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

[gulizi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bz31', 'A')rchlinux, not Debian.
There is no initrd after kernel upgrade.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gulizi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bz31', 'A')rchlinux, not Debian.
There is no initrd after kernel upgrade.

[gulizi]

i think the reason is the ramdisk which comes with UBIT v0.6 always failed to find the rootfs so that the GoFlex booted into initramfs. (under the new uboot), not sure why it won't happen under ubit.
According to http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,5073,5295, one ugly solution is just delete the uinitrd. would this cause any future problem?

[moonman]

It isn't an ugly solution since ArchLinux arm does not use initrd at all. That's why I told you to delete it. Unless you are using the corner case described in the OP (with a provided uInitrd) you don't need it.

[gulizi]

The ubit install seems to messed up my rootfs with initrd, init, etc, so I finally erase the old partition, and re-extracted the archlinuxarm rootfs, and everything worked fine. Does this mean now I can do pacman -Syu with no worries?
Thank you for your guide!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'I')t isn't an ugly solution since ArchLinux arm does not use initrd at all. That's why I told you to delete it. Unless you are using the corner case described in the OP (with a provided uInitrd) you don't need it.

[nick2012]

i recently installed arch on my goflex net its on 3.1.10-20
should i upgrade??

[moonman]

If you want to run newer kernels and you are comfortable taking the steps outlined then why not. But also be ready to do some troubleshooting if something goes wrong, though if you follow the steps precisely you shouldn't have any problems. Also if something seems not right, don't reboot, better come back here and ask.

[nick2012]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '## Unknown uBoot detected on mtd0: 86e14f8a4b7f2ecbb769f216f047f1fe
##
## The installer could not detect the version of your current uBoot
## This may happen if you have installed a different uBoot on
## /dev/mtd0 or if you have bad blocks on /dev/mtd0
##
## If you have bad blocks on mtd0, you should not try to install uBoot.
##
## Installation cancelled.
')
getting this error while installing uboot
i was using debain on my device.

[moonman]

What device? If goflex then its normal and is covered in the guide

[nick2012]

yes its goflex.net