[SOLVED] PPv4: How to get revert to stock to work

[winestock]

I have tried many times, using a hard drive and USB flash drive, to revert my PPv4 using these instructions: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5 ... s-ui-tabs3. Never seems to work. When I plug in a HD or USB flash drive that is formatted as FAT32 with the "revert" directory, the Pogoplug light just flashes green and never turns red. The final evidence that the revert failed is when I replug in my arm linux-kirkwood HD and boot the Pogoplug, I am able to ssh back in to the arm linux using my arm linux user. I have tried this on both of my PPV4 and it does not work on either one. So the question is why can't I get the revert to work? Has anybody got the revert to work for their PPv4?

I would like this just in case I ever decide I want to sell the PPv4.

[winestock]

By the way, who wrote these instructions: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5 ... s-ui-tabs3?

[bodhi]

Do you have serial console access? much easier to figure out why if you do.

[winestock]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bodhi', 'D')o you have serial console access? much easier to figure out why if you do.

[bodhi]

Yeah, too bad netconsole is not supported.

Perhaps you could post your uBoot envs, we can take a look to see if they are still the same as were when you first installed ALARM. The relevant envs are:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'l')oad_nand=nboot 0x800000 0 0x200000
load_nand2=nboot 0x800000 0 0x500000
boot=bootm 0x800000
boot_nand=run load_nand boot || run load_nand2 boot
alarm_revert=if fatls usb 0:1 /revert; then setenv mainlineLinux no; setenv arcNumber; setenv bootcmd run boot_nand; saveenv; reset; fi
alarm_boot=ide reset; run alarm_revert; if ide part 0; then run alarm_ide; else setenv isDisk no; fi; run alarm_usb
bootcmd=if usb start; then run alarm_boot; else nand read 0x800000 0x100000 0x73d0c; go 0x800000; fi

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bodhi', 'Y')eah, too bad netconsole is not supported.

Perhaps you could post your uBoot envs, we can take a look to see if they are still the same as were when you first installed ALARM. The relevant envs are:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'l')oad_nand=nboot 0x800000 0 0x200000
load_nand2=nboot 0x800000 0 0x500000
boot=bootm 0x800000
boot_nand=run load_nand boot || run load_nand2 boot
alarm_revert=if fatls usb 0:1 /revert; then setenv mainlineLinux no; setenv arcNumber; setenv bootcmd run boot_nand; saveenv; reset; fi
alarm_boot=ide reset; run alarm_revert; if ide part 0; then run alarm_ide; else setenv isDisk no; fi; run alarm_usb
bootcmd=if usb start; then run alarm_boot; else nand read 0x800000 0x100000 0x73d0c; go 0x800000; fi

[bodhi]

Seems like it never got pass this point:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'i')f fatls usb 0:1 /revert

[moonman]

Can't you just set those envieonment variables wihin alarm and reboot?

All it does is check if contents of fat32 drive (only 1st USB port) are "revert", if so just sets
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'setenv mainlineLinux no
setenv arcNumber
setenv bootcmd run boot_nand')

so if I were using fw_setenv (don't know what is used on PPV4 since I don't own one) I would do this:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'fw_setenv mainlineLinux 'no'
fw_setenv arcNumber #deletes the variable
fw_setenv bootcmd 'run boot_nand'')

[winestock]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'C')an't you just set those envieonment variables wihin alarm and reboot?

All it does is check if contents of fat32 drive (only 1st USB port) are "revert", if so just sets
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'setenv mainlineLinux no
setenv arcNumber
setenv bootcmd run boot_nand')

so if I were using fw_setenv (don't know what is used on PPV4 since I don't own one) I would do this:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'fw_setenv mainlineLinux 'no'
fw_setenv arcNumber #deletes the variable
fw_setenv bootcmd 'run boot_nand'')

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bodhi', 'S')eems like it never got pass this point:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'i')f fatls usb 0:1 /revert