Please see inline: >> Dietrich, you may need the u-boot fix. >> >> https://intranet.mozilla.org/B2G_Team/Tarako#fastboot_seems_stuck > > Does flashing the base image via the windows flashing tool eliminate the need > to install the revised u-boot?
I'm not sure. Based on what you're saying below it seems that it might be in the build. > I think I experienced the "fastboot seems stuck" problem. My experience was > characterized by the fastboot tool getting stuck in a blocking linux kernel > USB write on a system.img that is 96MiB but was 100415040 in bytes. However, > it didn't seem like this actually bricked the device according to most > interpretations of the broad term. B2G never came up with a working UI, but > adb worked enough to reboot the device to fastboot mode. > > I installed the windows tools and flashed a base image and then the fastboot > flashed okay, so I'm thinking I'm in the clear? I'm a bit in fear of poking > things randomly and having them break again / having to go through more flash > cycles. If you do a adb shell df, you can find the system partition and how much space it has. As long as image size doesn't go over the partition size, your fastboot should not lock up. With the u-boot fix, you should have 110M > Separate but related question, did the Tarako images have completely messed > up file-system and adb permissions for a few days after they started? The > image I downloaded Apr 2nd 20:41 Pacific was all kinds of messed up and > needed tons of chmod/manual remounts/adb root/etc. invocation before I could > install gaia. I was also trying to address things by spinning my own build, > but the config/"repo sync" process for tarako/1.3t took on the order of days > because some of the servers in question seemed to be served via extremely > slow network link, like old-school modem speeds. Since we are getting the gonk from the repo for these builds, we can flash the whole device. So please use the tarako.zip and a simple script to flash the device in fastboot mode; see https://intranet.mozilla.org/QA/B2G_Tips_and_Tricks#Flashing_the_PVTBUILD (Yes, I just added that in after reading your email) If you're flashing to the system partition, then you would need to run: adb root adb remount i.e. if you're placing your own gecko/gaia on top. Regards, Naoki _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
