Re: [Gumstix-users] Flashing over SSH / ethernet.

[marp20x6 <sta...@gm...>]

It would seem I have just made this error over ssh on my connex 200.  Can I
save this unit using a serial connection, or is it a sendback/throwaway?


Craig Hughes wrote:
> 
> On Sep 4, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Daniel Frederiksen wrote:
> 
>> A small but very important note. You need to pad the
>> rootfs.arm_nofpu.jffs2 to the appropriate size or your filesystem will
>> become corrupt after reboot.
> 
> Alternatively, you can use the linux flash_eraseall command (with -j  
> flag) before the flashcp command to erase the flash space before  
> copying the rootfs image in there.  This will:
> 
> 1. Save time
> 2. Remove error-prone math from the equation
> 
> The downside is that to run flashcp after flash_eraseall, you'll need  
> to copy flashcp somewhere it won't be erased from by the  
> flash_erase_all, eg /tmp or something.  I generally do this:
> 
> scp buildhost:newimage.jffs2 /tmp
> cp `which flashcp` /tmp
> mount -o remount,ro /
> sync
> flash_eraseall -j /dev/mtd1
> /tmp/flashcp -v /tmp/newimage.jffs2 /dev/mtd1
> 
> (watchdog steps left out from the above, but you get the idea)
> 
> C
> 
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