[RESOLVED] Dockstar Blinking Amber

[radengr]

I just picked up a Dockstar from ebay and when I tried booting it up it just blinked amber. I hooked up a serial cable to it and got the following output when I tried to boot:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'U-Boot 1.1.4 (Jul 16 2009 - 21:02:16) Cloud Engines (3.4.16)

U-Boot code: 00600000 -> 0067FFF0 BSS: -> 00690D60

Soc: 88F6281 A0 (DDR2)
CPU running @ 1200Mhz L2 running @ 400Mhz
SysClock = 400Mhz , TClock = 200Mhz

DRAM CAS Latency = 5 tRP = 5 tRAS = 18 tRCD=6
DRAM CS[0] base 0x00000000 size 128MB
DRAM Total size 128MB 16bit width
Flash: 0 kB
Addresses 8M - 0M are saved for the U-Boot usage.
Mem malloc Initialization (8M - 7M): Done
NAND:256 MB

CPU : Marvell Feroceon (Rev 1)
CLOUD ENGINES BOARD: REDSTONE:1.0

Streaming disabled
Write allocate disabled


USB 0: host mode
PEX 0: interface detected no Link.
Net: egiga0 [PRIME], egiga1
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0

NAND read: device 0 offset 0x100000, size 0x300000

Reading data from 0x3ff800 -- 100% complete.
3145728 bytes read: OK
## Booting image at 00800000 ...
Image Name: Linux-2.6.22.18
Created: 2009-08-31 23:31:05 UTC
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 1976384 Bytes = 1.9 MB
Load Address: 00008000
Entry Point: 00008000
Verifying Checksum ... Bad Data CRC
CE>>
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I'm hoping I can recover from this somewhat? I am a little upset that I was sent a "like new" dockstar that wouldn't boot but I just want to run archlinux on it anyway. I was hoping for some advice on where to go next so I don't end up with a dockstar that I have to JTAG.

Thanks!

[radengr]

Well, it didn't take me too long to find something!

This website had instructions that got me booting successfully:
http://wejp.k.vu/dockstar/dockstar_repair_with_serial_cable

The only problem is that the mirror url mentioned there was wrong. This is the right one:
http://archlinuxarm.org/mirror/ce/

[kmihelich]

Not everyone has updated to our newer layout.. though it's been interesting to see how many people linked back in their own articles when people report them as broken. Glad you got it fixed.. lots of people ebay bricked plugs, have to be wary.

[radengr]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'l')ots of people ebay bricked plugs, have to be wary.