Alternate Boot Methods
When you boot, look for the following lines that confirm the boot mode:
##Booting image at 80700000 ...
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Starting kernel ...
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VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem).
A.4.4 Booting via TFTP Using NFS File System
To boot in this mode, set the following parameters after you abort the automatic boot sequence:
EVM # setenv bootcmd 'dhcp;bootm'
EVM # setenv serverip <ip addr of tftp server>
EVM # setenv bootfile <name of kernel image>
EVM # setenv rootpath <root directory to mount>
EVM # setenv nfshost <ip addr of nfs host>
EVM # setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200n8 noinitrd rw ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=$(nfshost):$(rootpath),nolock mem=232M video=davincifb:vid0=0,2025K:vid1=0, 1350K:osd0=720x576x16,
2025K davinci_enc_mgr.ch0_output=COMPOSITE davinci_enc_mgr.ch0_mode=ntsc
EVM # boot
The <root directory to mount> must match the filesystem that you set up on your workstation. For example, /home/<useracct>/workdir/filesys.
When you boot, look for the following lines that confirm the boot mode:
TFTP from server 192.168.160.71; our IP address is 192.168.161.186
Filename 'library/davinci/0.4.2/uImage'.
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Starting kernel ...
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VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem).