1.1.0r121 Is Out!, New name for betas by svn revision №;) Options

[sashz]

There - www.pdaXrom.org

[Martin]

Hi scoutsme, Hi Sash, Hi Laze, Hi everyone :-)

I am willing to test the new release and I will be very happy to do it, but I have the same problems with installing u-boot ... reading Howto install, many threads of the forum :-(

But evrytime the same problems with my c860 and many different CF / SD Cards :-( ... only getting blinking yellow / green lights and nothing happens ... NAND Backup / Restore with these cards works well!

I am really sad because I love pdaXrom ... now remaining to Beta2 for works very fine ... using NAND restore ...

C+M Menu gives me Ok usinf NAND erase and Nand Full Testing, but no possibility to install u-boot and new pdaxrom r121 ...

Does anybody have an idea to help me install for testing? Any chance to get a NANDbackup from fresh installed c860 (with u-boot and r121)?

THX
Martin

[newkirk]

Hi scoutsme, Hi Sash, Hi Laze, Hi everyone :-)

I am willing to test the new release and I will be very happy to do it, but I have the same problems with installing u-boot ... reading Howto install, many threads of the forum :-(

But evrytime the same problems with my c860 and many different CF / SD Cards :-( ... only getting blinking yellow / green lights and nothing happens ... NAND Backup / Restore with these cards works well!

I am really sad because I love pdaXrom ... now remaining to Beta2 for works very fine ... using NAND restore ...

C+M Menu gives me Ok usinf NAND erase and Nand Full Testing, but no possibility to install u-boot and new pdaxrom r121 ...

Does anybody have an idea to help me install for testing? Any chance to get a NANDbackup from fresh installed c860 (with u-boot and r121)?

THX
Martin

Here's what worked out with my C860:

Put uboot files on cf. remove power and battery, replace both. Hold down 'ok' while booting, and it installs uboot. It says it's rebooting, and fails to do so.

The unit will now no longer turn on, power on with 'ok' pressed etc dead, plug in power and power light stays off.

Put 121 ROM files on CF and slot in. Remove power and battery. Hold down 'OK' and plug in power, KEEP 'OK' held down for 12 seconds, and emergency rom fires up, offers to 'install or boot emergency - y/n' (this should either NOT be 'y/n' or question should be reworded). Press 'y' and it installs 121 ROM successfully. When it reboots, pull power cord, reinstert battery.

Normal power-on now boots 121 ROM.

Just in case someone wants to try on a C860 and can't get this working, you are welcome to try the NAND backup I just made after installing and booting. I told it to recalibrate touchscreen after restart, shut down, and backed up, so it should boot fine and require calibration if you restore this NAND backup on a C860. http://myzaur.us/pdaxr121c860bak.tar.gz

j

[kellyharding]

Here's what worked out with my C860:

Put uboot files on cf.  remove power and battery, replace both.  Hold down 'ok' while booting, and it installs uboot.  It says it's rebooting, and fails to do so.

The unit will now no longer turn on, power on with 'ok' pressed etc dead, plug in power and power light stays off.

Put 121 ROM files on CF and slot in.  Remove power and battery.  Hold down 'OK' and plug in power, KEEP 'OK' held down for 12 seconds, and emergency rom fires up, offers to 'install or boot emergency - y/n' (this should either NOT be 'y/n' or question should be reworded).  Press 'y' and it installs 121 ROM successfully.  When it reboots, pull power cord, reinstert battery.

Normal power-on now boots 121 ROM.

Just tried to follow this to get it to install.

U-boot/emergency seems to install fine.

I put then the 121 ROM files onto the CF card, and boot it up, it doesn't give me the 'install or boot emergency - y/n', just a sh prompt.

If I boot it up with the CF card plugged in, when its got to that point, if I then try to acess the CF card, the 860 locks up.

If I boot it up without the CF card plugged in, then I get dropped again tot he prompt, but it doesn't lock if I then try to access the CF card.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Kelly

[newkirk]

Here's what worked out with my C860:

Put uboot files on cf.  remove power and battery, replace both.  Hold down 'ok' while booting, and it installs uboot.  It says it's rebooting, and fails to do so.

The unit will now no longer turn on, power on with 'ok' pressed etc dead, plug in power and power light stays off.

Put 121 ROM files on CF and slot in.  Remove power and battery.  Hold down 'OK' and plug in power, KEEP 'OK' held down for 12 seconds, and emergency rom fires up, offers to 'install or boot emergency - y/n' (this should either NOT be 'y/n' or question should be reworded).  Press 'y' and it installs 121 ROM successfully.  When it reboots, pull power cord, reinstert battery.

Normal power-on now boots 121 ROM.

Just tried to follow this to get it to install.

U-boot/emergency seems to install fine.

I put then the 121 ROM files onto the CF card, and boot it up, it doesn't give me the 'install or boot emergency - y/n', just a sh prompt.

If I boot it up with the CF card plugged in, when its got to that point, if I then try to acess the CF card, the 860 locks up.

If I boot it up without the CF card plugged in, then I get dropped again tot he prompt, but it doesn't lock if I then try to access the CF card.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Kelly

I had a similar problem when I tried the previous beta - uboot install had a problem and wasn't able to use CF. I was able to install from SD however, by putting the 121 ROM files on my 256mb SD and firing up uboot. It won't give you the 'install or boot' prompt unless it finds the required files on CF or SD for installing the ROM, so the lack of that message is just a symptom of the CF problem.

If you have a suitably large SD then try that approach. Otherwise try downloading and unzipping the uboot package again and reinstall it. You might also try reformatting the CF card - doing so found an error on one of my cards and mapped around it - that error probably caused my CF install problems.

j