On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 07:07:49PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > I ordered a Ben Nanonote from Tuxbrain around the middle of > November. After a long delay caused by the Swedish postal service it > arrived and last friday I finally got my chance to start playing > around with it. I did what every sane (heh) hacker would do the > first couple of days by spending hours on customizing, coding and > updating the gadget. > > Pretty soon I felt that despite OpenWRT being good and useful I > ought to try an alternative: Debian. I followed the steps in the > pyneo.org guide on the subject. The first attempt failed. After a > reboot I could see the boot manager printing the default text about > loading the kernel and then the screen turned black. "Oh well, > kernel panic", I thought to myself, and booted right back into usb > boot for the second attempt. > > The second attempt failed even harder. After rebooting (not sure if > it even classifies as a boot) the device the screen stayed > monochrome black. No backlight, as far as I can tell. I popped the > back lid open, removed the battery and sent it into usb boot. `watch > lsusb`, nothing. Tried again, and again, and again but the tiny box > is still stuck in its dark abyss. > > Somehow, my attempt at installing Debian seems to have killed > whatever part handles the usb boot. I have no good guess of how this > would be possible, though. Is there any way for me to un-fuck-up my > Nanonote? It would really be saddening if the journey would end like > this. Any help regarding this is greatly appreciated.
So far, I dont believe anyone has managed to brick it so dont worry. There is alot of info up on wiki about this "classic" problem. The basic fix is getting it into usb-mode (by using the pins under battery) and reflashing. Theoretically you shouldnt be able to brick it (unless you throw it out the window). Lycka till! > > > ----------------- > Niklas Femerstrand > <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
