Detructor wrote: > I've used the command out of the wiki...for example > "sudo ./dfu-util -a rootfs -R -D ./Om2008.8-gta02-20080904.rootfs.jffs2" > > I'm using the standard terminal from gnome > > Hey guys, > > I hope you can help me, I've the following problem: > > When I try to flash the neo on my laptop I get a > "Starting download: [dfu_download error -71" > > sometimes the download starts and then I get the error. > > When I get the neo in June, I could flash it without getting this > error. > > My operating system: Ubuntu 8.04.1 > > I ask here, because I can't find anything about this error in the www > (only 3 entries in google and none of it helps). > > hope for help > Detructor > > ====================== > > Hi, > > What command line did you use? One cause of this error is when you > give > the wrong argument to dfu-util, e.g. -a u-boot while flashing a > kernel > image. > > Michael
And is your u-boot a recent version? Although if it's not it will be hard to update until we solve this problem. Does this problem persist for kernel and u-boot too? Can you check the integrity of the image you're trying to flash with md5sum? Michael _______________________________________________ support mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
