To: | Use the: |
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Load an image from your network (e.g., TFTP) | Network |
Load an image serially (e.g., COM1, COM2) | ROM monitor or IPL |
Burn both the IPL (Initial Program Loader) and the OS image into the flash boot ROM, then boot entirely from flash | IPL or OS |
Burn an IPL into the flash boot ROM, then load the OS image serially | IPL or boot ROM |
Generate a flash filesystem, then add various files and utilities to it | Flash filesystem |
Put the OS image onto removable media (e.g., USB memory, SD or micro-SD card), then insert the removable media into the target board | IPL or OS |
Put the OS image onto target board storage media (e.g., hard disk, SSD) | BIOS or ROM monitor |
See your BSP User's Guide for instructions on how to:
If you combine the IPL and the IFS into one image which you will copy onto a flash medium, you need to offset the beginning of the flash filesystem by at least the size of the IPL plus the size of the IFS.
For example, if the combined IPL-IFS image is loaded at offset 0 on the flash medium, to avoid overwriting the IPL and IFS, the flash filesystem must begin at an offset of the combined IPL-IFS image size +1. Or, you can store the flash filesystem in a dedicated partition.