Update the bootloader

>From: "Hicks, Jamey" <Jamey.Hicks@compaq.com>

>
>You probably need to update the bootldr. There was a bug for awhile and
>bootldr was only reporting 32MB of DRAM to Linux.
>
>The latest bootldr is 2.14.15
>(ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/compaq/ipaq/stable/bootldr-0000-2.14.15-b
>igkernel-mono, for both color and mono units)
>
>Jamey

Hi I went to the following link
ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/compaq/ipaq/stable/ and I found a file
update.html wich says
Updating the Bootldr

If you are not running bootldr 2.14.5, then please update at this point.
These instructions depend on the use of bootldr 2.14.5.

    1.This one step is dangerous: do so with the unit under AC power (so
that even if your battery happened to fail that instant, it wouldn't
matter). At the 'boot>' prompt, type 'load bootldr',
       then start an xmodem download of the file bootldr-0000-2.14.5. A
bootldr tarball corresponding exactly to these boot loader bits is
available. Note this is a new version of the bootloader,
       which should work better with some xmodem implentations and worth
updating.
    2.Your iPAQ will say "verifying ... done.". The loader program has a
simple sanity check in it (it verifies a checksum contained in the bootldr
file) to ensure that only a bootloader can get
       installed into flash at the iPAQ's bootloader's address.
    3.Be paranoid. Make sure the bootldr flash sector is protected. If the
the bootldr is protected, then
              qflash 2
       will print 00010001.

       Otherwise, protect the flash sector manually.
              pflash 0 0xffff 1
    4.Now type the reset command or push the recessed reset button at the
lower right of the iPAQ to restart it into the new bootldr.

But it descripes how to update to the bootloader 2.14.5, is it the same
procedure for updating my 2.14.5 to the 2.14.15 ?
Once de bootloader updated do I need to perform any change in my
configuration (my kernel is 2.4.3 and the root image is
task-familiar-complete.jffs2

Thanks in advance

Cheers

Jean-Luc
http://eaccess.rince.ie/_latyr/

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Received on Wed Aug 22 08:59:53 2001