Re: Unable to flash using nandwrite!

2010-05-03 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
xChris  writes:
> as I read on the wiki, the #cat /proc/mtd  should show a 'rootfs' ... but
> when I run this command on my h:1

What parameters are you passing to Linux? (cat /proc/cmdline to see)

> So, that means is impossible to flash the device using the nandwrite
> command?

No.


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Re: Unable to flash using nandwrite!

2010-05-03 Thread Dario
xChris wrote:
> there is no rootfs and the mtd6 is called 'system'  needless to say when
> I attempt to flash the /mtd6 the command
> fails as it says the Input file does not fit into device
>
> So, that means is impossible to flash the device using the nandwrite
> command?

I don't have my freerunner with me, so can't test now, but IIRC you 
should use /dev/mtdblk6 (or something similar) to access NAND partitions.
Bye,
Dario.

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Re: Unable to flash using nandwrite!

2010-05-03 Thread xChris

Hi,

>What parameters are you passing to Linux? (cat /proc/cmdline to see) 

i use the  cat /proc/mtd  

and nandwrite -p /dev/mtd6  to write the nand

chris
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Re: Unable to flash using nandwrite!

2010-05-03 Thread xChris


DJDAS wrote:
> 
> .
> I don't have my freerunner with me, so can't test now, but IIRC you 
> should use /dev/mtdblk6 (or something similar) to access NAND partitions.
> ...
> 

there is mtdblock6 but when I use it I get: Inappropriate ioctl for device.

Could be limitation or hackable:1 ?

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