Thanks for that :)
Can you put the mbr file to ftp as well, as it seems to be missing
--- In "Michael Schmidt" <> wrote:
>
>
> 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" <john.donoghue@> 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.
>
>
> ______ Best Regards,
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> || Software Engineer
> ||echnologic Systems (EmbeddedARM.com)
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