Thank you John for replying,
I saw this wiki page before. The Jtag suggested in this website is no
longer available. I was wondering you can suggest me a cheaper Jtag that is
compatible with the micro processor on the roach board.
Thanks and regards,
Nishanth
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 7:56 AM, John Ford <jf...@nrao.edu> wrote:
> Hi. I think maybe you have "bricked" your ROACH, i.e. the bootloader is
> messed up. You'll possibly need a jtag pod and software to reload it.
> See:
>
> https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/ROACH_Debricking
>
> John
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > We bought a new desktop and I tried installing nfs boot on to the new
> > computer to boot the roach1 and was trying to bring the roach1 up. But I
> > think I messed up installing something somewhere and the roach 1 is not
> > returning anything to the minicom terminal at all.
> >
> > I am sure it is connected to the right port because I can see it on the
> > terminal using dmesg command.
> >
> > I tried using different client like cutecom and putty and it still does
> > not
> > work. I did a basic loop back test to minicom terminal all the characters
> > are showing up properly.
> >
> > I switched back everything to the old computer where it used to work
> > before
> > and it does not work there too. I really dont know if the flash
> bootloader
> > is messed up. Is there a way to check if i have done something wrong or
> > reset the whole machine. I did reset the whole machine using the reset
> > switch in front of the roach. Before it stopped returning characters to
> > the
> > minicom terminal I was getting error messages like kernel panic etc. now
> > even that is not showing up.
> >
> > Can someone help me in this regard.
> >
> > Warm regards,
> > Nishanth Shivashankaran
> > Arizona State University
> > Email:nshiv...@asu.edu
> >
>
>
>
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Nishanth Shivashankaran
Arizona State University
Phone:-480-246-6866
Email:nshiv...@asu.edu
