Odroid XU3 install => "Bad Linux ARM zImage magic!"

[ldcm]

Hi,

When I follow the install instructions:

[url]https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/samsung/odroid-xu3[/url]

It fails to boot from the emmc-on-SD-adapter with the switches set as specified.

If I put the switches both up, and directly place the emmc on the intended eMMC connector on the XU3, I drop to the [code]Exynos5422#[/code] shell.

The first time it complained about the filesystem features, so I redid the install instructions, but this time making the file system with:

[code]mkfs.ext4 -O ^metadata_csum /dev/sdX1[/code]

It still doesn't boot from eMMC-on-SD-adapter, but placed on the usual eMMC connector it gets a little further, this time complaining of bad zImage magick:

[code]U-Boot 2012.07-00032-g57c0796-dirty (Oct 05 2015 - 17:37:11) for Exynos5422

CPU: Exynos5422 Rev0.1 [Samsung SOC on SMP Platform Base on ARM CortexA7]
APLL = 800MHz, KPLL = 800MHz
MPLL = 532MHz, BPLL = 825MHz

Board: HardKernel ODROID
DRAM: 2 GiB
WARNING: Caches not enabled

TrustZone Enabled BSP
VDD_KFC: 0x44/��[1;24r
LDO19: 0xf2

Checking Boot Mode ... EMMC
MMC: S5P_MSHC0: 0, S5P_MSHC2: 1
MMC Device 0: 14.7 GiB
MMC Device 1: [ERROR] response timeout error : 00000104 cmd 1
Card did not respond to voltage select!
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: No ethernet found.
Press quickly 'Enter' twice to stop autoboot: 0

** Unable to use mmc 0:1 for fatload **
Unknown command 'ext4load' - try 'help'
Unknown command 'ext4load' - try 'help'
>>> Load Boot Script from mmc 0:1 <<<

** Unable to use mmc 0:1 for fatload **
>>> Load Boot Script from mmc 0:2 <<<
** Partition 2 not valid on device 0 **

** Unable to use mmc 0:2 for fatload **
>>> Run Default Bootcmd <<<
reading kernel..device 0 Start 1263, Count 16384
MMC read: dev # 0, block # 1263, count 16384 ... 16384 blocks read: OK
completed
reading RFS..device 0 Start 17647, Count 2048
MMC read: dev # 0, block # 17647, count 2048 ... 2048 blocks read: OK
completed
Bad Linux ARM zImage magic!
Exynos5422 #[/code]

Any suggestions on how to boot and fix the boot partition?

[ldcm]

I was also thinking, who wrote the install instructions? does this person remember if they were executed on an ARM system or x86 system?

is there a PKGBUILD for the tarball?

[ldcm]

I actually believe either the instructions are incorrect, and I should either:

1) mkfs.ext2 instead of ext4 so that it is compatible with the provided uboot

or

2) get a newer uboot so that its compatible with ext4

it would seem that whoever provided these instructions did not actually test them?