Yea, that's what I'm seeing. I got it with the SD card as it came
from TS. I also tried re-dding the fastboot image to it(and can mount
it's partitions, so I think it's good), but it still doesn't boot.
I'll try the alternate image that you suggest and see if that clears
up my problem. As for the SD boot update, I really think this is
what's wrong with this board, but I don't see how I can use that SD
boot update unless I can get the board to boot at least once, since I
can't run that executable until I make it successfully into linux. Or
is there something I'm missing there?
James
--- In ts-7000%40yahoogroups.com, "Alvaro Aguirre" <>
wrote:
>
> When you turn on the board, through the serial connection you see the
> booting messages? something like
>
> "TS-SDBOOT
> .
> .
> .
> TS-SDBOOT
> .
> .
> .
> "
> (keeps repeating again and again)
>
> This kind of message represents a missing or bad SD card on the correct
> slot. If you don't see any message at all could be the power supply
> (5V 1.5amps minimum).
> If you see the right messages and have the correct power supply try with
> this bootdisk: http://lino.cl/ts7300/framebuffer_fixed.dd.tar.bz2
(untar it
> and dd it)
> I mention the "untar it" because many times I dd the bz2 file
instead the
> untared one...a comon error for me ;)
> If you don't get it working after this steps you can try updating your
> TS-SDBOOT following the instructions on
> http://www.embeddedarm.com/epc/fastboot.htm
>
> Good luck,
> Alvaro
>
> On 10/27/06, gamehoser <> wrote:
> >
> > Both of us have tried both slots. I believe Andy has improperly set
> > up his SD card and that might fix his problem, but my system didn't
> > boot into linux right out of the box as I expected it to. The card
> > was already in the right slot(even though I ended up trying both just
> > to troubleshoot it). I just read through the boot section of the
> > manual AGAIN, and it still seems to me that for whatever reason it
> > can't get to/unpack/or load the kernel. Once I've dd'd the fastboot
> > image to the card, do I have to additionally load a kernel into
> > partition 1 manually or something? From everything I've read, this
> > should have just booted up when I first got it without modification
> > given proper cabling and power supply(which I have).
> >
> >
> > --- In ts-7000%40yahoogroups.com <ts-7000%40yahoogro
ups.com>, "Eddie
> > Dawydiuk" <eddie@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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 ts-7000%40yahoogroups.com <ts-7000%40yahoogro
ups.com>,
"Alvaro
> > Aguirre" <alvaro.aguirre@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> dd it to /dev/sde, not /dev/sde1
> > > >>
> > > >> dd if=fastboot-7300-sdcard-7-6-2006.dd of=/dev/sde
> > > >>
> > > >> good luck!
> > > >> Alvaro
> > > >>
> > > >> On 10/27/06, andygryc <andy@> 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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