From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <20040227080733.34958.qmail@web15203.mail.bjs.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:07:33 +0800 (CST) From: =?gb2312?q?song=20sam?= Subject: Re: ADS860 - unable to load kernel- Bad magic number To: m.venkatraj@exgate.tek.com Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org In-Reply-To: <301A812E6528D511A8F70008C71E578601FCF4F6@ap-bang-m02.india.tek.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: m.venkatraj@exgate.tek.com wrote: > The compilation goes through fine, I get "vmlinux" on the top-dir, and > also a vmlinux.gz in the arch/ppc/boot/images if I do a "make zImage". > > When I configure bootp, and bootup the board, u-boot comes up fine, > the tftp download of the kernel image goes through fine too. Then I > am stuck with a "Bad Magic Number". Some initial digup led me to a > mismatched image header magic number. This is really a FAQ on U-BOOT.Note,U-BOOT can only boot LINUX kernel and RAMDISK in its format-by mkimage tools.You should convert vmlinux.gz as its required format.Detailes pls see README in u-boot root directory.Also,reading the following document carefully is very helpful: http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual Best regards, Sam ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/