[Elphel-support] camera bricked after re-flashing to elphel353-8.0.9 :(

[Heinrich Mueller]

Am 17.11.2010 09:38, schrieb Ákos Maróy:
> Andrey,
>
> So, I went through the process of compiling the whole elphel source
> tree, based on the latest 8.0.9 source tarball. While the compilation
> fails (see my previous e-email), at least now I'm at a point where I
> have the netboot-related files, like etraxfsboot.
>
> My plan is to flash the camera using netboot, with the 8.0.9 image file
> downloadable from sourceforge.
>
> Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work. I'm following the steps here:
>
> http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Netboot_firmware_upgrade
>
> and I get stuck at the "Starting boot..." location:
>
> # netboot -mac 000E64081973 -ip 192.168.0.9 -nfs 192.168.0.20:/nfs
> -cmd update -d eth0 -nfs_dir /nfs
> Using internal boot loader: INTERNAL_NW - Network boot (default).
> Using internal boot loader: INTERNAL2 - Level2 boot.
> Starting boot...
>
>
> I'm entering netboot mode by plugging the network cable in and out of
> the camera several times. at the end, the network cable remains in, and
> the yellow led lights up constantly, while the green led flashes
> vigorously for a while. but, the netboot process stays at the same
> level. then the green light goes out. (the behaviour of the green light
> is the very same, if no netboot script is running)
>
> the images files I have from the image353-8.0.9.tar.gz tarball at /nfs,
> which is also accessible at 192.168.0.20:/nfs
>
> what am I doing wrong?
>
>
> Akos
>
> PS: this is getting quite annoying. I've re-compile half the universe by
> now, including a custom gcc 4.2, the whole elphel distro, etc. just to
> be able to flash a binary image - but to no avail :(
>
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I was at this point, too.
Does the netboot command yield any further output?
Does it say "JUMP" at the end and the return value 0?
Connect a serial console (RS232 input at the side behind the cover)
and look at the output, for example with ttylog or cutecom.
Does it say anything regarding nfs?
How far does it boot?
What is your network configuration like? What does your exports file 
look like?

Regards.