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.
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