[U-Boot-Users] winCE

[U-Boot-Users] winCE

[Plamen Panteleev]

Hi,

Can I install U-Boot over redboot for booting Windows CE


Plamen Panteleev,
MPS,Ltd

[U-Boot-Users] winCE

[Ken.Fuchs at bench.com]

Plamen Panteleev wrote:

> Can I install U-Boot over redboot for booting Windows CE

Simply installing U-Boot over RedBoot will result
in a system that comes up with U-Boot running, but
(probably) _can't_ boot CE!

Usually MS Windows CE is booted by Eboot which is built
with the CE kernel NK.bin (a Microsoft proprietary
format) or NK.nb0 (raw binary).

Assuming RedBoot is the bootloader for your MS Windows
CE kernel, you simply need to get U-Boot to duplicate
the sequence of actions that RedBoot currently does to
boot MS Windows CE.

I would guess that your RedBoot bootloader is either
directly loading the NK.nb0 raw CE kernel image or it
is chainloading Eboot (presumably from the same boot
device as RedBoot) and Eboot loads the NK.bin CE kernel
image.  (Note that the first option is preferable, since
two bootloaders on the same system is problematic.)

You need to provide more information, like what board
are you using, what the boot devices are, and how
RedBoot is currently booting CE, etc.

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs