On 10/22/07, 7150 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to flash OpenMoko kernel and rootfs. I've sucessfully done a > Qtopia flash (I used the phone at work today). I did the Qtopia flash > because I could not flash an OpenMoko image before. Now, I'm trying to > figure out why. > > DFU-util is in /usr/bin, so ./ is not required in commands. > I am running as root. > > Here is my 'lab notebook' with the results: > > 10-21-07: First attempt to install OpenMoko software. > > Downloaded > OpenMoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20071021-fic-gta01.rootfs.jffs2 > and openmoko-devel-image-fic-gta01.jffs2. > > Preparing the Neo: > Unplug all usb devices from the host. > Hold the phone's AUX button and then press the phone's POWER button. [OK] > > Hold the POWER button for about 4 seconds before the device will turn > on. Otherwise the screen will only flash white for a second and the > phone won't power up. > > The u-boot menu should appear. [OK] > Plug Neo1973 into host with supplied USB cable. [OK] > > Using terminal 1, connect to boot loader: > screen -l /dev/ttyACM0 [OK] > > >From now on do not cut and paste commands in terminal 1! > > GTA01Bv4 # setenv boot_menu_timeout 65000 [OK] > GTA01Bv4 # saveenv [OK] > > Clear nand: > nand erase kernel [OK] > nand erase rootfs [OK] > > Using terminal 2, flash kernel: > dfu-util -a kernel -R -D > /root/openmoko/openmoko-devel-image-fic-gta01.jffs2 [FAIL]
The problem here is that you are doing "-a kernel" and giving it the rootfs image file. I assume what happens is that the rootfs is too big to fit in the kernel partition, try this command with the kernel file. Igor
