Hello,
I have a problem with the BOOT rom code for the OMAP4430 pandaboard rev A2. When I format a SDCARD with a FAT32 filesystem and I copy the MLO x-loader to the top directory, the pandaboard boots normally. In other words, the Pandaboard BOOT rom finds the MLO file and then executes it. On the serial port I see the TI splash message.
However, if I backup the SDCARD image using Symantec Ghost and then restore this image to another SDCARD, the new image will not boot on the Pandaboard. The boot ROM code doesn't like the new SDCARD image. Window and DOS are perfectly happy with the restored image, but the OMAP4430 Pandaboard Boot ROM isn't.
Symantec Ghost images work just fine with my BeagleBoard, so I'm currious to what has changed in the OMAP4430 boot ROM code. Symantec Ghost is a really useful tool for keeping track of various OS images.
1) Does the boot ROM code come from Pandaboard.org, or do they get it from TI?
2) Is the source available? I'm curious what image difference/check is causing the load to fail.
3) I have a rev A2 pandaboard (OMAP4430 ES2.1). Is there any chance that the newest rev A4 pandabaord (OMAP4430 ES2.3)
has an updated / fixed ROM boot?
Thanks you for your help.
Stephen