[yocto] Intel Cedartrail BSP on ASrock DN2800MT v Intel DN2800MT - why won't my system start?

[Chris Tapp]

On 8 Oct 2013, at 22:14, Chris Tapp wrote:

> I have been using an image built using the Cedartrail BSP on the Intel DN2800MT board for a while now without any issues, but this board is no longer available.
> 
> The ASrock DN2800MT is supposed to be a drop-in replacement ands boot from a USB drive using the live image that gets built, provided the LVDS/VGA fix noted in the README added.
> 
> However, it doesn't work with the boot process we are using. We use the same initramfs and rootfs images as the live image, but boot from a server using iPXE. It is this boot that now fails, resulting in the system powering off!
> 
> Can anyone give me any pointers to what might be going on? The BIOS is different, and I think the problem may be down to UEFI. I've not had much to do with UEFI, but I've noticed that the live image has a UFI/ directory - do I need to replicate this in some way?

Panic over - it was all down to the LVDS/VGA fix. The installer powers off the system when it completes - I just wasn't seeing it do anything because it was using the LVDS output, not the VGA.

Chris Tapp

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