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cbootimage


Information about the package, cbootimage, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cbootimage package is designed for, Tools to dump and generate boot config table on Tegra devices.


Package Name:

cbootimage

Summary:

Tools to dump and generate boot config table on Tegra devices

Description:

This package contains two programs to parse the boot config table (bct) of Tegra SoC based devices and to generate a new bct with appended bootloader (e.g. u-boot) read to be flashed to a storage device. The boot config table is used in the early boot process to setup the sdhci, DRAM memory controller and also points to the position of the bootloader. For more information, see: http://http.download.nvidia.com/tegra-public-appnotes/bct-overview.html

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.0

Release:

2.el6

Size:

41 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for cbootimage


Control the cbootimage package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install cbootimage

This command will install cbootimage on the server.

yum remove cbootimage

This command will un-install cbootimage on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cbootimage, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove cbootimage

This command will un-install cbootimage on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cbootimage when using the -y flag.

yum update cbootimage

This command will update cbootimage to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cbootimage, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update cbootimage

This command will update cbootimage to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cbootimage when using the -y flag.

yum info cbootimage

This command will show you core information about the cbootimage package.

yum deplist cbootimage

This command will show you the dependencies for cbootimage. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update cbootimage

This command will check if there is an update waiting on cbootimage. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.