1.5.2. Loading an image into flash

Load an image into flash as follows:

  1. Power up your porting platform.

    The system boots the PPFU and displays start-up messages on the terminal. For example:

    Copyright ARM Limited 2002. All rights reserved.NexGenOS v1.3, NexGenIP v1.3, Copyright (c) 2001 WWW.NexGen-Software.frLocal IP address:  0.0.0.0Ticks per second:  1000Type help to get the list of commands.
    

    To display the syntax of a particular command, type help command.

    If your porting platform does not boot the PPFU, see Selecting PPFU as the default boot image using the boot monitor.

  2. Set the IP address of the porting platform using one of the following:

    • If you have a DHCP server available, then:

      1. Enter the command dhcpc start. This requests an IP address from the DHCP server.

      2. Check the IP address that you have been assigned using the command ifconfig.

    • If you do not have a DHCP server, then set the IP address and netmask for the porting platform using the command ifconfig (see ifconfig).

    Consult your system administrator if you need help with any of these steps.

  3. List the images in flash using the command list.

  4. Download the image to the porting platform using the command tftpread filename IP_address size, where:

    filename

    is the file name to read (download) from the server.

    IP address

    is the IP address of the TFTP server.

    size

    is the size of the file to read.

  5. Program the image into flash with the command: program imageNo image_name, where:

    imageNo

    is the number that you allocate to the image.

    image_name

    is the name of the image.

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