[Gumstix-users] Booting/Flashing off compact flash card on wifistix-CF

[Mike S. <mik...@gm...>]

Hello everybody,

I was wondering if anybody has been able to boot off a root filesystem that
has been deployed on a compact flash card on the Wifistix-CF.  I am also
interested in flashing the Gumstix via the compact flash, but it seems that
is not possible at the moment.  I have read over the thread [Gumstix-users]
fatls returns "Unable to use ide" and it seems like the CPLD issue with the
wifistix-CF would prevent booting and flashing from a compact flash card.
If anyone has had success with either, I would be interested in finding out
how you did it.

The instructions on
http://docwiki.gumstix.org/Root_filesystems#Using_the_CompactFlash_Card_as_the_Root_Filesystemcall
for the use of pinit in U-Boot, but since you can't access the CF from
U-Boot on the wifistix-CF, it doesn't seem like it would work.

I have also seen [Gumstix-users] Problems with compact flash card as /
(root), it almost seems like Birger has fixed the problems with U-Boot and
the wifistix-CF to get to where he is, but I'm not sure.  Logically, it
makes sense that if you can't access the CF card from U-Boot, you can't boot
off it, but maybe he can shed some light on this issue...


Thanks in advance for the help!
Michael Saldana




Here are links to the threads I quoted above:
[Gumstix-users] fatls returns "Unable to use ide"
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=9178E037-409F-4BBB-93F3-4941D789299B%40gumstix.com

[Gumstix-users] Problems with compact flash card as / (root)
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=46E40591.7010908%40gmx.net