Re: Re: HELP - h5550 won't boot after v0.8.4-rc2

It finally allow me to type boot at the console via
the
serial cable.

This is what showed at the console via the serial
cable:
boot> boot
booting jffs2...
booting boot/zImage from partition
>root<
Scanning all of flash for your JFFS2 convenience.
Est Time: 6-12
seconds!
build_list: max = 01FBFFBC
..
dir entries = 00000C1A
frag entries = 000039EC
+4 increments = 00000000
+file_offset increments =
00004A47
loaded file of size = 0x000AC4F4 at location
0xA0008000
kernel partition base
A0008000
kernel_magic=E1A00000
kernel_region_words[9]=016F2818
Linux ELF flash_imgstart=50040000
size=01FC00
MMU Control=00000079
MMU PIDVAM=00000000
Skipping kernel copy by
request.
A0008000: E1A00000
A0008004: E1A00000
A0008008: E1A00000
A000800C: E1A00000
A0008010: E1A00000
A0008014: E1A00000
A0008018: E1A00000
A000801C: E1A00000
A0008020: EA000002
A0008024: 016F2818
root_filesystem_name=ramdisk
Grabbed linuxargs, argc = 00000001
Using mach_type 000000DC
setting boot parameters to
 noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock1 init=/linuxrc
console=ttySA0
Making core tag at A0000100
Making cmdline tag at A0000114
Making mem32 tag at A00001B4
command line is:
mtdparts=ipaq:0x00040000_at_0x00000000(bootldr)ro,0x01FC0000_at_0x000
40000(root) noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock1
init=/linuxrc console=ttySA0 rootfsty
pe=jffs2
Disabling LCD controller
linuxEntryPoint=A0008000
Booting Linux image
Uncompressing
Linux............................................
done, booting th
e kernel.

On the iPAQ the screen is blank.
Will it come up eventually? Or either bootloader or
images
corrupted?

Thanks,
Tom

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:34:18 -0400
>From: Tom Miller <tom_at_hostwebase.com>
>Subject: [Familiar-dev] Re: HELP - h5550 won't
boot after
v0.8.4-rc2
>To: Erik Hovland <erik_at_hovland.org>
>Cc: familiar-dev_at_handhelds.org
>
>
>Erik,
>
>While it buzzing, I did try to reset and connect it
via the
>serial cable but no sight of life as yet. I will
keep try
>to do the same thing over again and again and hope
it will
>wake up, right?
>
>Thanks much,
>
>Tom
>
>
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 07:02:54 -0700
>>From: Erik Hovland <erik_at_hovland.org>
>>Subject: Re: HELP - h5550 won't boot after
v0.8.4-rc2
>>To: Tom Miller <tom_at_hostwebase.com>
>>
>>On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:59:11PM -0400, Tom
Miller wrote:
>>> I have the iPAQ sit on the cradle with the AC
plugged in
>for
>>> hours. I have tried it without the battery and
with the
>AC
>>> plugged in. The reset and Joystick combination
doesn't
>buzz
>>> any more. It is completely silience. You don't
think
it
>>> death or the bootloader corrupted?
>>
>>If it doesn't buzz, the battery is completely
flat. Even
>bricked iPAQs
>>buzz.
>>
>>Keep trying to boot it. Or get a battery or charge
the
>battery
>>externally.
>>
>>E
>>
>>> ---- Original message ----
>>> >Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 20:53:19 -0700
>>> >From: Erik Hovland <erik_at_hovland.org>
>>> >Subject: Re: HELP ?- ?h5550 won't boot after
v0.8.4-
rc2
>>> >To: Tom Miller <tom_at_hostwebase.com>
>>> >Cc: familiar-dev_at_handhelds.org
>>> >
>>> >On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:06:46PM -0400, Tom
Miller
>wrote:
>>> >> HELP.
>>> >>
>>> >> I installed v0.8.4-rc2 & Opie on a H5550.
Everything
>>> >> seems to be fine, except for when I go to
perform
>>> >> a shutdown, the meter on the screen indicates
a 100%
>>> >> completion, but everything else is frozen. I
cannot
>do
>>> >> anything except unplug the battery. In order
to get
>it
>>> >> working again, I had to do a reset and
connect to a
>serial
>>> >> cable then run boot to start Linux again.
That was
>the
>>> first
>>> >> time....
>>> >>
>>> >> The second time, I decided to perform another
shutdown
>to
>>> >> make sure what I experienced was real. It
happened
>again.
>>> >> The iPAQ was frozen after I clicked on
shutdown.
>>> >> I went through the reset and connected to the
serial
>>> cable,
>>> >> booted at the console prompt again. This
time, the
>only
>>> >> thing shown on the iPAQ screen was the
Penguin icon
>and
>>> >> some ........
>>> >> I let it sit there for a long time then
decided to
>turn it
>>> >> off/unplug the battery and try it again.
>>> >>
>>> >> After that I could not reset, nor access the
console
>via
>>> the
>>> >> serial or anything at all. The iPAQ seems to
be
>dead.
>>> There
>>> >> isn't a response no matter what I do to it.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any advice?
>>> >
>>> >The most likely scenario is that your battery
has
gotten
>>> flat. If that
>>> >is the case, keep trying to get it booted.
Doing pretty
>much
>>> the same
>>> >things you mention. Once booted and the battery
is
fully
>>> charged remove
>>> >the file /etc/modutils/mmc_asic3 and soft-reset
then
>boot.
>>> See if the
>>> >situation improves.
>>> >
>>> >E
>>> >
>>> >--
>>> >Erik Hovland
>>> >mail: erik_at_hovland.org
>>> >web: http://hovland.org/
>>> >PGP/GPG public key available on request
>>
>>--
>>Erik Hovland
>>mail: erik_at_hovland.org
>>web: http://hovland.org/
>>PGP/GPG public key available on request
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