[U-Boot-Users] Bad Magic Number

[Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>]

Hello James,

> I have ported uBoot to our adapted version of the MPC8260ADS board. I just
> changed the MPC8260ADS board config to suit our needs. The problem that I am
> having is that any with image that I try to boot ( Yes I have used mkimage)
> I just get "Bad Magic Number". I cannot think of anything else to try. I
> cannot get it to recognise any images produced by mkimage at all. I have
> tried most versions from 0.4.0 through 0.4.7 and all produce the same
> result.
> 
> What could I be doing wrong?

Do the image files you created really contain the magic number in the
first 4 bytes?  You can check that fact like this:

[dzu]$ dd if=/tftpboot/uImage bs=4 count=1 | od -t x1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
0000000 27 05 19 56
0000004
[dzu]$

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Cheers
  Detlev

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