Richard Smith wrote:
I do not even get any comms from the serial port. Have checked the cable is ok, by booting normally.
I only have 100Mhz memory installed, as it was going spare. Could this be a reason why it does not work ?
Com port messages start happening pre-ram init. So No. You should at least some version info build date, and get to the "Jumping to LinuxBIOS..." string.
Something must be different with the Com port on that board.
sorry didnt hit reply to all.
Ok thanks for the info, I guess I had better recheck the whole build process and make sure I am building what I think I am. Also I need to spend some time on seeing just exactly what linuxbios is doing and the order it does it in. Not really a good thing to just build code and expect it to work. I am not familiar with the BIOS boot process having mainly worked on much simpler embedded systems.
The Com port is ok when booting normally from original bios.