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![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,342 Joined: 30-July 06 Member No.: 10,575 ![]() |
Issue: Installing uBoot fails (got flashing lights). Charge light doesn't come on.
Solution: The three Rs: Reformat the card (FAT16, under Linux, mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/CARDDEVICE), redownload the uBoot files, and retry the process. Issue: pdaXrom won't find the install files when trying to install the ROM. Solution: Boot into the emergency system and check to see that the card is mounted (type 'df' to see. If /dev/hdx1 or /dev/mmcblk0p1 is listed, it's mounted). Then, cd to the directory with the install files, for CF installs: CODE cd /mnt/cf For SD: CODE cd /mnt/card Then execute this: CODE sh autoboot.sh ./ The install should run fine. Issue: My Z won't boot after trying to install pdaXrom. I want to go back to ROM xyz. Solution: Do a NAND restore. Download the correct file from here (select your Z model on the right): http://www.trisoft.de/en_downloads.htm and put the SYSTCXXX.DBK file on an SD/CF card (FAT16 formatted). remove all power from the Z (battery and AC), then hold Fn+D+M and insert the adapter. YOu should get a diagnostics menu. Go to the third page and select NAND restore. Note that you should only have one card (either SD or CF in the Z at this point). If it doesn't see the file, 1, make sure the name is in all caps, and 2, see below. You can then install ROM xyz normally. Issue: After formatting a card, I can't get a NAND restore/other FAT16-sensitive action to work. Solution: Make sure the system ID is set correctly. fdisk your card: for SD: CODE fdisk /dev/SDDEVICE for CF: CODE fdisk /dev/CFDEVICE Then set the partition's ID to 6 by typing 't' for type, then the patition's number (1), then '6' for FAT16. Reformat your card: CODE mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/CARDDEVICE then put the necessary files on the card and retry the action. Issue: My card isn't found when trying to do a NAND restore or I get the "SYSxxx.DBK: file not exist" error when I try to restore my Z. Solution: Make sure you have the DBK file on the root of the card, and that the card is FAT16-formatted and the System ID is set correctly (see above). For SD, make sure there isn't a CF card in the CF slot as well. I feel like I'm missing other common issues, if so, please post them. If this thread could be stickied, that would be great. ![]() |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 1-June 07 From: Indiana Member No.: 16,847 ![]() |
Question :
If it's dead, how do you get it to come back to life. I just tried mine and it's completely dead now. |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,342 Joined: 30-July 06 Member No.: 10,575 ![]() |
What did you do/try to do?
EDIT: This only covers software "bricking." If it's a hardware issue, these probably won't help ![]() |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 1-June 07 From: Indiana Member No.: 16,847 ![]() |
Phew Awesome! it worked, A mod can delete my posts id they would like, to conserve the threads integrity. Thanks allot.
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Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 6-September 04 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 4,488 ![]() |
If you format the card device instead of the partition device (i.e. /dev/mmcda instead of /dev/mmcda1) you don't have to worry about setting the partition types correctly, since there aren't any. Windows/cameras/etc tend to format removable media like that anyway; so compatibility isn't a problem. Heck, a partitioned card is the unusual case!
![]() The diag menu is quite happy with such a formatted card. |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,342 Joined: 30-July 06 Member No.: 10,575 ![]() |
Thanks for pointing that out. I was under the impression that having no partitions made it not work, but maybe that's for automounting (with a default fstab).
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Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 22-June 04 Member No.: 3,783 ![]() |
Thank you very much for this thread - I thought I'd bricked my 860 when I installed u-boot and it didn't re-boot.
One thing to report: I couldn't get the emergency system to see anything on my CF card (i.e. the nandlogical commands in the install guide) until I mounted it manually with mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf It may have been because the card was in when I applied power. Hope that helps someone. |
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Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 19-August 05 Member No.: 7,906 ![]() |
I'm confused... I tried to install u-boot... now my Z doesn't have a charge light, i can't get into any of the menu's to try any of these recoveries... what do i do?
k |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,342 Joined: 30-July 06 Member No.: 10,575 ![]() |
QUOTE(dominate @ Jun 20 2007, 09:27 AM) I'm confused... I tried to install u-boot... now my Z doesn't have a charge light, i can't get into any of the menu's to try any of these recoveries... what do i do? k You can always get into the Fn+D+M menu. Remove the battery and AC from your Z, hold down Fn, D, and M, then insert the power cable. |
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Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 19-August 05 Member No.: 7,906 ![]() |
QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Jun 20 2007, 09:23 AM) QUOTE(dominate @ Jun 20 2007, 09:27 AM) I'm confused... I tried to install u-boot... now my Z doesn't have a charge light, i can't get into any of the menu's to try any of these recoveries... what do i do? k You can always get into the Fn+D+M menu. Remove the battery and AC from your Z, hold down Fn, D, and M, then insert the power cable. cool, thx. I thought it was just D+M, not Func+D+M. k |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-July 05 Member No.: 7,625 ![]() |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,808 Joined: 13-September 04 From: Wasilla Ak. Member No.: 4,572 ![]() |
I tried to install U-Boot. It seemed to work- I got to a prompt. I simply left my Z sitting there like that while I downloaded a newer debian tarball. The Z went black. I can get into func D+M ok, but I cant reboot or anything of that kind. Is the only option when U-Boot does this to do a Nand restore, install U-Boot again and....what don't let the Z sit? Install a new OS in less than 5 minutes or else?
Well--off to a nand restore. |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,998 Joined: 16-April 04 From: the Netherlands && /dev/null Member No.: 2,882 ![]() |
To boot into the uboot emergency mode, you need to press [OK] when booting starts.
But to install debian, I recommend having the whole rootfs ready before installing uboot and the kernel, because uboot cannot handle ext3 and will freeze when accessing the internal drive or CF. |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,808 Joined: 13-September 04 From: Wasilla Ak. Member No.: 4,572 ![]() |
To boot into the uboot emergency mode, you need to press [OK] when booting starts. But to install debian, I recommend having the whole rootfs ready before installing uboot and the kernel, because uboot cannot handle ext3 and will freeze when accessing the internal drive or CF. I kinda got the last part-But I had preessed ok--it scrolled a bunch o stff then came to a prompt. isn't that what iti is supposed to do? Anyway, If i can mke uboot do anything but cause to restore my Nand (3x this morning and counting) I was planning to install the taraball to a 1 G CF, then see about doing someinthing with my internal drive |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,808 Joined: 13-September 04 From: Wasilla Ak. Member No.: 4,572 ![]() |
To boot into the uboot emergency mode, you need to press [OK] when booting starts. But to install debian, I recommend having the whole rootfs ready before installing uboot and the kernel, because uboot cannot handle ext3 and will freeze when accessing the internal drive or CF. I kinda got the last part-But I had preessed ok--it scrolled a bunch o stff then came to a prompt. isn't that what iti is supposed to do? Anyway, If i can mke uboot do anything but cause to restore my Nand (3x this morning and counting) I was planning to install the taraball to a 1 G CF, then see about doing someinthing with my internal drive Am I supposed to include a kernel or something on the card I install Uboot from? |
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