# 9302 cannot boot from usb flash **URL:** \ **Category:** MicroMod\ **Tags:** arm-lpc\ **Created:** [September 28, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598 "2008-09-28T19:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![generic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@generic](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/generic)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/1 "2008-09-28T19:07:56Z")
Hi recently I purchased a development board from olimex 9302. I tried to boot full debian distribution from usb flash drive but in vain. I formated the drive as ext2 and even ext3 extrected the rootdir filesystem into the drive but received the following error: ```auto RedBoot> fis list Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point RedBoot 0x60000000 0x60000000 0x00040000 0x00000000 RedBoot config 0x60FC0000 0x60FC0000 0x00001000 0x00000000 FIS directory 0x60FE0000 0x60FE0000 0x00020000 0x00000000 netbsd 0x60040000 0x00200000 0x00500000 0x00200000 netbsd_install 0x60540000 0x00200000 0x00500000 0x00200000 ramdisk.gz 0x60A40000 0x00800000 0x00300000 0x00800000 zImage 0x60D40000 0x00080000 0x000E0000 0x00080000 RedBoot> fis load zImage RedBoot> exec -c "console=ttyAM0 root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10" Using base address 0x00080000 and length 0x000df2ac Uncompressing Linux............................................................... done, booting the kernel. Linux version 2.6.8.1-crus2.0.2 (ivan@debian) (gcc version 3.4.1) #10 Wed Sep 6 15:44:21 EEST 2006 CPU: ARM920Tid(wb) [41129200] revision 0 (ARMv4T) CPU: D VIVT write-back cache CPU: I cache: 16384 bytes, associativity 64, 32 byte lines, 8 sets CPU: D cache: 16384 bytes, associativity 64, 32 byte lines, 8 sets Machine: edb9302 Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback bank 0 start at 0x00000000, length 0x00800000, mapped to 0xc0000000 bank 1 start at 0x01000000, length 0x00800000, mapped to 0xc1000000 bank 2 start at 0x04000000, length 0x00800000, mapped to 0xc4000000 bank 3 start at 0x05000000, length 0x00800000, mapped to 0xc5000000 Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: console=ttyAM0 root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10 PID hash table entries: 512 (order 9: 4096 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Memory: 8MB 8MB 8MB 8MB = 32MB total Memory: 30280KB available (1596K code, 415K data, 64K init) Calibrating delay loop... 99.73 BogoMIPS Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok NET: Registered protocol family 16 SCSI subsystem initialized usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.97 (double precision) ttyAM0 at MMIO 0x808c0000 (irq = 52) is a EP93XX ttyAM1 at MMIO 0x808d0000 (irq = 54) is a EP93XX RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize ep93xxusb ep93xxusb0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. usbcore: registered new driver usbhid drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 4096) NET: Registered protocol family 1 NET: Registered protocol family 17 VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) ``` Do you have any ideas what I’m doing in the wrong way? I used the same filesystem on other 9302 dev boards and there were no problems. ---
**Author:** ![Carlov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carlov](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Carlov)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/2 "2008-09-29T06:26:12Z")
When the size of your USB drive is more than 512MB you should make partitions of 512MB each. I had the same problem with kernel version 2.6.8, the root file system on the USB drive (sda1) didn’t seem to be recognized. My USB drive was 1GB. After splitting up into two partitions of 512MB and creating a new file system, it worked well. It would be better to compile a newer kernel version (like 2.6.24) and put the new zImage in Flash. I found a useful link here: [http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm](http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm) Good luck! > generic: > Hi recently I purchased a development board from olimex 9302. > > I tried to boot full debian distribution from usb flash drive but in vain. I formated the drive as ext2 and even ext3 extrected the rootdir filesystem into the drive but received the following error: > > ```auto > RedBoot> fis list > > ``` Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point RedBoot 0x60000000 0x60000000 0x00040000 0x00000000 RedBoot config 0x60FC0000 0x60FC0000 0x00001000 0x00000000 FIS directory 0x60FE0000 0x60FE0000 0x00020000 0x00000000 netbsd 0x60040000 0x00200000 0x00500000 0x00200000 netbsd\_install 0x60540000 0x00200000 0x00500000 0x00200000 ramdisk.gz 0x60A40000 0x00800000 0x00300000 0x00800000 zImage 0x60D40000 0x00080000 0x000E0000 0x00080000 RedBoot\> fis load zImage RedBoot\> exec -c “console=ttyAM0 root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10” Using base address 0x00080000 and length 0x000df2ac Uncompressing Linux… done, booting the kernel. Linux version 2.6.8.1-crus2.0.2 (ivan@debian) (gcc version 3.4.1) #10 Wed Sep 6 15:44:21 EEST 2006 CPU: ARM920Tid(wb) [41129200] revision 0 (ARMv4T) CPU: D VIVT write-back cache CPU: I cache: 16384 bytes, associativity 64, 32 byte lines, 8 sets CPU: D cache: 16384 bytes, associativity 64, 32 byte lines, 8 sets Machine: edb9302 Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback bank 0 start at 0x00000000, length 0x00800000, mapped to 0xc0000000 bank 1 start at 0x01000000, length 0x00800000, mapped to 0xc1000000 bank 2 start at 0x04000000, length 0x00800000, mapped to 0xc4000000 bank 3 start at 0x05000000, length 0x00800000, mapped to 0xc5000000 Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: console=ttyAM0 root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10 PID hash table entries: 512 (order 9: 4096 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Memory: 8MB 8MB 8MB 8MB = 32MB total Memory: 30280KB available (1596K code, 415K data, 64K init) Calibrating delay loop… 99.73 BogoMIPS Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok NET: Registered protocol family 16 SCSI subsystem initialized usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.97 (double precision) ttyAM0 at MMIO 0x808c0000 (irq = 52) is a EP93XX ttyAM1 at MMIO 0x808d0000 (irq = 54) is a EP93XX RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize ep93xxusb ep93xxusb0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected Initializing USB Mass Storage driver… usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. usbcore: registered new driver usbhid drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 4096) NET: Registered protocol family 1 NET: Registered protocol family 17 VFS: Cannot open root device “sda1” or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct “root=” boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > ```auto > > Do you have any ideas what I'm doing in the wrong way? I used the same filesystem on other 9302 dev boards and there were no problems. > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![generic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@generic](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/generic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/3 "2008-10-04T16:54:33Z")
hi again and 10x for the help, but unfortunately your solution did not work for me ☹ After splitting my 2GB usb pen-drive into 4 equal partitions of 512MB I got absolutely the same result as before. Then I tried to compile my own kernel following the link you provided which is based on this page [http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/index.html](http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/index.html) but no matter which kernel I use 2.6.24.7 or 2.6.24-rc8 or I am modifying the Make file as per [http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm](http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm) or directly executing make ARCH=arm oldconfig which according to me is the same thing, I got this error: HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep /tmp/ccyv1Se2.o: In function `parse\_config\_file’: fixdep.c:(.text+0x392): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ /tmp/ccyv1Se2.o: In function `parse\_dep\_file’: fixdep.c:(.text+0x700): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: \*\*\* [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make: \*\*\* [scripts\_basic] Error 2 What am I doing wrong? Your help will be highly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Carlov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carlov](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Carlov)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/4 "2008-10-05T10:35:17Z")
Hi, Let’s take it step-by-step… Did you install build-essential on your host system? If not, in Ubuntu for exapmle, you can run the Synaptic package manager, search for “build-esential” and mark this for installation. Another option is to type: apt-get install build-essential Next step is to go to the ELDK directory and type: ./eldk\_init arm (make sure that this script is executable, type: chmod 755 eldk\_init) Execute the four line you get on your display (copy paste in your terminal window), so the environment variables and search path are set. Go to the directory with the linux sources and compile the kernel as explained on the websites. Now you should be able to create the zImage file. Download this kernel image with a TFTP server on your host. (With fconfig in RedBoot you should have set the right IP settings) After downloading your new kernel and installing the corresponding file system on your USB drive you should be able to run the OS, as explained on the websites. 🙂 Succes! > generic: > hi again and 10x for the help, but unfortunately your solution did not work for me ☹ > > After splitting my 2GB usb pen-drive into 4 equal partitions of 512MB I got absolutely the same result as before. Then I tried to compile my own kernel following the link you provided which is based on this page [http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/index.html](http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/index.html) but no matter which kernel I use 2.6.24.7 or 2.6.24-rc8 or I am modifying the Make file as per [http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm](http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm) or directly executing make ARCH=arm oldconfig which according to me is the same thing, I got this error: > > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep > > /tmp/ccyv1Se2.o: In function `parse\_config\_file’: > > fixdep.c:(.text+0x392): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ > > /tmp/ccyv1Se2.o: In function `parse\_dep\_file’: > > fixdep.c:(.text+0x700): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[1]: \*\*\* [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 > > make: \*\*\* [scripts\_basic] Error 2 > > What am I doing wrong? Your help will be highly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Carlov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carlov](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Carlov)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/5 "2008-10-05T10:46:50Z")
Hi again, I made a small but crucial mistake in my text: “build-esential” shouls be “build-essential” with double ‘s’… 😉 Let me know if it works (or not)… tnx ---
**Author:** ![generic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@generic](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/generic)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/6 "2008-10-08T19:44:23Z")
Hi and 10X 4 the walkthrough. 1. Yes I did. Usually it is one of the first things I do when I install new OS distribution (I really use Ubuntu 8.04 by the way). Here is the output: sudo apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done build-essential is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1. I didn’t use ELDK. I downloaded arm-linux-gcc-4.1.1-920t as decribed in [http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/index.html](http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/index.html) I thought it would do the job. I just extracted the files and after that copied the files into /usr/local. I still don’t know what is U-Boot and what it does ? But received this error. After reading your post I tried to install ELDK here is what happened: Do you really want to install into /home/nas directory[y/n]?: y Creating directories Done Installing cross RPMs Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:rpm ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:rpm-build ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:texinfo ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:crosstool-arm-devel ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:gdb-arm ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:make-arm ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:make-doc ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:ldd-arm ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:mkimage ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:genext2fs ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:mtd\_utils ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:mkcramfs ########################################### [100%] Done Installing arm target RPMs Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:kernel-headers-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:kernel-source-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Configuring kernel… HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep /tmp/ccZROPrE.o: In function `parse\_config\_file’: fixdep.c:(.text+0x388): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ /tmp/ccZROPrE.o: In function `parse\_dep\_file’: fixdep.c:(.text+0x6a0): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: \*\*\* [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make: \*\*\* [scripts\_basic] Error 2 HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep /tmp/cc2VQDN4.o: In function `parse\_config\_file’: fixdep.c:(.text+0x388): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ /tmp/cc2VQDN4.o: In function `parse\_dep\_file’: fixdep.c:(.text+0x6a0): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: \*\*\* [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make[1]: \*\*\* [scripts\_basic] Error 2 CHK include/linux/version.h UPD include/linux/version.h make: \*\*\* No rule to make target `include/config/auto.conf', needed by `include/asm-arm/.arch’. Stop. CHK include/linux/version.h Done Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:crosstool-targetcompone########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:glib-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:glib-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:libtermcap-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:libtermcap-devel-arm\_tr########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:cracklib-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:cracklib-dicts-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:popt-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:readline-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:readline-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:cpp-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:gcc-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:gcc-c+±arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:ncurses-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:ncurses-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:db4-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:db4-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:db4-utils-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:glib2-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:glib2-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:pam-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:pam-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:slang-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:slang-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:coreutils-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:mingetty-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:setup-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:gawk-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] Here I get the same error plus the fact that the installation freezes at the last line and I kill the process. I,m sure that I messed something but I can’t figure out what it is from that error I see. Any advice? ---
**Author:** ![Carlov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carlov](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Carlov)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/7 "2008-10-08T20:34:06Z")
1. seems to be OK. 2. U-boot is a boot loader, but that is not installed on the Olimex CS\_E9302 board. This board comes with Redboot as boot loader. Your EDK seem to be installed almost completely, but I have no clues where it goes wrong. what is the complete search path if you enter “echo $PATH” at the command line? If, for instance, the search path finds the library- or include files of a wrong compiler version first, it could be the cause. Otherwise I would suggest to (re)install Ubuntu. Installing Ubuntu take about an hour, while searching for the cause of this problem could take a lot of time. (Although I always would like to know why things go wrong…) > generic: > Hi and 10X 4 the walkthrough. > > 1. Yes I did. Usually it is one of the first things I do when I install new OS distribution (I really use Ubuntu 8.04 by the way). Here is the output: > > sudo apt-get install build-essential > > Reading package lists… Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information… Done > > build-essential is already the newest version. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > 1. I didn’t use ELDK. I downloaded arm-linux-gcc-4.1.1-920t as decribed in [http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/index.html](http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/index.html) I thought it would do the job. I just extracted the files and after that copied the files into /usr/local. I still don’t know what is U-Boot and what it does ? But received this error. After reading your post I tried to install ELDK here is what happened: > > Do you really want to install into /home/nas directory[y/n]?: y > > Creating directories > > Done > > Installing cross RPMs > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:rpm ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:rpm-build ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:texinfo ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:crosstool-arm-devel ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:gdb-arm ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:make-arm ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:make-doc ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:ldd-arm ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:mkimage ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:genext2fs ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:mtd\_utils ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:mkcramfs ########################################### [100%] > > Done > > Installing arm target RPMs > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:kernel-headers-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:kernel-source-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Configuring kernel… > > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep > > /tmp/ccZROPrE.o: In function `parse\_config\_file’: > > fixdep.c:(.text+0x388): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ > > /tmp/ccZROPrE.o: In function `parse\_dep\_file’: > > fixdep.c:(.text+0x6a0): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[1]: \*\*\* [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 > > make: \*\*\* [scripts\_basic] Error 2 > > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep > > /tmp/cc2VQDN4.o: In function `parse\_config\_file’: > > fixdep.c:(.text+0x388): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ > > /tmp/cc2VQDN4.o: In function `parse\_dep\_file’: > > fixdep.c:(.text+0x6a0): undefined reference to `\_\_ctype\_b’ > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[2]: \*\*\* [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 > > make[1]: \*\*\* [scripts\_basic] Error 2 > > CHK include/linux/version.h > > UPD include/linux/version.h > > make: \*\*\* No rule to make target `include/config/auto.conf', needed by `include/asm-arm/.arch’. Stop. > > CHK include/linux/version.h > > Done > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:crosstool-targetcompone########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:glib-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:glib-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:libtermcap-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:libtermcap-devel-arm\_tr########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:cracklib-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:cracklib-dicts-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:popt-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:readline-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:readline-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:cpp-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:gcc-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:gcc-c+±arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:ncurses-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:ncurses-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:db4-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:db4-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:db4-utils-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:glib2-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:glib2-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:pam-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:pam-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:slang-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:slang-devel-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:coreutils-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:mingetty-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:setup-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Preparing… ########################################### [100%] > > 1:gawk-arm\_trg ########################################### [100%] > > Here I get the same error plus the fact that the installation freezes at the last line and I kill the process. > > I,m sure that I messed something but I can’t figure out what it is from that error I see. > > Any advice? ---
**Author:** ![generic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@generic](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/generic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/8 "2008-10-16T20:35:33Z")
Hi again, I,ve managed to compile my kernel but what was the cause of the error I failed to find. Now I have another problem. How to upload the kernel to the board? Following the guide of [http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm](http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm) when I typed `load -r -v -b 0x80000 zImage` I get this error: ``` Can’t load ‘zImage’: invalid parameter ```So Is there a way to upload the kernel fron BusyBox command line and not from RedBoot? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Carlov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carlov](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Carlov)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/9302-cannot-boot-from-usb-flash/8598/9 "2008-10-16T21:38:09Z")
You should have running a TFTP server on a host computer with your zImage in the directory of your TFTP application. Set the IP addresses and network mask in Redboot with command “fconfig” and reset the board. When you run: load -r -v -b 0x80000 zImage from the Redboot command-line, your kernel image should be downloaded from your host PC to the target board. After downloading you can start your system by running: exec -c “console-ttyAM root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=5” on the command-line in Redboot. What type of TFTP server are you running? I used TFTP32 from windows XP, as suggested in the tutorial on the web site. > generic: > Hi again, > > I,ve managed to compile my kernel but what was the cause of the error I failed to find. > > Now I have another problem. How to upload the kernel to the board? Following the guide of [http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm](http://kamejoko80.wikidot.com/arm) when I typed `load -r -v -b 0x80000 zImage` I get this error: ``` > Can’t load ‘zImage’: invalid parameter > > ```So > > Is there a way to upload the kernel fron BusyBox command line and not from RedBoot? > > ```