Download supervivi,zImage,usbpush and qtopia image from
http://www.friendlyarm.net/downloads
These are the files i used
supervivi – http://www.friendlyarm.net/dl.php?file=supervivi_20100818.zip
zImage – http://www.friendlyarm.net/dl.php?file=linux-zImage_20110421.zip
usbpush – http://www.friendlyarm.net/dl.php?file=usbpush.zip
qtopia – http://www.friendlyarm.net/dl.php?file=linux-root_qtopia_qt4_20110305.zip
Extract the usbpush this utility helps us to push the image files from our system to mini2440 target.When we extract we can see one more usbpush folder inside that folder there will be a usbpush binary give executable permission to that binary
sudo chmod +x usbpush/usbpush/usbpush
Get the bootloader using command
sudo minicom
select ” x “ and format the NAND flash
Now the next step is to load supervivi to target board using usbpush.supervivi is the bootloader.
First select ” V ”
Only after this you should push file from the host system.Push the file like this
sudo ./usbpush/usbpush/usbpush supervivi_20100818/supervivi-128M
If the push is sucessful then the minicom promt will be like this and will be back to the bootloader
and the usbpush prompt will be like this
So vivi is sucessfully installed.Next is zImage, Kernel images generated by the kernel build process are either uncompressed “Image” files or compressed zImage files.here we selects zImage N35 bcoz MINI2440 with 3.5″ NEC display.
Now we selects ” K ” option to download linux kernel and pushes the extracted zImage
sudo ./usbpush/usbpush/usbpush linux-zImage_20110421/zImage_N35
After this step you may encounter with this error
Enter your selection: k USB host is connected. Waiting a download. Length of file is too big : 2517028 > 2097152 Failed downloading file
If you encounter with this error then you can solve this error like this.First go to the shell of vivi by selecting ” q ”
Then from supervivi promt type this
Supervivi>part del kernel Supervivi>part del root Supervivi>part add kernel 0x00060000 0x00500000 0 Supervivi>part add root 0x00560000 0x40000000 0 Supervivi>part save Supervivi> part show
Now to get back to our previous menu type menu
Supervivi> menu
Now retry to download zImage with previous steps
Now we need to Download the root yaffs image.YAFFS (Yet Another Flash File System) is now in its second generation and provides a fast robust file system for NAND and NOR Flash. It is widely used with Linux and RTOSs, in consumer devices. It is dual licenced under commercial/GPL terms.
Select ” Y ” to download yaffs image and push the qtopia image file
It will take some time…
Now that we have completed all the steps select “ b ” to boot the system
Here also you will get an error like this
“error – Kernel panic – not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel” –> this will be the error
To fix this error got to supervivi promt and type this
param set linux_cmd_line "noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock3 init=/linuxrc console=ttySAC0"
After this select boot.Then the board will boot and we will get prompt of friendlyarm
Now calibrate the screen by clicking on the crosshairs shown and you will be taken to qtopia screen by default qtopia will be in chineese in second tab there is a flag symbol select that it chnages the language select english and we are done
Happy Hacking 🙂