in rom.
 
 Platform info:
 linuxbios
 via-rhine network interface
 etherboot version 5.0.10
 latest mknbi (1.4.4)
 
 I have successfully created and used a rom image for the platform using my code-base, but now want a way to network upgrade etherboot (without flashing).
 
 I have tried a number of things to create an image I can use. I have built via-rhine.img, and used:
 
 mkelf-img --output=etherboot.nb via-rhine.img
 
 The etherboot.nb downloads successfully, and etherboot restarts, but not with the new version - instead the rom version runs again.
 
 I've also tried mkelfImage with via-rhine.elf as the kernel, but I get a "segment in reserved area" error message when the image tries to download.
 
 mkelfImage --kernel=via-rhine.elf ...
 
 I kind of expected that result, but was getting desperate.
 
 I am guessing that this is a pretty standard thing that people do when developing etherboot, so hopefully someone has some insight into what I could be doing wrong.
 
 Many thanks,
 
 Robert
 
 
		
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