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Re: [ts-7000] Re: 7800 Flash restore

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: 7800 Flash restore
From: "Michael Schmidt" <>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:44:08 -0700 (MST)
On Thu, January 3, 2008 2:24 pm, JD wrote:
> or better yet what is the procedure t/s use to perform the flashing?
>
> --- In  "JD" <> wrote:
>>
>> Is there an idiots guide to flash restoration on the 7800 using a
>> bootable SD card.
>>
>> I can boot using the SD card to the quick linux prompt.
>>
>> Restore the linux file system:
>> run 'sdmount' to mount the root file system from the sd card.
>> run 'createmtdroot' which will format /dev/mtdblock4 and copy the root
>> files to it.
>>
>> Restore kernel partition:
>> run 'dd if=/dev/tssdcardb2 of=/dev/mtdblock1'
>>
>> Restore ram disk partition:
>>
>> run 'dd if=/dev/tssdcardb3 of=/dev/mtdblock2'
>>
>> And we are done, or are we?
>> If I repower without the SD card, it stops at the "Booting from
>> onboard NAND flash..." message.
>>
>> I am probally missing something obvious.
>>

It sounds like maybe you don't have the MBR boot code on the card.

I've created some files on our ftp site to assist you in reflashing your
board:

ftp://ftp.embeddedARM.com/ts7800/reflash/

The flash7800 script is a modified version of the script we use to flash
boards at the factory.  You may want to look over and edit the script
before running it in case some of the steps are/aren't needed.  For
instance, you may need to uncomment and tweak the first line if the nand
flash drivers aren't loaded yet on your board.  If you suspect you still
have a working root filesystem you may also want to comment out the parts
dealing with untarring the root filesystem so as to save a lot of time.


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