Pandaboard SD ROM image issue

Hi i have the same problem i had with the beagleboard xm, when i load the riscos image to the sd card with winimager then it’s unreadable from windows.
There are also no instruction or how to put the rom image to make work with panda board. This is an old rev 3 panda board not the ES one.

Thanks

Anyone can help me make boot my pandabord?
Thanks

You don’t write the ROM image using winimager.
Winimage is for writing one of the pre-made sd card images. (However there isn’t one currently available for the pandaboard)

If you download the latest OMAP4 ROM image, you should be able to use !SDCreate to setup the card. (Now that you have RISC OS up and running!)

great Rob i havent thought about my risc os running system : ). Still thinking in windows mode.
i have to put mlo and u-boot.bin after i write the image?

thanks

I think that !SDCreate will set this up for you.
I can’t be totally sure as I don’t have a pandaboard to test. :(

Not works, i have used sdcreate under risc os with MLO and u-boot.bin from ubuntu 11.10 preinstalled armel desktop omap 4 and the rom from the risc os open files for omap 4. Formatted an usb stick in fat and installed installhd and hardiskinstall. Nothing orks only one led powered on.

You could try downloading this. The zip file contains the files necessary to boot a Pandaboard ES. They should work with a Pandaboard too.

Just tried IT WORKS!!!!
GREAT!!!!

Mine is a pandabord rev A3

Can you try running the PB_CPUdetect file. I’m not sure what speed the MLO file defaults to. If it’s lower than 1000MHz I should be able to update it so it runs at the fastest possible speed.

I’m still installing, let me know how i have to run this file.

CMOS arrived and installed ; ).

i have a 1360×1024 70hz screen resolution can be i can made better if i find my monitor driver it’s a ohlips 244E it drive 1920×1080.

Chris i have tried your application PB_CPUdetect but it’s in dos format it doesnt works plese let me know what i have to do.

philips not ohlips oooooops

not ohlips oooooops

You should see an “Edit post” link at the bottom of the box to the left of your posts. (But beware of being returned to the first page of the thread afterwards, although not relevant in this case!)

In the ‘ThirdParty’ folder where you installed ‘!Boot’ there should be ‘!SparkFS’. Douible-click on this. An icon will appear on the iconbar. Drag and drop the zip file onto this icon. The zip file will open up. Just double-click on the file from there.

Done it says:
Current CPU Frequency: 1008 Mhz
DPLL_MULT: 105
DPLL_DIV: 3
DPLL_CLKOUT_DIV: 1

Thanks. That means it defaults to the fastest speed.

Mine says:
OMAP4460 ES1.1
Current CPU Frequency: 920 Mhz
DPLL_MULT: 575
DPLL_DIV: 23
DPLL_CLKOUT_DIV: 1

Doesn’t the ES run at up to 1.2GHz?

It does. The clock speed is set by the MLO file. I included one for 1.2GHz in the zip file.

OK – thanks (I don’t have one).