Re: Help about loading the kernel from host PC to board

[Wolfgang Heidrich <wolfgang.heidrich@esk.fhg.de>]

Hi Samiran,

Samiran S wrote:
> 
> Hi all ,
> 
> I had the whole set up of MIPS Malta board with its linux OS ,
> 
> 1) how can I start Linux on that board ?
> 
> I got that monitor program ( YEMMON)
> 
> I set the IP addrs. and related things. For loading the linux kernel I am
> using
> 
> load tftp://<ipaddrs of host pc>path of vmlinux
> 
> then it is not loading that kernel , it is giving some error it is given
> below
> 
> YAMON> load tftp://175.150.125.170/home/mipsel/vmlinux
> About to load tftp://175.150.125.170/home/mipsel/vmlinux

The slash separates the ip-address and the file. So you chose the file
 home/mipsel/vmlinux, but probably you want /home/mipsel/vmlinux
(because 
home is located in the root-directory).
So you have to type with two slashes:
YAMON> load tftp://175.150.125.170//home/mipsel/vmlinux

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