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Re: [ts-7000] Bad blocks on redboot partition

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Bad blocks on redboot partition
From: Marco Pracucci <>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:11:55 +0000
> Hmm, that's odd.  There was an issue I saw once where RedBoot "lost"
> the remainder of bytes after a last full block, and the symptoms were
> the same as what you were seeing.
>
> What is the (decimal) byte size of your compressed kernel on the network?
The size of zImage is 1222124 bytes.
> And can you copy what your fis list shows after trying the larger length?
Here is a dump of it.

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RedBoot> fis delete vmlinux
Delete image 'vmlinux' - continue (y/n)? y

RedBoot> fis list
Name              FLASH addr  Mem addr    Length      Entry point
(reserved)        0x60000000  0x60000000  0x01D04000  0x00000000
RedBoot           0x61D04000  0x61D04000  0x00040000  0x00000000
(bad block)       0x61E44000  0x61E44000  0x00004000  0xFFFFFFFF
(bad block)       0x61F80000  0x61F80000  0x00004000  0xFFFFFFFF
FIS directory     0x61FFC000  0x61FFC000  0x00003000  0x00000000
RedBoot config    0x61FFF000  0x61FFF000  0x00001000  0x00000000

RedBoot> load -v -r -b 0x00218000 -m http -h 192.168.0.5
/zImage-linux-2.6.18
|
Raw file loaded 0x00218000-0x003425eb, assumed entry at 0x0021800

RedBoot> fis create -b 0x00218000 -l 0x0012C000 vmlinux

RedBoot> fis list
Name              FLASH addr  Mem addr    Length      Entry point
(reserved)        0x60000000  0x60000000  0x01D04000  0x00000000
RedBoot           0x61D04000  0x61D04000  0x00040000  0x00000000
vmlinux           0x61D44000  0x00218000  0x0012C000  0x00218000
(bad block)       0x61E44000  0x61E44000  0x00004000  0xFFFFFFFF
(bad block)       0x61F80000  0x61F80000  0x00004000  0xFFFFFFFF
FIS directory     0x61FFC000  0x61FFC000  0x00003000  0x00000000
RedBoot config    0x61FFF000  0x61FFF000  0x00001000  0x00000000
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Marco Pracucci



 
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