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Re: [ts-7000] Re: How to create a sdcard for TS7300

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: How to create a sdcard for TS7300
From: "Michael" <>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:43:06 -0700

> --- In  "palvit2006" <> wrote:
>> Now i want to know that how can i make a sdcard from scratch using
>> this compiled kernel?
>>

This might help: http://oz.embeddedarm.com/~michael/support/faq.html#faq13

> This is a good question. I'm trying to make a script and include it to 
> my build system. So far I'm stuck in mbr.dd file. According to the 
> manual TS-7300 firmware is capable to read 512 bytes from the SD card. 
> So 446 bytes of proprietary boot loader should load a kernel from the 
> first partition to RAM at 0x218000 and initrd from the second at 
> 0x1000000. That means we need to keep initrd really small. MBR image 
> available on FTP server contains 16384 bytes... It includes partition 
> table and some other code. I don't know may I ask support to explain 
> how to use this MBR image.

What is the URL of the 16k image you are referring to?

> What I'm going to try is to remove the rest of the code after the first 
> 512 bytes and see if it's important for the boot up procedure. 


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