Pogoplug v4 potentially bricked

[beyondbuxton]

Freaqy:

I'm also waiting on the usb-ttl adapter- I expect it in the next few days. I figured I'd do a brief write up on what I bought, how I connected it and how I repaired the damage I'd done to the filesystem.

Good luck getting the solder out of the serial port pin holes on the board! <g>

BB

[FreaqyGeeq]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('beyondbuxton', 'G')ood luck getting the solder out of the serial port pin holes on the board! <g>

[WarheadsSE]

Get yourself a 4-pin JST for the V3/B03/Pro/P21 connector. $1.50 at sparkfun.

https://plus.google.com/photos/11697247 ... 6721880769

[FreaqyGeeq]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'G')et yourself a 4-pin JST for the V3/B03/Pro/P21 connector. $1.50 at sparkfun.

https://plus.google.com/photos/11697247 ... 6721880769

[beyondbuxton]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FreaqyGeeq', '
')My USB>TTL probably won't turn up until the end of next week for me, so you're certainly going to be in the lead here!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('beyondbuxton', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FreaqyGeeq', '
')My USB>TTL probably won't turn up until the end of next week for me, so you're certainly going to be in the lead here!

[moonman]

Mine took about 1 month and 1 week to arrive. When it arrived I already forgot I ordered one and already made one myself from USB to serial adapter that I already had before. It would take less time if you ordered one from US, but it would cost you x10 what you paid and they probably just resell this stuff and order it from HongKong anyway.

[FreaqyGeeq]

Okay, well I'm back again. I have successfully connected via serial to my V3, and am now looking at a CE>> prompt. It would appear that I actually need to reflash to stock in order to recover from the changes I've made to the /etc/init.d/rcS which prevent it from booting. At least uBoot is looking good, though.

This guide looks like the one to refer to: viewtopic.php?t=1323

The only question is... which images should I be using for the V3? Are the Pro images from here the ones I should be using?
http://archlinuxarm.org/mirror/ce/

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot guys!

[WarheadsSE]

I believe that they will work. You will want to make sure the process is correct before loading anything to NAND.

[FreaqyGeeq]

Hi WarheadsSe, thanks once again for the reply.

I've done a printenv, and this is what it displayed:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'CE>> printenv
bootcmd=run boot_nand
bootdelay=2
baudrate=115200
autoload=n
netmask=255.255.0.0
bootfile="uImage"
kernflmode=s
load_nand=nboot 60500000 0 200000
load_nand2=nboot 60500000 0 800000
boot=bootm 60500000
boot_nand=run load_nand boot || run load_nand2 boot
ethaddr=00.00.00.00.00.00
cesvcid=0000000000000000000000000000
ceboardver=PPV3
serverip=192.168.1.20
ipaddr=192.168.1.122
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
stderr=serial
bootargs=root=ubi0:rootfs ubi.mtd=2,512 rootfstype=ubifs console=ttyS0,115200 elevator=cfq mac_adr=0x00,0x30,0xe0,0x00,0x00,0x01 mem=128M poweroutage=yes

Environment size: 568/131068 bytes')

(Note that I've zero'd out the ethaddr and cesvcid for privacy.)

When referring to the described reflashing method here: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1323, can you see anything in my setup that I need to be aware of, such as the memory address locations for the NAND?

I'm still very much a *nix noob, but I'm slowly coming to grips with it and pushing through. I really appreciate your help, and the assistance of the ArchLinuxARM community here—you guys are great, thank you!