Re: Bootloader build problem while porting from CE 5.0 to CE 6.0.

Here's a more detailed romimage tool log for my eboot:
Windows CE ROM Image Builder v4.0.120 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corporation
Built: Jul 25 2006 16:37:02

Copying E:\WINCE600\platform\...\target\ARMV4I\retail\eboot.exe to E:
\WINCE6
00\platform\...\target\ARMV4I\retail\nk.exe for debugger
Found pTOC at 00013308
No imports for nk.exe
Processing EBOOT

Writing E:\WINCE600\platform\...\target\ARMV4I\retail\EBOOT.bin
Table of contents 0003df44 00000020 ( 32)
Writing ROM signature and TOC pointer at 00001040
Kernel data copy section 0003ffe8 00000010 ( 16)
ROM Header 0003def0 00000054 ( 84)
First DLL Address: 4001c001
Last DLL Address: 4001c001
Physical Start Address: 00001000
Physical End Address: 000433f0
Start RAM: 00084000
Start of free RAM: 00170000
End of RAM: 000cf000
Number of Modules: 1
Number of Copy Sections: 1
Copy Section Offset: 0003ffe8
FileSys 4K Chunks/Mbyte: 128 <2Mbyte 128 2-4Mbyte 0 4-6Mbyte 0
6Mbyte
CPU Type: 01c2h
Miscellaneous Flags: 0002h
Total ROM size: 000423f0 ( 271344)
Error: Ram free start is after ram end.Fatal error hit, exiting...

what does this error mean? i already tried increasing the RAM size in
my eboot.bib but it still did not generate eboot.nb0.

- Sri
.

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