Frustrating C1000 Flashing Problem

[steliosx]

EDIT: current problem:

trying again for about 10 times, and Im really pissed. here is what I get, no matter if I use an empty Dane-Elec CF 512Mb  or an empty Kingston SD 1Gb.

After following the instructions I quoted above, here is how it goes:

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1. Sharp Logo
2. "INIT - Booting version 2.78"<4-5 seconds pass>

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"sl_time nand_read_time"

[b]touch: /home/sharp/etc/rts_reset: no such file or directory[/b]

INIT - Entering runlevel 4<1 second passes>

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--- Zaurus CF updater ---
Please Reset|

Please, somebody, help me or I'll through this thing out of the window... been trying for a couple of hours already..


Old post:

hello all

I dloaded tetsu's special kernel for my c1k - files updater.sh and zImage on to my CF card, rebooted while holding down OK button, selected option 4 at the flash menu and confirmed by pressing Y,

waited for the process to finish, removed the battery when asked to reboot after process finished - and here I am

mplayer-iwmmxt 1.5 installed OK and so did bvdd 0.4

however in Zplayer frontend it wont let me select the "enable iwmmxt extensions" button..

I was wondering if the Kernel installed OK. can anybody provide a way for me to check that v18a kernel is indeed installed in my C1000? is there a way to see it?

thanks!

[Stubear]

The easist way to be sure is to run "uname -a" from the console.

The info is also kept in /proc/version (or somewhere similair), when you rebooted the Z did you see the standard sharp "please wait" screen or did you have a lot of text scrolling by? If you had the text then you have installed the new kernel.

The problem with Zplayer and not being able to select iwmmxt is that Zplayer doesn't recognise the C1k properly yet so it doesn't konw to turn on iwmmxt or to use bvdd.

Stu

[steliosx]

hello Stubear and thanks, im getting:

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bash-2.05$ uname -a
Linux zaurus 2.4.20 #1 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:44:25 +0900 armv5tel unknown
and then im getting:

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bash-2.05$ su # more /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.20 (namikosi@mascaras) (gcc version 2.95.2 19) #1 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:44:25 +0900
any ideas?

by the way if it isn't installed, can somebody provide the instructions again?

here is what i did:

This is how you update your kernel (you'll find the files at the end of this page)

      Put your Z on the charger (it will not work otherwise)

      Put zImage and updater.sh on an empty CF-card. There should be no other files on the card

      Open your C's Terminal, become root (su -) and type reboot.

      Press and hold the OK button during the complete re-booting process.

      The following menus are most likely in Japanese. From the service menue, select option 4 (four). Select CF and acknowledge the upcoming warning by moving to the left button and press OK.

      The new kernel will now be transferred on to your system. If the Z asks you to reset, disconnect the charger, open the battery compartment and remove the battery. Wait 10 seconds or so, put the battery back in, close the compartment and slide the little switch back to lock.

      Turn you Z on and let it boot.

[Stubear]

hello Stubear and thanks, im getting:

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bash-2.05$ uname -a
Linux zaurus 2.4.20 #1 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:44:25 +0900 armv5tel unknown
and then im getting:

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bash-2.05$ su # more /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.20 (namikosi@mascaras) (gcc version 2.95.2 19) #1 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:44:25 +0900
any ideas?

It looks like the original Sharp kernel

by the way if it isn't installed, can somebody provide the instructions again?

here is what i did:

This is how you update your kernel (you'll find the files at the end of this page)

      Put your Z on the charger (it will not work otherwise)

      Put zImage and updater.sh on an empty CF-card. There should be no other files on the card

      Open your C's Terminal, become root (su -) and type reboot.

      Press and hold the OK button during the complete re-booting process.

      The following menus are most likely in Japanese. From the service menue, select option 4 (four). Select CF and acknowledge the upcoming warning by moving to the left button and press OK.

      The new kernel will now be transferred on to your system. If the Z asks you to reset, disconnect the charger, open the battery compartment and remove the battery. Wait 10 seconds or so, put the battery back in, close the compartment and slide the little switch back to lock.

      Turn you Z on and let it boot.

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Yep, that's what I do except

1. I don't worry about the card being empty
2. I use the "reboot" option on the Menu (Q -> reboot) and hold down OK after clicking "yes" to reboot message
3. After the new kernel is copied you should see a message

--- Zaurus SD Updater ---
zImage: 1235792bytes

Successfully Completed.
Please reset

And as I mentioned previously you will see lots of scrolling text rather than the white Sharp welcome screen.

I'm unable to flash tetsu's special kernel at the moment but the testsu site says

The version is displayed like v18a@tetsu.homelinux.org.

which isn't what your /proc/version states.

You should also have a /proc/tpressure or /proc/zaurus/tpressure if the correct version has been installed properly.

Hope this helps

Stu

[euroclie]

Also, just in case: don't forget to install the modules ipk which come along Tetsu's kernel... bvdd, for instance, comes as a module with this kernel.

On my C3000 with Tetsu's v.18a kernel, uname -a gives:
Linux zaurus 2.4.20 #1 Tue, 03 May 2005 23:36:41 +0900 armv5tel unnknown,
and cat /proc/version reports:
Linux version 2.4.20 (v18a@tetsu.homelinux.org) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Tue, 03 May 2005 23:36:41 +0900.

[steliosx]

thanks for the feedback guys

seems that the kernel was not updated.

could someone care to provide the steps of this upgrade again? translating tetsu.homelinux.org didn't help

thanks in advance

EDIT: trying again for about 10 times, and Im really pissed. here is what I get, no matter if I use an empty Dane-Elec CF 512Mb  or an empty Kingston SD 1Gb.

After following the instructions I quoted above, here is how it goes:


Sharp Logo

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INIT - Booting version 2.78
<4-5 seconds pass>

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sl_time nand_read_time

touch: /home/sharp/etc/rts_reset: no such file or directory

INIT - Entering runlevel 4<1 second passes>

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--- Zaurus CF updater ---
Please Reset|

help me or I'll through this thing out of the window... been trying for a couple of hours already..

[euroclie]

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--- Zaurus CF updater ---
Please Reset|

help me or I'll through this thing out of the window... been trying for a couple of hours already..

Can't test right now to confirm, but I remember that I had the same problem once before. In my case, reformatting the SD card with a FAT16 partition seemed to solve the problem, as far as I can remember, the Zaurus appeared not to be able to read the file during my first attempt. Here is a picture of what was displayed on the screen when I reflashed the ROM (during my first Cacko ROM install):

 [ Invalid Attachment ]

Hope this helps...

In case you want to investigate the issue, here's what fdisk -l /dev/mmcda reports:

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Disk /dev/mmcda: 255 MB, 255852544 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/tracks, 976 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/mmcda1               1        976      249805+   6  FAT16
Also, I'm sure you already checked this again and again, but you have to make sure that 1) the card is empty and contains only the required files, and 2) the file names are set appropriately (in a nutshell, there should be only the updater.sh script and the zImage.bin file). If you didn't rename the files you downloaded to those names (and the upper/lower case matters, of course), then this would be a good start. If you did all this already, then I've got no idea what you did wrong!

[Stubear]

Which updater.sh file are you using?

Also what is the name of the zImage file?

If you are using the updater.sh from testsu's site then the zImage must be called zImage (not zImage.bin)

If you are using the updater.sh from the Sharp site then it should be zImage.bin but might not work with the tetsu kernel.

Also as euroclie mentioned make sure the cards are formatted FAT16 not FAT32, if you format them under windows you will get the option of FAT and FAT32, FAT is what you want.

Good luck

Stu

[samxiao]

where's Tetsu's special c1k ROM?

[steliosx]

Which updater.sh file are you using?

Also what is the name of the zImage file?

If you are using the updater.sh from testsu's site then the zImage must be called zImage (not zImage.bin)

im using updater.sh.C1000 renamed to updater.sh from tetsu's site
f*ck, thats what I couldn't make out - i was used to using zImage.bin always!

anyways! hope that renaming it to zImage alone will do the trick

thanks for the feedback guys!

samxiao, check http://tetsu.homelinux.org/zaurus/kernel/index.html

[samxiao]

samxiao, check http://tetsu.homelinux.org/zaurus/kernel/index.html
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thanks for your help
which ROM i should download?
all Japanese
can't read
i try Excite! translation
still couldn't understand
 

thanks for any help

[samxiao]

what about initrd.bin?

where should i find it?

[Stubear]

If you have a C1k then you want to download "SL-C1000 special kernel (v18a)", the link is about 1/4 down the page and downloads the file zImage-v18a-C1000.bin. Renmae this to zImage when you ocpy it to the zaurus.

There is no initrd.bin, this is a kernel only so no rom file

Stu

[samxiao]

If you have a C1k then you want to download "SL-C1000 special kernel (v18a)", the link is about 1/4 down the page and downloads the file zImage-v18a-C1000.bin. Renmae this to zImage when you ocpy it to the zaurus.

There is no initrd.bin, this is a kernel only so no rom file

Stu
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but i already erase the original content on my Zaurus
therefore i need a initrd.bin to get my stuff back
not just the kernel


do you guys have an English Cacko NAND share with me?
thanks


i'm screwed

[Quickfry]

trisoft.de has a nand backup of the sharp rom for c1000.