Vortex86DX-MSJK CE 6.0 Jump Start - Getting Started Guide
Vortex86DX-MSJK Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Jump Start Rev 2.0
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Appendix F –
BIOSLoader Boot Options
To make this jump start kit developer friendly, the Compact Flash provided as part of the Vortex86DX-
MSJK CE 6.0 jump start kit is preconfigured to boot to DOS with options to launch NK.bin (Local CE 6.0
OS runtime image) and Eboot.bin (Ethernet bootloader) using Loadcepc (DOS bootloader) to support the
lab exercises in this guide. When building CE 6.0 devices for distribution to end user, a bootloader that
does not require DOS is used.
BIOSLoader is a bootloader for CE 6.0 device designed to support x86 devices. The BIOSLoader is
dependent on the x86 device’s built-in BIOS to initialize the hardware.
For the VDX-6326 SBC, the BIOS settings for the “
OnBoard IDE Operate Mode
” must be configured to
“
Native Mode
” to fully support the BSP and exercises provided with this getting started guide.
The BIOSLoader can be configured by editing the associated Boot.ini file to launch NK.bin or EBOOT.bin,
and can be configured to launch with a preconfigured static IP address.
Here are some of the BIOSLoader configurable parameters from the Boot.ini file:
Primary BIN File
The primary BIN file parameter configures the BIOSLoader to launch a designated CE 6.0 OS runtime
image or bootloader.
The following primary BIN file entry configures the BIOSLoader to launch NK.bin, a Windows
Embedded CE OS runtime image file:
# Primary BIN file name
BinFile=NK.bin
The following primary BIN file entry configures the BIOSLoader to launch Eboot.bin, an Ethernet
bootloader:
# Primary BIN file name
BinFile=Eboot.bin
Alternative BIN File
The alternative BIN file parameter configures the BIOSLoader to launch a designated CE 6.0 OS
runtime image or bootloader when the associated key press is detected during boot time, within the
designated boot delay time.
The following alternative BIN file parameters configure the BIOSLoader to launch Eboot.bin, an
Ethernet bootloader, when the “1” key is pressed during boot time before the designated boot
delay time expired:
# Alternative image
# While booting hit the key corresponding to the suffix char (e.g. "1" for
# BinFile1) to boot the alternative image
BinFile1=Eboot.bin
# Boot delay (in seconds) in which to select the alternative image
Delay=5
Note:
To trigger the BIOSLoader to launch the alternative BIN file, depress the designated key multiple times
during power on, immediately after POST.
