| 12:42 | captainigloo | hi |
| 12:42 | captainigloo | rabeeh: ping |
| 12:49 | rabeeh | captainigloo: pong |
| 19:40 | rabeeh | edorizzi: hi |
| 19:40 | edorizzi | hi rabeeh |
| 19:40 | edorizzi | :-( |
| 19:40 | rabeeh | i was wondering if you can update the wiki about unbricking under Mac |
| 19:40 | rabeeh | what? |
| 19:41 | edorizzi | I would love to … but I haven't sorted out it yet |
| 19:41 | rabeeh | why? |
| 19:41 | rabeeh | what's missing? |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | eh … let me copy paste my post on the forum |
| 19:42 | rabeeh | i'v seen it |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | thank you rabeeh for this post. |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | I "brick" my brand new cubox pro trying to upgrade the OTB ubuntu 10.04 LTE via ubuntu update manager .. (!!) |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | Using a Mac I was able, with zterm, to Xmodem send the u-boot-cubox_hynix_cubox_2GB_uart.bin to the unit, placing a USB pendrive with the /boot folder from cubox-installer-0_3.zip I found here http://download.solid-run.com/pub/solid ... installer/ in the upper USB slot. |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | (btw I had to replace the microSD due to a failure error referring to it, with a 8 GB microSD) |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | The procedure, according to http://www.solid-run.com/mw/index.php/CuBox_Installer, went well, I choose the ubuntu 12.10 image, then quit. |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | Now |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | a) if I restart the cubox I get only the Bootstrap 2.33> prompt; |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | b) if I retry the whole procedure, it happens that it starts ubuntu from the usb pen: |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | Ubuntu 12.10 localhost.localdomain ttyS0 |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | localhost login: root |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | Last login: Wed Feb 27 17:35:48 UTC 2013 on ttyS0 |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | Welcome to Ubuntu 12.10 (GNU/Linux 3.5.7 armv7l) |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | (btw no user cubox) |
| 19:42 | edorizzi | Any ideas ? |
| 19:44 | rabeeh | after loading via xmodem; u-boot is only on DDR and hasn't been flashed |
| 19:44 | rabeeh | you must flash it; have you tried that ? |
| 19:45 | edorizzi | no, but I've done something worst .. ;-9 |
| 19:45 | rabeeh | what? |
| 19:45 | rabeeh | put a 24v power supply to CuBox? |
| 19:45 | edorizzi | I re-format the microsd, now is fat32 |
| 19:45 | edorizzi | I was hoping that the unbrick procedure will partition it agani |
| 19:45 | edorizzi | eheehehe |
| 19:46 | rabeeh | that's ok; the installer wipes all partitions |
| 19:46 | rabeeh | what you need to do is - |
| 19:46 | rabeeh | 1. download http://download.solid-run.com/pub/solidrun/cubox/installer/cubox-installer-0_3.zip |
| 19:46 | rabeeh | that's the installer version 0.3 |
| 19:46 | edorizzi | I have |
| 19:46 | rabeeh | 2. http://download.solid-run.com/pub/solidrun/cubox/u-boot/2009.08_5.4.4_SR1/feb-28-2013/u-boot-cubox_hynix_cubox_unified_spi.bin |
| 19:46 | rabeeh | download the unified spi flash image. |
| 19:46 | edorizzi | I have it also |
| 19:47 | rabeeh | 3. copy that image into the /boot/ directory of the unzipped cubox installer |
| 19:47 | rabeeh | 4. rename that image to u-boot.bin |
| 19:47 | rabeeh | when the cubox installer runs and detects that u-boot.bin, it will flash it on the SPI flash. |
| 19:48 | edorizzi | I can do it right now |
| 19:48 | rabeeh | go ahead |
| 19:49 | edorizzi | sending u-boot-cubox_hynix_cubox_2GB_uart.bin with xmodem |
| 19:53 | edorizzi | unfortunately it goes untill the TFTP boot ... |
| 19:53 | edorizzi | ** Unable to use ide 0:2 for fatload ** |
| 19:53 | edorizzi | Using egiga0 device |
| 19:53 | edorizzi | TFTP from server 192.168.15.100; our IP address is 192.168.15.223 |
| 19:53 | edorizzi | Filename 'boot.scr'. |
| 19:53 | edorizzi | Load address: 0x2000000 |
| 19:53 | edorizzi | Loading: T T T T T T T T |
| 19:53 | rabeeh | ok |
| 19:53 | edorizzi | (last few lines) |
| 19:53 | rabeeh | usb stick is on the top connector? |
| 19:54 | rabeeh | the stick that has the CuBox installer? |
| 19:54 | edorizzi | the stick in on top |
| 19:54 | edorizzi | it has the cubox-installer-0_3.zip unzipped into a /boot folder |
| 19:54 | rabeeh | which brand is that stick? |
| 19:55 | rabeeh | u-boot is picky on the types of the USB sticks |
| 19:55 | rabeeh | do you have a sandisk one? |
| 19:55 | edorizzi | the stick is a I-gear pro GB |
| 19:56 | rabeeh | have another one? |
| 19:56 | edorizzi | do you want me to reformat it (once it worked) |
| 19:56 | rabeeh | oh |
| 19:56 | rabeeh | fat32 |
| 19:56 | rabeeh | fat32 works just fine |
| 19:57 | edorizzi | btw it bricked a previous stick |
| 19:57 | edorizzi | (now it has only 8 MB available-it is a generic one) |
| 19:58 | edorizzi | I can format a lacie stick |
| 20:09 | rabeeh | typically usb sticks are fat32 pre-formatted |
| 20:11 | edorizzi | I changed to a lacie one … now the installer is working |
| 20:11 | rabeeh | ok. |
| 20:12 | edorizzi | so, now I get a IP address from DJCP then run the installer right ? |
| 20:12 | rabeeh | before installing anything; just power off and power on and check if u-boot is alive |
| 20:12 | edorizzi | DHCP |
| 20:12 | edorizzi | ok |
| 20:12 | rabeeh | so u-boot has been flashed? |
| 20:13 | edorizzi | I unplugged the stick and power off/on |
| 20:13 | edorizzi | Bootstrap 2.33> |
| 20:14 | edorizzi | nothing else |
| 20:14 | rabeeh | damn it |
| 20:14 | rabeeh | did you put the _spi.bin version under the boot/ directory? |
| 20:14 | edorizzi | yes |
| 20:14 | rabeeh | and renamed the file to u-boot.bin? |
| 20:14 | edorizzi | yes |
| 20:18 | edorizzi | I'm sending you two screenshot : which file I'm using and the /boor content |
| 20:21 | edorizzi | never mind, I stopped the tranfer |
| 20:21 | edorizzi | transfer |
| 20:31 | edorizzi | still here ? |
| 20:32 | rabeeh | yes. |
| 20:35 | edorizzi | what do you suggest ? go ahed and run the installer ? |
| 20:38 | rabeeh | i'm writing a script for the cubox installer that installs u-boot from it |
| 20:39 | edorizzi | ah, ok |
| 20:42 | rabeeh | ok. added a new section the cubox installer |
| 20:42 | rabeeh | you don't need the u-boot.bin file anymore; just boot the installer and choose u-boot from the menu |
| 20:42 | rabeeh | can u do it right now? |
| 20:43 | rabeeh | i'm about to log off in 10-15m |
| 20:43 | edorizzi | yes .. whar I can download it ? |
| 20:43 | rabeeh | the same cubox installer 0.3 |
| 20:44 | rabeeh | just boot it; i'v added flashing u-boot from the web |
| 20:44 | edorizzi | I download it from the same source ? |
| 20:44 | rabeeh | no no |
| 20:44 | rabeeh | just boot it |
| 20:44 | rabeeh | :) |
| 20:44 | rabeeh | boot the cubox installer 0.3 that you have; exactly the same way as you did before |
| 20:45 | edorizzi | so I start again from the beginning, get the IP fromDHCP then run the installer ? |
| 20:45 | rabeeh | yes |
| 20:46 | edorizzi | I'm doing right now |
| 20:46 | rabeeh | ok |
| 20:47 | rabeeh | then choose run the installer |
| 20:47 | rabeeh | choose /dev/mmcblk0 (although it's irrelevant) |
| 20:47 | rabeeh | then choose u-boot |
| 20:48 | edorizzi | ok |
| 20:48 | edorizzi | I'm uploading now |
| 20:48 | edorizzi | 50 sec left |
| 20:49 | rabeeh | notice that we have to servers for the downloads; and about 10m-15m to rsync between them |
| 20:49 | rabeeh | so you might not see the u-boot entry. if not then wait few minutes and it should be there. |
| 20:49 | edorizzi | ok |
| 20:50 | rabeeh | there? |
| 20:50 | edorizzi | is online |
| 20:51 | edorizzi | partitioning the microsd |
| 20:52 | rabeeh | did you choose u-boot from the installation menu? |
| 20:53 | edorizzi | yes, as you said .. the script was online |
| 20:53 | edorizzi | I'm downloading something now |
| 20:53 | rabeeh | but before doing that; can you make sure u-boot is flashed? |
| 20:54 | rabeeh | just power off / on and see if you get the prompt? |
| 20:54 | edorizzi | sorry not .. I'm at 50% of the download |
| 20:56 | edorizzi | if you have to go .. don't worry .. will see here tomorrow ;-) |
| 20:57 | rabeeh | alright... i'm off to go then |
| 20:57 | rabeeh | drop me few lines on the channel. |
| 20:57 | edorizzi | I'm rebooting (from the menu) |
| 20:59 | edorizzi | still Bootstrap 2.33> |
| 23:01 | undo | hi |
| 23:03 | undo | git upgrade installer menu |
| 23:03 | undo | #is it.. |
| 23:03 | undo | just install |
| 23:04 | undo | ..lled |