SheevaPlug + NAND + kernel updates

[timosa]

Recently I installed Arch Linux into NAND storage of SheevaPlug. The installation included kernel version 2.6.39.2. After upgrading the system using pacman and restarting the plug I noticed that kernel wasn't upgraded even if the package was installed. Is some kind of manual flashing needed or how the kernel upgrade can be finished?

Earlier I run SheevaPlug with Debian Linux which allowed booting from USB. It did kernel flashing automatically. After a hard drive failure I decided to try Arch Linux, which seem not to have an option to boot from USB out-of-box.

[WarheadsSE]

If you were running ALARM from a USB, it would be pulling from that USB, thus "flashed automatically". You will need to take that step to ensure that the kernel is placed appropriately for u-boot to find it. I personally, however, do not own a SheevaPlug, so I can't speak to the exact method.

[xenoxaos]

I would look at your uboot boot parameters to find out where it's loading the kernel from. Then, you would have to place the new kernel at that spot.

[timosa]

I struggled to install Arch Linux using SheevaPlug installer instructions, that can be found in the following url (under the second tab):

http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5/sheevaplug

I'm not sure about u-boot parameters, since it seems, that packages like uboot-env and uboot-mkimage, weren't included in the installation.