Re: Re: NAND Flash and FAT FS

Andrew Zabolotny wrote:

>On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 15:50:15 -0400
>Joshua Wise <joshua_at_joshuawise.com> wrote:
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>>I assume that the HTC bootloader is actually two-stage: the NAND preloader
>>(booted from steppingstone), and the actual bootloader that does pretty
>>stuff like incrementing a status bar on the screen, throwing up a command
>>line, and booting the device. So, you need to decide which bits you want to
>>replace, if this is the case: first stage, second stage, or wince?
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>Isn't the first stage so dumb that it cannot do anything but load the second
>stage into RAM and run it? If it is, I still think a easier way would be still
>to use a WinCE-like ROM format and fool HTC bootloader into thinking that
>Linux is WinCE. The format is already reverse-engineered, the stuff from XDA
>guys decode my WinCE 4.0 ROM properly.
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>Replacing the second stage would be the *proper* stuff, but I think people
>that don't speak JTAG will run into big problems, because I doubt the first
>stage loader can flash anything from CF and such.
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I agree. Making a linux image that looks like wince would be much safer.

Jamey
Received on Fri Apr 09 2004 - 21:26:41 EDT