Ok, I just tried that alternate SD image. I tried downloading it
twice, but both times bzip told me that it was a corrupt archive.
Could you check it and confirm that it's a good image and if so, then
I'll have to figure out why my download is messing it up.
James
--- In "Alvaro Aguirre" <>
wrote:
>
> Yes, I think the update to the TS-SDBOOT must be done with the board
already
> bootup... the image i send you is almost the same as the original,
but maybe
> it make a diference, If not the only solution I see is contact
embeddedarm
> directly and wait for his answer (I know Eddie and Michael read the
maillist
> frecuently and can answer here too).
>
> Alvaro
>
> On 10/28/06, gamehoser <> wrote:
> >
> > 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" <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 <james.singer1@> 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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