Hi Tim, You used the wrong device. Burn to the device as whole, not to a partition.
Best regards, Marcus On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 11:39 -0700, Tim Sapio via USRP-users wrote: > Hello USRP-users, > > I have hit a snag uploading the images required to make my USRP2 > function. I will give a brief description of my setup, what the > symptoms are, and what troubleshooting steps I have taken. > > Device: USRP2, serial# 1330 > Daughter Card: SBX Rev. 5.1 > Operating System: Ubuntu GnuRadio distribution, downloaded via http:/ > /s3-dist.gnuradio.org/ubuntu-16.04.2-desktop-amd64-gnuradio- > 3.7.11.torrent, booted to live environment without any system updates > SDCard: Kingston 2GB SD Card, supplied with USRP2. > > > Symptoms: After flashing the FPGA and FW images to the provided > SDCard, the fan comes on, but none of the indicator LEDs illuminate > on the front panel. The host system obtains the 192.168.10.1 IP > address automatically when connected to the gigabit ethernet port, > but the default IP address does not respond to ping requests. A ping > sweep of the 192.168.10.0/24 address space from the host did not find > any additional hosts. > > Troubleshooting steps: The SDCard appears in the system as two > devices: > > /dev/mmcblk0 > /dev/mmcblk0p1 > > The instructions were not clear which device should be the target of > the flashing utility, so the first device chosen was /dev/mmcblk0p1. > > To obtain the latest images, I ran the uhd_images_downloader command, > which downloaded the 003.009.000-release version of the images to > /usr/local/share/uhd/images. > > I used the following commands to burn the roms to the device: > > # usrp2_card_burner --dev=/dev/mmcblk0p1 -- > fpga=/usr/local/share/uhd/images/usrp2_fpga.bin > # usrp2_card_burner --dev=/dev/mmcblk0p1 -- > fw=/usr/local/share/uhd/images/usrp2_fw.bin > > I plugged the SDCard into the socket, and got no indicator LEDs. No > response on the network interface. > > To erase the SDCard and start over, I ran the following command: > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0p1 bs=8192 > > I then repeated the above process using /dev/mmcblk0 all unique > permutations of: > > Using /dev/mmcblk0 > Using /dev/mmcblk0p1 > Using the images downloaded using the uhd_images_downloader tool > Using the stock images located at /rofs/usr/local/share/uhd/images > Using a copy of the usrp2_card_burner_gui downloaded from https://git > hub.com/steven-chen/UHD- > AD/blob/master/host/utils/usrp2_card_burner_gui.py > Using the stock copy of the usrp2_card_burner_gui located at > /rofs/usr/lib/uhd/utils/usrp2_card_burner_gui.py > > No change in behavior for any of these from the USRP2. > > Is there anything else you guys can recommend I try? Or is this board > toast? :( > > This is the first time I have tried to use it, even though I bought > it years ago. Since it's EOL, I'm guessing the return policy on this > is not great... > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com _______________________________________________ USRP-users mailing list USRP-users@lists.ettus.com http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com
