hello everyone, i have brought board of mini2440 of s3c2440a and i installed limux on that using following steprs: 1. bootloader: supervivi-64M (images\linux) 2. kernet: zimag_N35 (images\linux) 3. root file: root_qtopia-64M (images\linux) my switch was on NOR mode. then i switched off the supply made switch to NAND mode and ON the supply but nothing came on hyperterminal of DNW. how would i know that linux is installed on board? have i done the correct procedure? pls let me know. thank you
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Follow this guide: http://www.friendlyarm.net/dl.php?file=download.pdf
dear sir, thanks for the reply i will go thorugh it. but i forgot to mention that i did it thorugh DNW (serial communication) and under windowXP OS. is it OK? pls guide me thank you
dear sir, thanks for the reply does it mean that linux is installed successfully on the board. if yes then how to check it? and how i will write program in xp to download it on board. will it wipe off my linux installation. i have downloaded one bin file in nand switch. is it ok. i thought it download on nand switch as linux is installed when witch was at nor. m i going correct. and for examples shall i refere linux examples given in the download page of friendlyarm. but for that i need linuz as OS right? can i do programming on linux fedora or redhat? do i have to install linux 2.6.32 and its gcc compiler and then start work? pls reply thank you
thanks Andreas and davef i downloaded the linux and started in NAND mode and switched it ON but on screen nothing is seen i.e it is just booting m i right? i have to write code in linux to see the screen is it so? pls reply thank you
Do you have used the files from the download page? You will see the linux boot messages on the display on start-up.
dear sir, when we boot in nand mode it gives only a white display. and when i downloaded one of the sample binary files it showed me the screen. now i want to download qtoia-2.2.0 for friendly arm. i.e the way which i got the board from manufacturer ther was OS working on it. i wnat to install that OS again then which file i should use to download? thank you for reply
I had the same yesterday , after rebooting in NAND nothing happened. The thing I did to get it better is to do it again, the supervivi procedure seems not really OK for erasing Flash, i.e. : many bad blocks whereas none in Uboot (???) . My advice : do it again, and the best should be to switch from NOR<->NAND after power off and remove USB .
dear sir, i did installation 3 times but the result is same.blank screen in nand mode. so i downloaded one binary file of 2440test.bin in it in nand mode. and it works fime. but when i made my own program and download it it doesnt work. i m still working in window XP. is it ok? if not then how my 2440test file got compiled and downloaded in board. i am using ads ide. can you tell me the procedure how to install linux 2.2.6 on pc and how to use linux-gcc compiler for the programming of arm9 board. pls guide me thank you
Where can I find a 100% English version of the root_qtopia-128M image ? The one on the CD and on the web both has Chines letter under the icons.
Got it, there is a option under "Language Setting", it just was impossible to read it in Chines first :)
In the wiki there are also useful informations http://code.google.com/p/friendlyarm/wiki/Qt and Links to tutorials http://code.google.com/p/friendlyarm/wiki/Links
Ok I can tell you what is the problem and how to correct it. In fact, I understood that this it come from the u-boot actual image. Go to bill's forum : he describes well a workaround and it worked for me, thanks to him.
hi dezso, google for "qtopia" "rpm". These contains any language packages, at least English, French, German. You can take the language files from rpm and put in your qtopia tree. Now you can choose a language. Maybe, you have to register the available languages in a .conf, I don't remember so exactly. skip
dear sir, now i chose the option of download zimage onto ram and downloaeded the zImage_N35 and then boot from the ram i showed me the linux picuture and booting was complete but as soon as i switched it off and ON the image disappeared. how to make it reappear. and i have no idea about u-boot and linux so can u tell me what u did to work in window xp thank you
Did you follow this guide: http://www.friendlyarm.net/forum/topic/1190?lang=de#5704 What is the NAND flash size of your board?
dear rob, i followed the same steps as mentioned in the forum. and i did in other way also i.e thaieasyelec has shown. buti m not getting it. my flash size is 128MB. x: for partition of nand v: download supervivi-128M k: linux kernel i.e zimage-n35 y: root_yaff i.e. rootqtopia-128m then when downloading is finished, i switch off the board moved to nand and disconnected the usb and sitch on the board. display is blank i followed another method of thaieasyelec.com (chapter:3.4) q:supervivi cmd where i changed the address ip i.e given the document z:download zimage : zimage-n35 g:boot linux from ram linux started and when i switched off board and moved to nand and disconnected the usn switch of the board display is white similarly i did for window ce but the result is same ok if i try without OS then i get problem in 2440init.s where it gives error in main and copyto nand function. this file i have taken from 2440test i.e under the folder test_program given in the cd. but a small program of led blink is also not working. i moved towards OS as i had heard somewhere that in arm9 interrupt works only on OS platform. but i wrote the program according to example in adz for interrupt but still no progress then i wrote led blink program in keil and converted to binary file using h-converter which comes with h-jtag utility. but still the result is same. i m unable to write a simple c program and run it. pls guide me my email address is zagadeprajaktaaa@gmail.com
If you did the exact steps from the manual and if you also used the files from the download page then it should work... Do you see the linux boot messages in DNW when you boot from NAND?
dear sir, no i dont see anything. but now i want to know can i work on board without OS i.e simple c program the way we do in keil. can i write simple c program which includes interrupt in ADC and download in nand then will it work? pls clr my doubt i want to start with programming at least. thank you regards