[syslinux] Booting DiskOnChip with Syslinux

Thorsten Reimers thorsten at treimers.net
Thu Jan 22 09:11:56 PST 2004


Hello all,

I am having problems booting my board with a M-System DiskOnChip 2000
Module with Syslinux.

I was able to format and write to the module, but when I try to boot it
does not start. Find below the messages I am getting:

BIOS Messages
=============
DOC Socket Services - Version 0.2
(C) Copyright 1992-1996, M-Systems Ltd.

TrueFFS-BIOS -- Version 3.3.9 for DiskOnChip 2000 (V4.3)
Copryright (C) M-Systems, 1992-2001

Linux Boot Messages (Floppy Boot)
=================================
Using /opt/files/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.o
Using /opt/files/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ids.o
Using /opt/files/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/drivers/mtd/devices/docecc.o
Using /opt/files/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.o
Using /opt/files/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/drivers/mtd/mtd_bkl_devs.o
DiskOnChip 2000 found at address 0xD8000
Flash chip foind: Manufacturer ID: 98, Chip ID: E6 (Toshiba: NAND 8MiB 3,3V)
3 flash chips found. Total DiskOnChip size: 24 MiB
Ignoring DiskOnChip 2000 at 0xDA000 - already configured
Ignoring DiskOnChip 2000 at 0xDC000 - already configured
Ignoring DiskOnChip 2000 at 0xDE000 - already configured
Using /opt/files/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/drivers/devices/docprobe.o
NFTL driver: nftlcore.c $Revision: 1.94 $, nftlmount.c $Revision: 1.34 $
NFTL: UnitSizeFactor 0x00 detected. This violates the spec but we think
we know what it means ...

Linux Boot Messages (Doc2000 Boot)
==================================
SYSLINUX 1.76 0x3d93445f

... System dies after the message above.

Does anybody have an idea ? Any help greatly appreciated

thanks
Thorsten




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