Usb Boot; Prerequisites; Booting Procedure - SMART Embedded Computing MVME2500 User Manual

2.4

USB Boot

2.4.1

Prerequisites

You should have USB pen drive with VxWorks image, and vfat or ext2fs file system
2.4.2

Booting Procedure

To boot VxWorks AMP using USB, perform the following steps:
1. Power up the MVME2500 board.
By default, it provides the U-Boot prompt.
2. Set the environmental variables.
setenv ipaddr <Board IP address>
setenv serverip <TFTP server IP address>
setenv gatewayip <Gateway IP address>
setenv netmask <Netmask>
Example:
setenv ipaddr 10.130.101.206
setenv serverip 10.130.101.216
setenv gatewayip 10.130.101.254
setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
3. Set the VxWorks boot image file name.
setenv vxbootfile vxWorks_00.st
4. Set the VxWorks bootline arguments.
setenv vxbootargs 'motetsec(0,0)10.130.101.216:vxWorks
h=10.130.101.216
f=0x80'
Parameters description:
motetsec(0,0) : ethernet interface 0 on cpu 0
10.130.101.216 : Host Machine IP
10.130.101.206 : Board IP
ffffff00 : Netmask
u=vxworks : Username on host machine
p=vxworks : Password for the above user in host machine
f=0x80 : File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
MVME2500 VxWorks 6.8 AMP User Guide (6806800M27C)
e=10.130.101.206:ffffff00 u=vxworks pw=vxworks
Booting VxWorks
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