[ECOS] running eCos apllication from floppy

[Nick Garnett]

Rohan Soman <rohan.soman@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> This is with reference to the:
>  
>  	appendix A:   Target Setup:  i386 PC Hardware Setup:	Floppy Disk Support
> 	     
> 	     	of eCos user guide.
> 		
>    "	$ i386-elf-objcopy -O binary app.elf app.bin
> 	(Here app.elf is the final linked application executable, in ELF format) "
> 	
> 	
> 	1.  how can the app.elf file be generated ?

This is just the final linked executable you get as standard from the
GCC tools. Take a look a the user manual for detail on how to do this.

> 	
> 	
> 	2.  how can an application be built with a startup type of FLOPPY,
> 	    and be configured to be a self-booting image that must be written 
> 	    onto a formatted floppy disk using the dd command ? 

Just select the FLOPPY option in the startup type field in the
configtool. Then the resulting executable will be suitable for writing
to a floppy using the steps described in the documentation.

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