[ECOS] redboot install on ipaq 3600

[Gary Thomas]

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 07:47, Sean Moss-Pultz wrote:
> This is my first post to this list. I've done my best to search google  
> and other resources but they all end up dry. Hopefully somebody can  
> help me.
> 
> I have an iPAQ 3600. I starting to install RedBoot on it (all files  
> from http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/boards/redbootbins/ipaq/) and ran  
> into some problems. Basically I tried to use the LCM keypad and since  
> it wasn't calibrated correctly I mistyped a command. I'm sorry but I  
> don't know exactly which command it was. I didn't save the output. Then  
> I tried to retype the first command (lo -r -b 0x100000 redboot_ROM.bin)  
> and this also caused more errors. Basically along the lines of it  
> cannot format. So I re-flashed my device by downloading the flash  
> install from HP. This worked fine. I figured I could now try to install  
> RedBoot again. Here is my (unfortunate) output:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> +FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x51000000, 64 blocks of 0x00040000 bytes each.
> FLASH configuration checksum error or invalid key
> ... Waiting for network card: ..........No network interfaces found
> 
> RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment - built 09:51:53, Jun 22  
> 2001
> 
> Platform: Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC (StrongARM 1110)
> Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, Red Hat, Inc.
> 
> RAM: 0x00000000-0x02000000, 0x0004f000-0x01fb0000 available
> RedBoot>

Nothing wrong with this - it just means you need to initialize your
FLASH configuration.  Use the "fc -i" command.

> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> I figured maybe I could proceed so I just entered the first command  
> again:
> 
> (lo -r -b 0x100000 redboot_ROM.bin)
> and here is the output:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> RedBoot> lo -r -b 0x100000 redboot_ROM.bin
> ... Erase from 0x00080000-0x00000000:
> ... Unlock from 0x00040000-0x00093d48: ..
> ... Erase from 0x00040000-0x00093d48: Err = 200020
> 
>     initialization failed 0x00040000: 0x2(Error trying to erase)
> ... Lock from 0x00040000-0x00093d48: Err = 500050
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> I have searched for solutions for these error messages and it has lead  
> nowhere. Does any one have an idea?

This output did not come from that command :-(  Please send the exact
command(s) that you used for us to be able to help.

Also, did you have this plugged in at the time?  That unit was prone
to FLASH problems if the battery was low.

-- 
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates


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