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puffy
post Jan 16 2008, 01:05 AM
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I have botched an upgrade to OpenBSD 4.2.
As it happens, I need to use my service menu to fix things.

I noticed when I bought this c3000 off of eBay that if I did not hold down D+B on powering up that this menu appears. It is totally unresponsive at this 1-4 menu in Japanese. I mean, no key works. I cannot select 1 2 3 or 4. I assume this is not normal as I read that at this menu you must select a number. But at that point I cannot do anything but reboot by taking out the battery and unplugging then replugging. Has anyone experienced this? All replys are welcome. I am bricked :-(
I miss my Zaurus a lot. Please help. sad.gif

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Dromede
post Jan 16 2008, 07:06 AM
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As cortez said, you really should not worry. The Z actually has 2 NAND chips, one is the 128MB flash (/dev/mtd1) we use for OS and the other is a 8MB (/dev/mtd0) chip that is only used by the diagnostic menu and the original bootloader. As long as you don't touch the contents of /dev/mtd0, your Z will be practically unbrickable. AFAIK the 8MB chip is read only so i don't think that you can write or delete something. And again, as cortez said, use the FN + D + M. to access the diagnostic menu, from there, you can do a flash restore which will reset your Z to factory defaults.

And i'll say it again, it is really hard to brick your Z via software methods. If you really want to brick your Z, use coffee as cortez did. wink.gif
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cortez
post Jan 16 2008, 07:49 AM
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QUOTE(Dromede @ Jan 16 2008, 04:06 PM) *
And i'll say it again, it is really hard to brick your Z via software methods. If you really want to brick your Z, use coffee as cortez did. wink.gif

Oh please don't mention that, it still hurts sad.gif
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puffy   Bricked C3000   Jan 16 2008, 01:05 AM
jpmatrix   QUOTE(puffy @ Jan 16 2008, 10:05 AM) I ha...   Jan 16 2008, 02:44 AM
puffy   QUOTE(jpmatrix @ Jan 16 2008, 02:44 AM) Q...   Jan 18 2008, 09:46 PM
cortez   I think you should use FN+D+M instead of D+B. Oh, ...   Jan 16 2008, 04:46 AM
Dromede   As cortez said, you really should not worry. The Z...   Jan 16 2008, 07:06 AM
cortez   QUOTE(Dromede @ Jan 16 2008, 04:06 PM) An...   Jan 16 2008, 07:49 AM
Dromede   heh... no hard feelings, i was just kidding. The ...   Jan 16 2008, 08:37 AM
puffy   Cool. I'll try this fn+d+m method tonight. Tha...   Jan 16 2008, 10:33 AM
puffy   I am trying to do the fn+d+m method. Here is what...   Jan 16 2008, 09:07 PM
Dromede   QUOTE(puffy @ Jan 17 2008, 06:07 AM) I am...   Jan 17 2008, 04:15 PM
puffy   QUOTE(Dromede @ Jan 17 2008, 04:15 PM) tr...   Jan 17 2008, 10:03 PM
cortez   I just checked. For me the diagnose menus appear a...   Jan 17 2008, 12:20 AM
puffy   Thanks Cortez. Looks like mine won't access th...   Jan 17 2008, 12:35 AM
speculatrix   QUOTE(puffy @ Jan 17 2008, 08:35 AM) Than...   Jan 17 2008, 02:19 PM
jpmatrix   perhaps you should try to flash another distro, an...   Jan 17 2008, 01:41 PM
puffy   QUOTE(jpmatrix @ Jan 17 2008, 01:41 PM) p...   Jan 18 2008, 09:50 PM
Jon_J   QUOTE(cortez @ Jan 17 2008, 02:20 AM) I j...   Jan 17 2008, 03:51 PM
puffy   QUOTE(Jon_J @ Jan 17 2008, 03:51 PM) QUOT...   Jan 17 2008, 09:59 PM
Dromede   puffy i suggest you read this carefully, it might ...   Jan 18 2008, 08:11 AM
puffy   QUOTE(Dromede @ Jan 18 2008, 08:11 AM) pu...   Jan 18 2008, 08:50 PM


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