From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3BBADB78.7ADE82CA@staubli.com> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 11:33:45 +0200 From: Pierre AUBERT MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kapil Konde Cc: Linuxppc-Embedded Subject: Re: Bad Magic Number References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Kapil Konde wrote: > Hi all, > I am trying to boot linux on my custom mpc8xx card. I have ppcboot loaded > and I am loading linux kernel image using tftp. When I say bootm it gives me > error "Bad Magic Number". > Can anybody please explain the error and suggest any solution for it. > > Thanks in advance, > Kapilk. If you want to use the bootm command, you need to build your linux kernel with the mkimage tool (this tool is included in the ppcboot package). Regards -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pierre Aubert | Phone: +33 4 50 65 62 88 | Fax: +33 4 50 65 62 08 STÄUBLI Faverges | Place Robert STÄUBLI | Mailto:p.aubert@staubli.com 74210 Faverges FRANCE | http://www.staubli.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/