Totally Bricked C3000

[lareya]

Okay, may be getting somewhere....  
I am able to get back into the NAND Restore menu : I have systc300.dbk on my CF card, I have the prompt execute restore? and I have pressed the enter key, and the okay key.  There isn't a change, but I am going to let it stay for a while in this state.  It appears to be just frozen but I can't seem to get anywhere else on this.

how long does this usually last? someone know who has done this?

wish me luck  


Lareya

[andresgriego]

Hi,

I would suggest repartitioning your HDD with a CF card in the CF slot. I read elsewhere that when there's no card in the slot, your HDD will appear as 'hda'. It should be 'hdc' for the repartitioning stage.

Not sure if this helps, but this is what I think I need to do to get rid of my HDC3 error, 'Error!!! HDD not initialized!!!' on boot-up.


GL,

Andres

*EDIT*

Fixed my problem with this.

[lareya]

Thanks for your help.  That is probably the only thing I have not tried. I do have the c3000 NOT the C3100, but I tried it anyway.  I saw a lot of Japennese stuff, but I still can't do anything.  

The only thing I can do is use the login as root, and run commands from there.  I am unable to mount the /dev/hda1

but I am able to create/delete partitions.  But I am unable to use the other diagnosis menu's, they come up, but then freeze. I am unable to select  the different numbered menus - on both of the menu's.

I am stuck with just the menu stuff.  I am at a loss.  I need really detailed instructions, because when I think things can't get any better - they just get worse.  I have worked on this for the past few weeks, and now again for 4 hours.  

Please can someone walk me thru how to in the command line restore my C3000?  I am desparate!  I am begining to HATE linux and Zaurus!  What I would like to do is just copy an image from my CF drive to my hda? drive (internal CF 8g card). But, then again, I can't mount it.  I did change the whole thing to linux partition number 1 primary, and let it do the default cylinder stuff from start to end.  Okay.... I know I am babbling now, I just don't know what else to do?!?

I use winxp on all my other computers (work & home), can anyone give me commands to do this on windose? OR I have my cl860. can someone walk me thru doing it there? I already took out the CF card and CFdisk it in my 860, but the Cl3000 doesn't have that. I liked that (Cfdisk), cuz it is easy to see what I am doing w/ a gui.

Lareya

[andresgriego]

1. Blow away your partitions.

2. Make new partitions with a CF in the slot (so HDD registers as HDC)

3. Format partitions appropiately.

4. Mount partitions.

5. Copy needed files to HDD1 and HDD2.

6. Reboot.


The specific instructions for these steps are found in this thread and the pages linking off of it.


GL,

Andres  

[lareya]

1. Okay fdisk doesn't see my hard drive at all (8g hard CF drive)  
I try to mount (just stupid error codes)

Want more info? I have put all the stupid error codes in all my posts. People tell me the same thing. I CAN"T USE THE MENUS!  How many frickking times can I say that!    All I have access to is the prompt from the DB Menu.  

Now, if someone can help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.  Yes I have checked every link to the above postings (probably about 100 times!)

Obviously I am a dumb smuck that needs a little more help than that.  

Do I sound pissed? YES! this is a frusterating experience that I care not to experience again.  And as soon as I get this stupid piece of crap machine working again, I will sell it and get something more stable like the MS CRap everyone talks about here.  At least it works.

Lareya

[Mjolinor]

Have you tried preparing the card in a PC then putting it back in the Zaurus?

[lareya]

Yeah, I have taken the 8gCF card out and put it in my slc860 and CFdisk it.  I tried to make 3 types of partitions two ext2 , and one fat.   My sl860 reads it in the CF slot just fine.



My home computer is a windose and I couldn't find a way to do the linux partition with it, and didn't have a stick handy to even do a live linux of some kind.  Keep in mind I am pretty much a newbie, and this is a huge learning curve for me.  I think the 860 is easier to use with cacko.  I am trying out the PXD Rom, but it remains pretty much not used.  I guess I need more of a PIM then the other stuff.  I just wanted to run gnome bible study, or something like that. the QTsword is okay for reading, but not really that good for study.

Laryea

[DoTheDog]

lareya,
Sorry to hear about your troubles. The only thing I can add is my experience. I have a c3100 and I know that the hd partitions etc. are very different but this may help. I tried repartitioning my drive so that I had a larger hdd2 as an ext3 partiton (for Pocketworkstation) and a smaller hdd3 in vfat. After I had done that the z wouldn't boot. Gave me hdd initialization errors and I could only boot to a command prompt. What I found is: (again this is for a c3100)

1. check your /root/etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys file. Make sure that all references to mount ... ${IDE1}1, ${IDE1}2, and ${IDE1}3. have the correct filesystem associated (I think there are two references for each partition). Also make sure that $LINUXFMT is defined correctly (either ext2 or ext3) .

2. On the c3100 on hda1 /hdd1/.sys make sure you have hdimage2.tgz  hdlist1.dat files or it won't boot.

Again, this worked for the c3100 YMMV.

Good luck.

DoTheDog

[lareya]

Okay,    
Is this possible? Can someone copy their internal microdrive and then send it to me? I can't use the menus, I can't move up or down in the diferent numbers. (They come up, but I can't select anything in their. )

I have the original 4g md and I just want to copy appropriate files, and pop it back into my C3000, and hope/pray it works.  So far nothing I have tried will "unbrick" it. see the previous messages I have posted ad nauseam

All this because I pulled out my CF card, but evidently it was not unmounted at the time.  I was running the cackobeta and X/QT. I was not doing anything weird with it. Now, I have been screwed. and am very frusterated with this process.  

thanks    

Lareya

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Now thats interesting. I had the following happen to me running 1.23 cacko on 750.

i was interchanging wifi and cf cards and allof a sudden....the cf was recognised (or rather not recognised as hddx)when i clicked on this i find garbage as the contents of my cf card. Thinking i had corrupted it...I checked in a card reader and then rebooted the Z. All was fine. Im thinking the same happened to you.....and as the 3000 boots of the Hd? you find yourself in trouble....

The previous post seems spot on.....if you can check your mounts and then download a fresh c3000 image to ur md....and then reflash.

If you have done all this.....then I`m sorry

good luck.

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[Mac]

If everything fails, wich hapened to me a LOT in the past, just read this
site

I have done this a few times now and it's easy. One thing to mention, folow the instructions but also do the folowing while booted with db
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc1
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc2
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc3

don't ask me why, but without this my zaurus was still unstable with a fresh install (no backup)

it will take some time (30 minutes) but is worth it, so no need for someone to send you a 4gb image  

Good luck, I know how you feel having a 700 € paperweight