Unable to boot a kernel on a MPC8560

CORVELLER Mickael mickael_corveller at hotmail.com
Wed May 17 21:13:46 EST 2006


> >
> > first of all, I am a newbie in embedded linux systems.
>
>Seems you are also a newbie when it comes to posting to mailing lists
>in general. Posting  the  same  question  several  times  to  several
>mailing    lists    is    not    a    good    idea.    Please    read
>http://www.catb.org/%7eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Indeed, I'm not used to write in mailing lists.

>
>
> > The boot loader is U-Boot.
>...
> > Here is the result of one of my tests :
> > -> niot 0
>...
> > -> nbo 0
>
>These are definitely no U-Boot commands.
>

OK, now I know that my boot loader is not U-Boot, now the question is :
what is the boot loader used by my board ?
I have supposed (certainly wrongly) that the firmware provides on the card 
was based on U-Boot...mea-culpa.

According to you, is it the boot loader the cause of my problem ?

>Best regards,
>
>Wolfgang Denk
>
>--
>Software Engineering:  Embedded and Realtime Systems,  Embedded Linux
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