[ts-7000] Re: NetBSD on a TS-7260

["Tom Hansen" <>]

--- In  "Tom Hansen" <> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install the latest NetBSD 3.0.1 onto a TS-7260.
> 
> Everything worked great until the very last step:
> 
> RedBoot> fis create -b 0x00200000 -f 0x60660000 -l 0x00160000 netbsd.gz
> Invalid FLASH address - not free!
> 
> Sure enough:
> 
> RedBoot> fis list
> Name              FLASH addr  Mem addr    Length      Entry point
> (reserved)        0x60000000  0x60000000  0x01D04000  0x00000000
> RedBoot           0x61D04000  0x61D04000  0x00040000  0x00000000
> FIS directory     0x61FFC000  0x61FFC000  0x00003000  0x00000000
> RedBoot config    0x61FFF000  0x61FFF000  0x00001000  0x00000000
> 
> The flash address of 0x60660000 is smack dab in the middle of the
> reserved area, which RedBoot doesn't let you touch.
> 
> So now I'm stuck.  What do I do from here?
>

Patience is a virtue.  I should have waited for a response.

I decided to try the following:

  RedBoot> fis write -f 0x60660000 -b 0x00200000 -l 0x160000

It asked me:

* CAUTION * about to program FLASH
            at 0x60660000..0x607bffff from 0x00200000 - continue (y/n)?

I double-checked the output from "fis list" and those addresses fell
within the reserved area, which, being 32M, I figured must be the
TS-LINUX partition -- and more notably the addresses were well outside
the range of the RedBoot partition, so I figured it was safe.  So I
hit "y".

Then I entered:

  RedBoot> go 0x60660000

Upon which the system responded with:

  $T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$

I waited a while, nothing more came out, so I tried typing something.
 I got the followed echoed back:

$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d
:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050
f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08f
ff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:000
08060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;
#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb$T050f:00008060;0d:e08fff01;#bb

No problem, I thought, RedBoot is still intact, I'll just reset the
board and try again.  Now the real bad news:

>> TS-NANDBOOT, Rev 1.00 - built 10:14:31, Mar  7 2005
>> Copyright (C) 2004, Technologic Systems
$T0a0f:04403000;0d:88740400;#23

>> TS-NANDBOOT, Rev 1.00 - built 10:14:31, Mar  7 2005
>> Copyright (C) 2004, Technologic Systems
$T0a0f:04403000;0d:88740400;#23

[ repeats forever ]



Looks like I've successfully bricked the TS board.

Is there any way out of this?

:(






 
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