[How-To] update DStar/PP/GFlex to new uBoot for kernel>3.2

[suyanlu]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'T')ry creating a bootable USB stick and boot from it. Use ext2 fs

[suyanlu]

PPV4 cannot upgrade, that's a bad news...

[moonman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('suyanlu', 'P')PV4 cannot upgrade, that's a bad news...

[gulizi]

I think there is something wrong with the instructions for goflex home, i followed exactly the instruction in first post and have the same issue of rebooting into ubit. Do i have to remove ubit after flashing updated uboot? i don't know how these two are entangled and it is very confusing to me.
My netcat log shows that the kernel is loaded:

......
Loading file "/boot/uImage" from ide device 0:1 (hda1)
2869736 bytes read
Loading file "/boot/uInitrd" from ide device 0:1 (hda1)
2643718 bytes read
.......
[ 1.829984] 4 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device orion_nand
[ 1.836280] Creating 4 MTD partitions on "orion_nand":
[ 1.841464] 0x000000000000-0x000000100000 : "u-boot"
[ 1.846815] 0x000000100000-0x000000500000 : "uImage"
[ 1.852153] 0x000000500000-0x000002500000 : "rootfs"
[ 1.857462] 0x000002500000-0x000010000000 : "data"
..........

why the system load into ubit instead?
Some guru please help, thanks!


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('toysareforboys', 'N')ot sure what's going on

I've got a fresh setup following these exact instructions: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5 ... s-ui-tabs3

Works perfect.

I want to upgrade my uboot so I can use ext4 on the rootfs as well as possibly a new kernel.

I followed the directions at the beginning of this thread, everything went smooth, did everything. When my Seagate GoFlex Home reboots and I ssh in, I get the ubit OS where it says "this is a temporary mac address, you must reboot at least once to make it permenant" or whatever. That's it

If I re run these instructions, it gets me back to being able to boot again at least:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'cd /tmp wget http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/goflex/v0.6/uInitrd wget http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/goflex/v0.6/ubit_start chmod +x ubit_start
Start the UBIT environment where the prompt will read: ubit0-6:~#
./ubit_start
Update the U-Boot bootloader and move a copy of the OE U-Boot into unused NAND memory:
chain_install goflexhome chain_revert uboot_uptodate ')

Let me know what I'm doing wrong, or if there are different steps to take if you've got Jeff's images loaded in there now

-Jamie M.

[moonman]

Check that uInitrd is not under the root directory of your rootfs. Did you actually use the uInitrd boot method? because if you didn't it shouldn't load one.

[gulizi]

no there is no uInitrd in root, there is only one under /boot/. And if i override the uboot with
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'cd /tmp wget http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/goflex/v0.6/uInitrd wget http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/goflex/v0.6/ubit_start chmod +x ubit_start
Start the UBIT environment where the prompt will read: ubit0-6:~#
./ubit_start
Update the U-Boot bootloader and move a copy of the OE U-Boot into unused NAND memory:
chain_install goflexhome chain_revert uboot_uptodate ')

I can get back to linux.

[gulizi]

checked the netcat log again
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '#')# Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00800000 ...
Image Name: Linux-3.1.10-16-ARCH
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 2869672 Bytes = 2.7 MiB
Load Address: 00008000
Entry Point: 00008000
Verifying Checksum ... nc -l -u -p 6666 &OK
## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 01100000 ...
Image Name: UBIT-2010.11-00125-ga21bcca
Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 2643654 Bytes = 2.5 MiB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK

[bz31]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gulizi', 'I') think there is something wrong with the instructions for goflex home, ...

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bz31', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gulizi', 'I') think there is something wrong with the instructions for goflex home, ...

[bz31]

Archlinux, not Debian.
There is no initrd after kernel upgrade.