[ECOS]Bootable applications

[Jonathan Larmour]

> survey liu wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I can use REDBOOT to boot up my target(pc,i386). Also I can build my
> application with the CT. But I want to know how to build my application
> codes into a bootable image. I config the start type to be floppy, and
> build the libs, and then build my application with this libs. But I am
> really confused. How to start my application? How to build the
> bootrom/floppy which could boot my target and then run my application?

i386-elf-objcopy -O binary myapp.exe myapp.bin

And then put myapp.bin onto the floppy in the same way as you did RedBoot.

> (Surely I dont want to use a serial line to download my application and
> then run)

If you want to debug then yes. If not, then booting straight off floppy is
fine.

Jifl
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