From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Detlev Zundel Date: 09 Sep 2003 15:15:39 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Bad Magic Number In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <87ptiacdc4.fsf@deepthought.outer.space.org> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.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]$ > This message is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is > privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, > or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in > error please return the message immediately to the sender and delete > the message from your systems. Thank you. A bit useless on a public mailing list.... Cheers Detlev -- You get 3 opportunities to advertise your Rock band, no more. -- Proposed Symbolics guidelines for mail messages (1984)