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Everything Else => Sharp Zaurus => Model Specific Forums => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => 6000 - Tosa => Topic started by: flagar on June 07, 2004, 12:08:12 pm
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Hi all,
now that Sharp has released the ROM used in the SL-6000 on DevNet, I think that should be good to backup it as soon as possible on ZUG here, as we know the \"reliability\" of DevNet.
I would like to try pdaXrom now, and maybe help the team to get a proper release for the SL-6000, starting using the Sharp kernel, and updating only the initrd.bin. 8)
I think the instructions posted on DevNet are for complete NAND update, thus is there the risk that if something goes wrong you get a brick?
If it is such a case, is there a safer way to install initrd.bin files?
Also the encsh.c script seems not working with the updater.pro file included in the zip archive for the SL-6000. Should it be safe to use, together the initrd.bin file only? Or is it better to use an updater.sh file from other ROMs for other Z models? :?
Happy hacking! :wink:
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Sorry, but I need help please!
After downloading and flashing the rom downloaded from http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/za...20041029.tar.gz (http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/sl6000-20041029.tar.gz)
My Zaurus 6000 can't startup, even I perfromed a hard-reset...nothing can see on the screen. Please tell me how to recover it.
Please help, Thanks!
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I've had a few scares actually...
can you get it to respond to anything? for starters, does the battery light still come on when plugged in? if you used the "OK boot" to do your update, you might want to try a diagnostic boot, which is the letters d and p held on the keyboard while you hard reset. if you get a diagnostic message, you're golden. let me know if you have luck with any of this so we can tell you what kind of file you'll need to restore it.
PS i love zaurus user group. every other message board i've posted to would deal punishing blows to someone shouting in the title of one of thier first post. you all rock.
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Thanks hubcapboy.
I can go into the Maintenance menu,
but nothing happen when i do the "poweron" or "reset" or "hard-reset"...
Is that I need the original Sharp rom in order to get my Zaurus back?
or I can try to flash the rom sl6000-20041029.tar.gz?
Please tell me what to do next.
Really Thanks!
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Oh yeah
I got the diag menu!
What to do next?
It seems that I can easily damage my zaurus there...
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Use nand restore from externe.net/zaurus/flash. Get the 6000L version.
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Thanks, my Zaurus is back again!
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Another problem...
the wireless networking doesn't work...
I have done nothing to the wireless router, and other wireless client can go online w/o any problem, so i guess is the Zaurus' problem.
It did work before, but after "restoring" the rom from externe.net/zaurus/flash, it doesn't work.
I think maybe I did something wrong?
Here is my steps:
1. get the syst0006.dbk-us and unzip it, rename it to syst0006.dbk and put it in CF
2. in Zaurus, go into the diag menu, and then "NAND restore"
3. wait until it completes the restore of the NAND, then reset
4. The Qtopia works fine, but in the SysInfo, for the section "Linux Kernel", the "ROM Version"
is "ROM Version:--.--", but I remember before is 1.12
Is that I missed something? also what is the usage of SL6000L-US-1.12.zip and how to use it for recovery?
Also, when I type "ifconfig", it returns only the lo device, is this correct?
Also2...when I do a reset, I notice something like "cramfs: wrong magic", and then following by many "pxa_sd_stopclock: clock stop time out.".
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Use nand restore from externe.net/zaurus/flash. Get the 6000L version.
Hi, guylhem
I would like to know if the file http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/syst0006.dbk-us.bz2 (http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/syst0006.dbk-us.bz2) is the original one. Because after restoring the NAND backup, the wireless lan doesn't work anymore.
Thanks!
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I can't speak for the nand file... I've got my own that I use when I fudge it up. make sure you remembered to set up the network again through settings, you've got to add a profile. If you had the network working before, you have already done it once.
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I can't speak for the nand file... I've got my own that I use when I fudge it up. make sure you remembered to set up the network again through settings, you've got to add a profile. If you had the network working before, you have already done it once.
Hi hubcapboy, Can you share the NAND backup file with me?
Coz I think the NAND backup I got is damaged.
Thanks!
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Use nand restore from externe.net/zaurus/flash. Get the 6000L version.
Hi, guylhem
I would like to know if the file http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/syst0006.dbk-us.bz2 (http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/syst0006.dbk-us.bz2) is the original one. Because after restoring the NAND backup, the wireless lan doesn't work anymore.
Thanks!
I think the NAND backup is somehow modified.
I need to manually insmod p80211.o and prism2_usb.o
and then the wifi works again.
Can someone please share the original NAND backup of the Zaurus SL-6000L?
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Can someone please share the original NAND backup of the Zaurus SL-6000L?
http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/za...0217SL6V112.zip (http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/20040217SL6V112.zip) is the original sharp rom as found on sharps site. I have used it many time and then restored my backup and had my Z right back to the point it was before I started playing. The instruction from sharps website on how to uses this restore are at http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/za...ashsharprom.txt (http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/howtoflashsharprom.txt).
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It looks like eddiectc and me are in the same ship (play arround with SL-6000 and no back-up VERY BAD GUYS).
I installed the NAND backup from guylhem and its looks like theres some modifications. When i try to make work the WIFI card does not work and it changes the old boot with the one used with the modified kernel.
BTW Ambicom bluetootj card does not work anymore too.
and so
if anyone here want to share your NAND backup eddiectc and me appreciate it a LOT (we promisse to do not do play again without backup, we promise).
PD Excuse my english, "¿alguien aqui habla español ?"
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Can someone please share the original NAND backup of the Zaurus SL-6000L?
http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/za...0217SL6V112.zip (http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/20040217SL6V112.zip) is the original sharp rom as found on sharps site. I have used it many time and then restored my backup and had my Z right back to the point it was before I started playing. The instruction from sharps website on how to uses this restore are at http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/za...ashsharprom.txt (http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/howtoflashsharprom.txt).
Does this process works only with CF and not SD?
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Oh BTW another observation is when i go to sys info i cant see the kernel version. I go to the DP + Reset menu and do a NANA checksum and this 2 files are somewhat diferent from the one registered by the system
kernel1 and kerne2
another test tell me there are two sectors damaged in the NAND, are this related with the test? anyone here knows?
thanks
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Does this process works only with CF and not SD?
that is correct...I have thought about looking at thier updater.pro file so I can see what they are doing to add it into the updater.sh so you can do the NAND flash from sd instead of cf but I finally bought a cf card and have been using it...before that I used a friends cf card...
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thankx for the help fully restored
brought a cf card and only takes few minutes to get done
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eddie-
do you still need a backup? my current wifi is a little flaky so I'm going to have to wait until late tonight when I get back to campus to download Fedora Core 3.
post if you don't need it, I'm making you a "fresh" nand rather than sending you one with all of MY playing around included.
as long as we're all trading nands, does anyone have a nand flash with the cpu scaling kernel included? I've tried it three or four times but every time have run out of space somewhere along the way, or run into some other hang up.
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eddie-
do you still need a backup? my current wifi is a little flaky so I'm going to have to wait until late tonight when I get back to campus to download Fedora Core 3.
post if you don't need it, I'm making you a "fresh" nand rather than sending you one with all of MY playing around included.
as long as we're all trading nands, does anyone have a nand flash with the cpu scaling kernel included? I've tried it three or four times but every time have run out of space somewhere along the way, or run into some other hang up.
Thanks for hubcapboy first!
I think nevarrie's rom backup should be working well. But I didn't have time to try it, I think i'll try it tonight.
However, if you can donate your NAND backup, it's better coz guylhem's backup got some problem.
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howdee howdee... uploading now. I'll post the link when it's ready to come out of the oven.
EDIT 10:04 Pacific: yeesh... a whole 20kb/s. expect it in an hour. probably shouldn't have bothered to try over the grocery store's network... but there you go.
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Stocker SL-6000 NAND (http://students.washington.edu/reece/syst0006.dbk)
There ya go. If someone wants to make it a permanent download, they may want to mirror it somewhere... I'm going to pull it down after 24 hours.
eddie let me know when you've got it. it's something like 70 megs.
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Thank you very much!
The NAND backup is working great!
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Ooops. Sorry I just realised I had put online a *test* backup (with the fast kernel, other modules stuff etc.)
hubcapboy, if you don't mind, I did put yours instead (wow 600kb/s) on externe.net (to avoid me flashing back a stock rom, then doing a nand backup, then doing a nand restore to my own rom)
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yea we've got some blazing servers at school, especially the student server, as very few history majors are hogging bandwidth.
you're kosher posting my stocker on externe, but could you leave the modified one up there and label it so I can find it? I'd like to try the turbo kernel, but I've been frustrated the last few times I've worked throught it. NAND flash to take a look would be sweet.
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I'd be very happy to have a nand flash of all the nice utils + the fast kernel, but what was hosted was just a bad mix :-/
I'll try to clean up my homedir (remove some apps etc) and do a nand backup
But it you follow instructions (remove opera pdf plugin to have enough space for the modules) everything works fine.
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Pardon me while I expose my Linux ignorance yet once again...
I'm getting ready to flash my 6000L to the overclockable kernel and have a quick question before I do. If I do a complete backup using the backup utility provided by Sharp can I restore from that backup after I have installed the new kernel or will it be incompatible?
Feel free to school me on this. I've wondered for a long time how the kernel is dependant or independant and if it resides in the "Backup" file or is unnaffected by it. My inclination is that it must be seperate or ppl wouldn't have to go through the flashing process to update the kernel they could just restore from a Backup of a kernel updated Zaurus and not have all the hassle. However my inclinations have caused me great grief in the past *cringe*.
Thanks a bunch,
-NeuroShock
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I'm not a "master". Just I've done what you say and the answer is the bad one. Your backup will serve you if you come back to the actual kernel inside your machine. Sorry.....
smuelas
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Arrgh, dissapointed but thank you VERY much Smuelas for your response! If someone more enlightened than the two of us cares to expand on why this is I'd still be greatful.
Thanks Again,
-NeuroShock
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Hi All,
I just got an SL-6000L and was looking for Sharp's ROM images and kernel source and found they don't seem to be available on Sharp's web site. Nor do they seem to be available through ZUG downloads. Has anyone archived and made them available on a public web/ftp site or know where I can get them? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
crow
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From nevarrie's site, the 1.12 rom.
http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/ (http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/)
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BarryW, a big thank you to both you and nevarrie!
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I'd like to experiment with other ROMs on my new 6000, but I don't know how to restore it to its original state (i.e., ROM as shipped from factory.)
Is there some document somewhere that shows how to do this? I've just left the ROM on there that came with it, out of fear of breaking the thing.
Any help would be appreciated!
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I think a hard reset does that? (Press the "reset" button on the back while holding power on + rec)
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Press d and P keys while resetting, it will take you to a menu to restore NAND.
Not sure If you need the original ROM though
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First backup your NAND. This will be the ROM you use to restore the original sharp ROM after your done experimenting
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Thanks, everybody. I'll try this tomorrow (backing up what I have) and immediately restoring before getting my feet we w/new roms.
I did this with my 5000 many times, but I am being more careful with the 6000 - it was more expensive!
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I've flashed my (new) SL-6000L with the OpenZaurus ROM v3.5.2 and it worked, unfortunately, I haven't a chance to backup it before too soon to happy to get it... and maybe too stupid also I am.
Now I'd like to come back to original stuffs (especially for wifi and opera support), could you please help me finding out the original Sharp ROM. I mean what is DevNet, do you have an URL or something.
Please advise, I'm lost (mainly sad), thank you.
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Hi, see Link to Sharp 6000 ROM (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8299&view=findpost&p=50945) or the links in previous posts.
Please try using the Search next time as well
Good luck
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Im triing to reflash with this intructions, only i want to know that i can back to the official version if i need. But the combination reset+q+t dont work. One stupid cuestion... The reset buton are in the back of the zaurus sl-6000, isnt it? I have this doubt because in my case dont work. Or is the power button I have to push? thanks.
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I'm trying to restore back to the Sharp Rom and it doesn't work. I did this successfully before a couple of times with the instruction previosly posted, so I don't know what went wrong. When I press q+t+reset both leds light on but after a short while both leds blinks forever. I know this leds should go out after NAND restore, but they blinks.
I also tried OZ 3.5.2 and it says:
"Seriously problem!!! Your Zaurus not SL-C700/750/760/860/6000 model. Cannot install OpenZaurus on unknown, press the ENTER key for reboot."
Any suggestion? Thanks.
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Hi
Just checking would it be usefull to mirror NAND backups. Have some spare bandwidth and a webserver. Am willing to put a sight together. If you intrested just give a shout. Also very off topic have four gmail accounts to give away if anyone wants. You can email me NANDS or request for gmail at zaurus6000sl@gmail.com
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It looks like eddiectc and me are in the same ship (play arround with SL-6000 and no back-up VERY BAD GUYS).
I installed the NAND backup from guylhem and its looks like theres some modifications. When i try to make work the WIFI card does not work and it changes the old boot with the one used with the modified kernel.
BTW Ambicom bluetootj card does not work anymore too.
and so
if anyone here want to share your NAND backup eddiectc and me appreciate it a LOT (we promisse to do not do play again without backup, we promise).
PD Excuse my english, "¿alguien aqui habla español ?"
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Sorry about that last post. I usually read and try installing software, and rarely request information because most questions are aswered and found with reading the threads and posts.
I've just purchased the 6000L . I'm new to the board and have been reading the posts and installing apps.
I installed the extreme.net nand and now my wifi doesn't work. Running a df shows /dev/root at 100%
I want to install the original sharp rom.
The problem is the link to "http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/za...0217S6V112.zip" times out.
Is there an alternate site available where one could download the original sharp rom?
Thanks
6000l
512mb Sandisk SD
1gb sandisk CF
TRENDnet CD 10/100 ethernet adapter
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Is there an alternate site available where one could download the original sharp rom?
Thanks
6000l
512mb Sandisk SD
1gb sandisk CF
TRENDnet CF 10/100 ethernet adapter
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Found it at [a href=\"http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/]http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/[/url]
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hey can i get a quick run down to make my own image like the one found in the site mentioned above. i went to the diag and did nand backup but that gave me a dbk file and i didnt get all the bins and stuff. any help would be great
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Well, I thought I could figure this out, but I guess I can't. I'm trying to restore the Sharp ROM (OZ installed now). I've read all the posts here, but I can't get my Zaurus 6000L to flash. Here's what I did. First, I ran fdisk to format the CF. I formatted it with one partition, defaults for start and stop cylinder. I set the type to FAT16 (0x06). I wrote the table and exited. Next I ran mkdosfs on the CF. Next I copied all files from SL6000L-US-1.12.zip (ffffffff.bin initrd.bin mainte.bin nanddiag.bin updater.pro initfs.bin initrd.gz mversion.bin paraminf.bin zImage.bin) to the CF. I moved the CF to the Zaurus. I reset (amber light goes on) and then hit power while holding down Q and T. The Zaurus boots OZ. I also tried reset, power with OK. Then I select CF under Update. It boots OZ. With this procedure I get the message "/mnt/cf/update.sh not found". I can't find that file. I suspect that the message is coming from OZ anyway. With the Q-T procedure, OZ starts booting so quickly that I can't read any error messages. At http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/ (http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/) there is a README.txt. It says that one can flash a kernel with the files updater.sh, consolescroll.sh, and zImage.bin. Only the file zImage.bin is available in the zip file and I can't find the others at the site.
I also tried following the procedure described by eddiectc (post 8) for NAND restore. I don't get an option for NAND restore (is the diag menu what one reaches by pressing power with ok held down?). If I request an update from CF, I get OZ.
I must be doing something stupid, but I need someone to tell me what it is. I bet I'm not formatting the CF correctly. I tried formatting it in my camera, but when I do that I get the same results (which is why I suspect that I'm not doing it correctly).
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I reset (amber light goes on) and then hit power while holding down Q and T. The Zaurus boots OZ. I also tried reset, power with OK. Then I select CF under Update. It boots OZ. With this procedure I get the message "/mnt/cf/update.sh not found". I can't find that file.
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as the message suggested you need update.sh from here: [a href=\"http://www.externe.net/zaurus/kernel/flash-common/]http://www.externe.net/zaurus/kernel/flash-common/[/url]. Although the instruction may not mention it, it's always need AFAIK. I usally use power with OK, just for ease.
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OK, this is promising. I added the file updater.sh to the ones from SL6000L-US-1.12.zip (ffffffff.bin initrd.bin mainte.bin nanddiag.bin updater.pro initfs.bin initrd.gz mversion.bin paraminf.bin zImage.bin) on the CF.
Now I get the messages:
Flash erasing...done
0% 100%
...........................
Success!
Maser version
Success!
Please reset
At this point, I push the reset button on the back of the Zaurus, then hit power. OZ tries to boot (but fails to find many files). What am I missing now?
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I tried updating from the maintenance mode (d, p, reset) using the exact same files I used in my previous attempt. Using this technique, the update worked and I am now running the Sharp ROM. Thanks for all the great information posted in this thread.
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@jeffbarish: I really want to thank you for posting. Your trials and tribulations mirrored mine exaclty, and I could tell that I was making some sort of progress because I had run into the same problems as you did.
After screwing up Qtopia, I flashed to the Guylhem ROM and had problems with that, so I had to return to the original Sharp ROM. I'd've been lost if it weren't for this thread.
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Hi,
I performed this procedure, but the JAVA is gone. How do
I get it back?
Thanks!
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the JAVA is gone
I repeated this procedure the other night. It seems that the JAVA gets
restored OK, but there was no tab, until I installed the jeode-demos. The
original demo that was on there when I received the unit, which was
some JAVA-based graph layour demo, is gone.
In any case, I figured I'd update this thread, so folks that might be
nand-restoring to the original OS, know that the JAVA VM is
restored OK.
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Can someone please share the original NAND backup of the Zaurus SL-6000L?
http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/za...0217SL6V112.zip (http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/20040217SL6V112.zip) is the original sharp rom as found on sharps site. I have used it many time and then restored my backup and had my Z right back to the point it was before I started playing. The instruction from sharps website on how to uses this restore are at http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/za...ashsharprom.txt (http://zaurus.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/howtoflashsharprom.txt).
Does this process works only with CF and not SD?
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This link worked for me:
[a href=\"http://www.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/]http://www.thegrantclan.org/download/zaurus/roms/tosa/[/url]
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I had the wireless problem too, but I fixed it by running 'depmod -a' as root.
I have no idea how I mangled my module dependancy information.
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I tried to flash OZ-OPIE to my sl6000, went through the procedure documented on this site with the maintainance menu, get the console messages that it is flashing the image files, reset, and then try to format it through the maintainance menu. At this point the screen goes blank and the power light goes off. I can do nothing or see nothing going on until I do a reset again. I tried restoring a fresh stock NAND on an SD card but the same thing happens. Don't tell me a made a brick please! What can I do?
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Hi.
is better that this never happens but i think that is impossible for me and now i have to restored mi Zaurus SL6000L.
I have read all the posts about this so.
First i got into diagnostic menu pressing D an P while reset and put the battery on so in the menu i go to 4 page and i make a nand back up to CF and it makes me a file SYST00006.DBK in the CF.
Now i am goingo to get the original rom from http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/nand/backup/ (http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/nand/backup/)
the last option i think is the righ one and i will try to restore putting this file in the CF and going to restoring in the menu, in the nand restore also in the 4 page.
Well in a few time i will tell you how is it going.
Thanks
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Hi.
is better that this never happens but i think that is impossible for me and now i have to restored mi Zaurus SL6000L.
I have read all the posts about this so.
First i got into diagnostic menu pressing D an P while reset and put the battery on so in the menu i go to 4 page and i make a nand back up to CF and it makes me a file SYST00006.DBK in the CF.
Now i am goingo to get the original rom from http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/nand/backup/ (http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/nand/backup/)
the last option i think is the righ one and i will try to restore putting this file in the CF and going to restoring in the menu, in the nand restore also in the 4 page.
Well in a few time i will tell you how is it going.
Thanks
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Hi Again .
Bad news foe me Restore .....failed
format error
Any help?
Thanks
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Hi.
is better that this never happens but i think that is impossible for me and now i have to restored mi Zaurus SL6000L.
I have read all the posts about this so.
First i got into diagnostic menu pressing D an P while reset and put the battery on so in the menu i go to 4 page and i make a nand back up to CF and it makes me a file SYST00006.DBK in the CF.
Now i am goingo to get the original rom from http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/nand/backup/ (http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/nand/backup/)
the last option i think is the righ one and i will try to restore putting this file in the CF and going to restoring in the menu, in the nand restore also in the 4 page.
Well in a few time i will tell you how is it going.
Thanks
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Hi Again .
Bad news foe me Restore .....failed
format error
Any help?
Thanks
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Hi Again.
I am going to explain who am i tryng to get my original rom again.
First of al i go to [a href=\"http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/nand/backup/]http://www.externe.net/zaurus/flash/nand/backup/[/url]
and get the file syst0006.dbk-us.bz2
So then i get into the diagnostic menu and i go in page 4 to nand back up to CF and it makes me a file into the CF called SYST0006.DBK it ask me to execute the back up with this file and i say ys do it makes me the back up.
After i go to restore from CF and first appears the before file SYST....
and it says EXecute restore? iy say yes
Delete all flasf data ? and i say yes
So it says Restore ...failed
format errror
I dont know what am i doing bad.
I really need help in this.
Thanks all.
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Your Compact Flash card needs to be formatted as FAT (also called FAT16), not vfat or fat32. Copy the nand backup to the Compact Flash card, and try again. Hopefully that is the only problem.
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Hi Again.
I already have my Zaurus alive and kicking .
It was only the problem that the file i get from externe i have to rename it and then everything was ok.
Thanks all
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Just an FYI for anyone happening to look here. It may be obvious to some, but it wasn't to me until I just tried it.
If you have the expansion sled for the SL-6000, you can't use the CF slot in the sled to do NAND backups/restores.
You can have the sled attached while you're doing it, but the card you backup/restore from must be in the primary slot.
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Hi Yes please can you ost your NAND for SL 6000, i tried flashing with the original sharp rom, but it the sd card is not being recognized, lsmod shows the sharp_mmcsd module loaded Thx a lot - munch
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howdee howdee... uploading now. I'll post the link when it's ready to come out of the oven.
EDIT 10:04 Pacific: yeesh... a whole 20kb/s. expect it in an hour. probably shouldn't have bothered to try over the grocery store's network... but there you go.
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Hi hubcapboy, can you post your NAND backup again, the one on externe.net has a time stamp older than the one when you last uploaded, so I amwondering whether it is the original NAND backup or the one with the fast kernel etc
Thx a lot
munch
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I dont know if the SL-6000's differ Nand wise, but heres are link to one
SL-6000W-ENG-NAND-original (http://downloads.conics.net/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/service-menus/original-backups/SL-6000W-ENG-NAND-original.zip)
Late
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Thx, I used the backup from externe.net and it worked, but I guess the real reason why the SD card wasnt being recognized was some bad sectors in the sd card, when i used a different one it recognized it ok
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I dont know if the SL-6000's differ Nand wise, but heres are link to one
SL-6000W-ENG-NAND-original (http://downloads.conics.net/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/service-menus/original-backups/SL-6000W-ENG-NAND-original.zip)
Late
Just for everyone's information, that NAND backup is not totally in English. The Addressbook has tabs for "ai ka sa ta na ha ma ya ra wa ab and so" (instead of a b c d etc).
Also keymapping is different for some keys. For instance the period key types a dash.
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does anyone have the full japanese nand back up from the SL-6000W? I need full japanese language in stalled on my SL-6000L.
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here's my zaurus downloads directory; sadly it looks as if I only have the W in english, sorry. I think meanie's pages list how to re-add Jp support to cacko/sharp ROMs?
-rw-rw-r-- 1 zaurus users 45121201 2003-01-01 00:00 bsyst0006.dbk.bz2
-rw-rw-r-- 1 zaurus users 32930205 2005-12-07 07:42 linux-2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-20051020.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 zaurus users 6983179 2005-12-21 22:55 linux-2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-common-20041002.tar.gz
-rwxr--r-- 1 zaurus users 23292658 2007-03-30 23:01 qtopia-2.1.2-6000-beta-rom.zip
-rwxr--r-- 1 zaurus users 13781 2005-12-07 07:23 sharp-tools-1.0.1.tar.bz2
-rwxr--r-- 1 zaurus users 926 2005-11-24 00:10 sl6000_guyhlem_net_wifi_wep_fixed.zip
-rwxr--r-- 1 zaurus users 15009 2005-11-22 20:46 sl-6000-guylhem-README-1-0rc4.txt
-rwxr--r-- 1 zaurus users 42728592 2005-11-22 20:51 sl-6000-guylhem-syst0006.dbk-1.0rc4.bz2
-rwxr--r-- 1 zaurus users 34906290 2008-02-27 22:58 SL-6000W-ENG-NAND-original.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 zaurus users 42728592 2005-11-22 20:51 syst0006.dbk.bz2
-rwxr--r-- 1 zaurus users 1110972 2008-02-27 20:56 tetsu-zImage-6000.bin
6000D:
total 78184
drwxrwsr-x 2 zaurus users 4096 2006-05-12 16:01 .
drwxrwsr-x 3 zaurus users 4096 2008-05-06 22:18 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 zaurus users 79965634 2005-10-13 03:00 syst0006.dbk.bz2
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Hi, everybody!
Just a stupid newbie's first question (or two): Does a NAND restore also reset the Z to its default partitioning?
The first question is a result of my attemp to flash my SL-6000 with the e-image (Enlightment). I downloaded the image from G:\Zaurus\www.openzaurus.org\download\3.5.4\images\tosa, located an updater.sh at Hentges site (3.5.4), renamed the e-image-3.5.4-tosa.rootfs.jffs2 file to initrd.bin and placed the stuff on a CF. .The power on /OK button gave me the update-menu and I started the update procedure. Everything went OK, to start with:
- the Sharp screen appeared
- the init: version 2.78 booting message appeared
- Zaurus CF updater said:
kernel 0% ................ 100%
Sucess!
RO file system
Flash erasing...done
0% .............. 100% ERROR:flash write
Error!
Please reset
Then the Z (after some time while I wrote this text) decided to boot up on its own, INIT: version 2.86 booting blablabla... The first time it became stuck on a black screen with an X in the middle of it and nothing more happened. The next time and all following times (even after a Format from update menu followed by a new re-flashing of e-image) it comes to tosa login: and loops there. I can log in, but there is no GUI. The green light flashes.
So, now comes my second question: have I done something wrong in my flashing procedure? The "ERROR:flash write" message after 100% seems weird. Did the flash succeed or not? I have read everything I could find on the subject and it shouldn't be the CF card. I have done flashing of my 5500 and 5600 before (switching to OZ and then back to Sharp/Cacko) so at least the card should be working. ;-)
Any help very appreciated.
/Z
P.S. I am trying to gather pieces of various ROMs for the Z-s. I have noticed that much of the stuff has disappeared from the net recently, so I am just trying to put together a collection of a few ROMs and other Z-related software.
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Can't help with the flashing details per se, but the fact that the card worked before doesn't mean it's necesarily okay now.
I would fsck the card, and also do md5sum on the files to make sure they aren't corrupt.
sdjf
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Hi,
I did fsck the card and it seemed OK... Tried different cards and same result, flashing with the opie-image worked, flashing with the e-image reported Format error.
/Z
Can't help with the flashing details per se, but the fact that the card worked before doesn't mean it's necesarily okay now.
I would fsck the card, and also do md5sum on the files to make sure they aren't corrupt.
sdjf
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My guess is it's the e-image. Also, I don't think you'll be too happy with openzaurus anyway. Not much development got completed for the Tosa there. Much better now on Angstrom. I'm working (slowly) on trying to get e to run on my tosa...I've got a post about it here. e actually runs, but it's not responding to the touch screen.