Re: SL-5600 re-flashing ROM problem

On 9/14/06, Dirk Fischer <zeenewbian-/[email protected]> wrote:
> -- Justin Patrin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In the future please start your own thread for a new
> > discussion.
>
> Apologies for the hijack.  Brain lapse.
>
> To reiterate:
>
> Somehow I managed to fluxor card services and now the
> CF card, SD card & Wi-LAN card all show up as
> "Anonymous Memory."
>
> You asked:
> > You're saying that when you follow the flashing
> > procedure you see
> > "devinfo not found"? Breaking your install can't
> > break flashing. It's
> > separate. Are you sure you flashed correctly?
>
> Here's the rundown:
>
> On a separate box I reformat CF card FAT & copy
> zImage.bin, updater.sh & initrd.bin to it's root.
> (These files all checked out with MD5)
>
> I stick the CF card in the 5600.
> I reset the 5600.
> I hold "OK" and "Cancel (On/Off)" and get the
> Maintenance Menu.
> I select "4. Update."
> I select "2. CF."
> I select "Yes" at the warning screen.
>
> The unit brings up a SHARP splash screen with the
> message "Please wait for approximately 2 minutes."
>
> Then under the splash screen Appears:
> "INIT: Ver 2.78 booting
> modprobe: cannot locate module devinfo
> INIT: entering runtime level: 5"
>

That's very strange indeed. Perhaps you did something to the flashing
mechanism by fooling around with mtdblock devices. I'm not familiar
with the 5600 hardware, but do you have a full-flash backup to restore
from? If not, is there a Sharp OSPack that you can flash?

> The screen clears and then displays:
> "--- Zaurus CF Updater ---
> CF card not found!!
> error (1)
> Rebooting
> INIT: switching to runlevel: 6
> INIT: sending processes the TERM signal
> Rebooting the system..."
>
> Then the screen clears and I get the typical Open
> Zaurus heading with the mascot but that's it - it
> hangs there with blinking cursor until it reset the
> unit, pull the battery out and let it sit overnight.
>
> Then I put the battery back in and start the unit
> which boots as if nothing had happened; except that no
> cards work.
>
> It's a mystery to me.
>
> The CF card reads on my XP box (only one I have with a
> reader - Sager laptop) and I have update by flashing
> with it in the past with no problem.
>
> The SD card never showed as being in slot 1 even
> though it was there & I could read/write to it with no
> trouble at all.
>
> BTW, I tried the same procedure as above with the SD
> card to exactly the same effect - only with "SD"
> substituted for "CF" in the messages.
>
> If any more/other information is needed, I will try to
> provide it.  It's pretty much useless to me now.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Dirk
>
> SL-5600 running OZ 3.5.4 & Opie 1.2.1 under kernel 2.4.18
> Ubuntu 6.06 on the desktop
>
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Justin Patrin

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