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Post #1
intrax
2 Apr 2007, 20:32

I'm trying to boot an openwrt kernel after loading through tftp in ram. The kernel is not booting. What is wrong ?

Board: ap51
RAM: 0x80000000-0x81000000, [0x80040450-0x80fe1000] available
FLASH: 0xa8000000 - 0xa87f0000, 128 blocks of 0x00010000 bytes each.
== Executing boot script in 10.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort
^C
RedBoot> ip_address -l 192.168.1.254 -h 192.168.1.166
IP: 192.168.1.254/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Default server: 192.168.1.166
RedBoot> load -r -b 0x80041000 openwrt-atheros-2.6-vmlinux.elf
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80041000-0x8028871b, assumed entry at 0x80041000
RedBoot> exec -c "console=ttyS0,9600"
Now booting linux kernel:
 Base address 0x80030000 Entry 0x80041000
 Cmdline : console=ttyS0,9600
Post #2
olg
3 Apr 2007, 10:28

It works for me like this:

load openwrt-atheros-2.6-vmlinux.elf
exec

I've tried it with an recent target image -> ram kernel...

Post #3
intrax
3 Apr 2007, 23:18

Thanks OLG that DID it !

I was trying using: load -r -b

Now I 'm able to load failsafe kernel and fix jffs2 from redboot.

I have serial cable and managed to stop the reboot from serial console.

Anyway thanks for your help !

(Last edited by intrax on 3 Apr 2007, 23:28)

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