On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Mike Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm still having some issues with the .jffs2 files from the Narcisuss
> builder. I've tried just about every possible combination (udev,
> mdev,kernel) to try to get the latest build flashed to my hx4700. It seems
> no matter what OS or browser (tried Linux and Windows OS/Browsers)I'm using
> the link to download the jffs2 seems to try to read the .jffs2 instead of
> downloading it. When I right click and save it seems to work but on the
> install the process stops on the reboot after a "successful" flash.
> The error I get back from the terminal is
>
> 8.270000] CLEANMARKER node found at 0x01da0000, not first node in block (0)
> *(my understanding (after googling) of this error is that the pagesize is
> not correctly configured in the mkfs.jffs2)*
> [    8.470000] VFS: Mounted root (jffs2
> filesystem).
> [    8.470000] Freeing init memory:
> 96K
> [  132.230000] NET: Registered protocol family 10
>
> The iPAQ seems to hang from there. As suggested below by Collin I may have
> to try the kexecboot avenue but I'm not sure what the process is (files
> required and an overview of steps etc. I couldn't find anything referencing
> the hx4700 specifically for this process).
> I realize that some of these questions may seem simple but any suggestions
> would be appreciated.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Mike Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Found the option button, it wasn't showing up in IE, but once I used
>> Firefox there it was!
>>
>> On Friday, August 13, 2010, Mike Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Collin, Thanks for the reply. I looking at the Narcisuss page now and i
>> don't see the radio button for the jffs option you mentioned. I'm only
>> looking to run a few things (Kismet, and GPS) on this so flash size
>> shouldn't be an issue. I'll look at the kexecboot kernel option.
>> >
>> > I have the v1.2.3 bootloader installed, and the 2007-12 release worked
>> very well, until it was upgraded :-).
>> > Cheers
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Collin Rickford <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > I believe that the jffs2 images you can build with Narcissus
>> > work fine with sdg. You just have to select the 'advanced' option
>> > then the jffs2 radio button when you build it. When I did this,
>> > I found that my hx4700's 128mb of flash wasn't enough for all the
>> > applications I wanted so I never installed that build. Instead I
>> > flashed the kexecboot kernel with sdg, then booted the rootfs from
>> > an sd card.
>> >
>> > What version of the sdg bootloader are you using?
>> > If I remember correctly, v1.2.1 has power management issues under
>> angstrom.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Mike Smith wrote:
>> >
>> >>Good day,
>> >>I'm in the process of revisiting a Linux distro on the hx4700. I've
>> >>previously installed Familiar on it and it definitely a learning process.
>> >>I've recently installed (a few times) the 2007-12 image that is on the
>> site.
>> >>I realize that this is no longer supported but it was the simplest
>> solution
>> >>given that I had the SDG bootloader already installed. Once the image is
>> >>upgraded it won't boot. I saw a thread on this and the suggestion was to
>> not
>> >>upgrade anything more than required. Not really an option due to the fact
>> >>I'd like to start installing some of the newer programs/applications
>> >>available for the Angstrom distro. I also realize that you can use the
>> image
>> >>builder to build more up-to-date versions.
>> >>My question is this, is there and easy was to convert the more up-to-date
>> >>images to the jffs format used by the bootloader? I've taken a look
>> online
>> >>and through the wiki and couldn't find anything.
>> >>I'm not quite sure how to proceed, any suggestions/advice would be
>> >>appreciated.
Download zImage-kexecboot-2.6.21-hh20-r12-hx4700.bin
from http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/kexecboot/
Flash it and then boot from SD card.

>> >>
>> >>Thanks
>> >>Mike
>> >
>> >
>> >
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