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Re: [ts-7000] Erased Redboot partition (mtd0) on TS7250

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Erased Redboot partition (mtd0) on TS7250
From: Christopher Friedt <>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:45:57 +0100
serialblaster will be the easiest route.... you can then upload the 
mtd0.bin file (downloadable from oz.embeddedarm.com) to ram and 
re-create the mtd partitions from scratch..

Just don't forget to correctly re-write the MAC address :)

~/Chris

siddh_c wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I accidently erased /dev/mtd0 partition which seems to be the redboot
> partition (using the flash_eraseall /dev/mtd0 command). However, I
> have not yet rebooted by board. I was wondering if the following
> approach will work (instead of going through SerialBlaster): 
> - Download readboot-7250-128mb2k-1.0.bin file on the board
> - Run nandwrite /dev/mtd0 redboot-7250-128mb2k-1.0.bin 
> 
> Is there a way to use the nandwrite utility to rewrite the redboot
> image while the board is still running Linux -or- do I have to use the
> SerialBlaster route ?
> 
> Also, in case of SerialBlaster, I read on of the posts that a patch is
> required for NAND 2K flash. I could not find the patch. Can someone
> help me with this ? 
> 
> thanks,
> -siddharth
> 
> 
> 



 
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