[solved] Help - reflashing dockstar just hangs

[bt101]

Hi - My new dockstar would not boot and would show "bad magic number".

I tried reflashing the dockstar with this procedure:

viewtopic.php?f=30&t=1323

After I issue the last command "bootm 0x800000" it will:

successfully start boot
at some point in the boot sequence I see a reboot is issued
after this reboot, it hangs at "Uncompressing Linux......"
after a re-power it hangs at the same spot

If I perform the procedure and only load the kernel (not the ramdisk), the "bootm 0x800000" command will:

successfully start boot
complete boot with no reboot
if I re-power though, it will hang at "Uncompressing Linux...." again

Any thought on what is happening?

There does seem to be a difference if I do not load the ram image (although neither method ultimately works).

In the instructions, they refer to the ram image as ce_ramdisk_v2.0b.img, however the link downloads a gzipped file called ce_ramdisk_v2.0b.gz. Does anybody know if I load the complete gzipped file or do I have to unzip it first before loading via tftp? I tried both and results were same. This kinda stuns me (you would think the results would be vastly different if that ram image actually does something).

Thanks

[bt101]

um, er, never mind

By some miracle it is working now.
The only thing I changed (of which I can think) is that I made my serial terminal wider.
There was one line that needs to be typed-in that is quite wide and I just pasted it before and assumed the terminal wasn't chopping it (there were no syntax errors). I also wanted to see a wider terminal so I could see if there is anything after that "uncompressing linux....". Boom it just worked.

I doubt that the above had anything to do with it though. I spent so much time doing different combinations of things that I must have just "hit it" this time.

BTW - If anybody need to know, you need to load the gzipped version of the ram image (do not unzip it).

[bt101]

I'm not familiar with the printenv command but I tried it.
However I didn't notice the variable CESVCID.
I'm assuming this is because I ran the command while running archlinux and I'm guessing you need the info while running the default dockstar OS?

If so, let me know. I'll boot into the original dockstar OS (I assume i just remove the USB key).
Or let me know if you do need the archlinux info.