Hello Carsten, I folowed the ATLAS instructions but when I do cat flashimage > /dev/lp0 it get stucked at the first write . I will send you what message I get when I run strace cat flashimage > /dev/lp0. open("claudiuwright", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=2479223, ...}) = 0 read(3, "!R\n@1c000000\n>UploadSS\n!E\n000000"..., 512) = 512 write(1, "!R\n@1c000000\n>UploadSS\n!E\n000000"..., 512 Do you have any ideea ? Please try to give me a clue because in the ATLAS docs says that I have to set the parallel prot to Generic text only and I do not know how to do that. Second I guess that it stucks from other reasons . Best Regards, Nicu Carsten Langgaard wrote: > It should be straight forward, just follow the Atlas documentation. > I don't think you need to do anything with the parallel port, except that you > need parallel port support on you linux PC, of course. > > /Carsten > > POPOVICI Nicolae wrote: > > > Hello Carlsten, > > > > My address is actually octavpo@isratech.ro but I need an answer to my > > problem. > > So I have to write the system flash on an ATLAS board. PLease tell me how do I > > do that. I read the manuals that come with the board and there it says that I > > have to set the parallel port to "Generic text only". How do I do that on a > > LINUX machine ? Then I just copy the file that I want to write in system flash > > to the parallel port , am I correct ? > > I do not have to convert the file that I want to write in FLASH in a text only > > format !!!! Am I correct ? > > > > Please try to tell me how can I write the system flash with as much details as > > you can. > > > > Regards, > > Nicu > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > -- > _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com > |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 > | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 > TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 > Denmark http://www.mips.com