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Booting VxWorks

MVME2500 VxWorks 6.8 User Guide (6806800L66C)

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Parameters description:
motetsec(0,0)

: Ethernet interface 0 on cpu 0

10.130.101.216

: Host Machine IP

10.130.101.206

: Board IP

ffffff00

: Netmask

u=vxworks

: Username on host machine

p=vxworks

: Password for the above user in host machine

f=0x80

: File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

5. Set the VxWorks disk boot command.

setenv vxdiskboot 'ext2load scsi 0:1 0x1000000 $vxbootfile

&& setenv bootargs $vxbootargs && bootvx'

6. Save your current environmental variables.

saveenv

7. To boot VxWorks through hard disk, execute the following command:

run vxdiskboot

For sample output, refer

Appendix A, Disk Boot, on page 29

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2.4

USB Boot

2.4.1

Prerequisites

You should have:

USB pen drive with VxWorks image, and vfat or ext2fs file system

2.4.2

Booting Procedure

To boot VxWorks using USB, perform the following steps:

1. Power up the MVME2500 board.

By default, it provides the U-Boot prompt.

2. Set the environmental variables.