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Last Post 28 Jun 2004 04:31 PM by  Andreas
How can I get a boot script to load automatically?
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pmains@aquameasure.com
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28 Jun 2004 03:55 PM
    There are a couple problems I have with the suggested method of saving a boot string to the serial_eeprom. Having the user type "source /dev/serial_eeprom" every time the machine is rebooted is messy. After all, they may not wish to open up terra term and hook a null modem serial cable to the device. The ideal solution would be to create a boot script that executes automatically. I think it would have to be somewhere in the flash drive.

    It seems like this is probably a pretty common thing to need, and it's probably covered in one of the many .pdf files that Logic has put out. If the answer has been published or discussed here on the message board, though, I have yet to come across it.

    Has anybody else tried this?
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    28 Jun 2004 04:31 PM
    you're in luck. The key is to add the text "LOLO" in the first 4 bytes of the serial eeprom. The bootloader will automatically execute whatever comes after "LOLO". Check the thread 'automatically starting up Wince boot' and you'll get some more info.

    HTH

    Andreas
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