Selecting The Boot Device; Table 11 Boot Source Prerequisites - Motorola PPC/CPCI-690 Reference Manual

Booting the Board

Selecting the Boot Device

Programming the
User Flash
Caution
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You can chose the board to boot automatically from four different locations:
• Network
• Flash
• ATA/IDE
• Go command
However, for three boot sources prerequisites are necessary:
Table 11: Boot Source Prerequisites
Boot Source Prerequisite
Network Set up the host as TFTP server. It has to be able to provide the file via
Ethernet (TFTP and front panel connector)
Flash Programming the user flash
ATA/IDE Partitioning the hard disk
Booting the board via one of the four locations requires different informa-
tion or setboot options enabled. For further information, refer to Table 10
"Setboot Options" page 4-6.
1. Turn power on
2. Wait until the PowerBoot prompt appears
PowerBoot> _
Data Loss
The ferase command erases the whole 32 MByte storage of the 32 MByte
user flash device. If you want to erase smaller parts of the user flash
device, use the offset and length parameters described in "ferase"
page 4-52.
3. Enter ferase command to erase user flash
ferase user_flash
The following message appears
Erasing flash memory ... done
Erasing flash memory ... done
Erasing flash memory ... done
Erasing flash memory ... done
:
PowerBoot
PPC/CPCI-690