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Re: [ts-7000] Re: Problems booting ts7300?

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: Problems booting ts7300?
From: "Eddie Dawydiuk" <>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:19:48 -0700 (MST)
Hello,

> I'm having this same EXACT problem on a brand new TS-7300 board.  I'm
> using  a 256meg SD card sent from Technologic with the debian
> distribution preloaded.

Keep in mind there are two SD card slots. The bootrom will attempt to
boot to the SD card slot nearest the EP9302. If you put your SD card in
the wrong slot then the board would never boot as you have reported...

//Eddie

> --- In  "Alvaro Aguirre" <>
> wrote:
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>> dd it to /dev/sde, not /dev/sde1
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>> dd if=fastboot-7300-sdcard-7-6-2006.dd of=/dev/sde
>>
>> good luck!
>> Alvaro
>>
>> On 10/27/06, andygryc <> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Hi all,
>>> I've just got a new ts7300. I'm familiar with the ts7250 (we have a
>>> new product that includes it), but I'm just started trying to make the
>>> SD flash for a boot image.
>>>
>>> I've downloaded the fast boot image, and I think I've put it on a
>>> card. It's a 256MB card as suggested in the instructions, and the
>>> card compares properly (at least for the first piece of it).
>>>
>>>  ~]# dd if=fastboot-7300-sdcard-7-6-2006.dd of=/dev/sde1
>>> 488448+0 records in
>>> 488448+0 records out
>>>  ~]# dd if=/dev/sde1 of=compare.dd
>>> 499611+0 records in
>>> 499611+0 records out
>>>  ~]# ls
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 andy andy 255800832 Oct 26 23:28 compare.dd
>>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 andy andy 250085376 Oct 26 23:11
>>> fastboot-7300-sdcard-7-6-2006.dd
>>>  ~]# cmp compare.dd fastboot-7300-sdcard-7-6-2006.dd
>>> cmp: EOF on fastboot-7300-sdcard-7-6-2006.dd
>>>
>>> Notice that the card is slightly bigger than the fastboot image--don't
>>> know if that's causing a problem or not.
>>>
>>> I put the SD card in the left slot (between the jumper and the power
>>> blocks). I think this is the correct slot (although I've tried both).
>>>
>>> However, I get no sign of recognition from the TS-SDBOOT; I just get
>>> the boot message over and over again, so it clearly isn't recognizing
>>> the image.
>>>
>>> I'm using the SanDisk ImageMate 5-in-1 reader (SDDR-99 v4), which I
>>> load via "/sbin/modprobe usb-storage" to create the /dev/sde1 device
>>> on my system. I know that this is the right device, because 1) it
>>> doesn't appear unless the SD is plugged into the SanDisk reader, and
>>> 2) it blinks red when I read/write the card with dd.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts as to what to do next to diagnose the problem?
>>> --Andy Gryc
>>> Airchitex, Inc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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