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

iPAQ still has the blank screen and the message via the
serial console still have not change. I think it hang.

What to do next? Would it take a new version if I try to
send the new version to it like v0.8.2?

Thanks,
Tom

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:45:07 -0400
>From: Tom Miller <tom_at_hostwebase.com>
>Subject: Re: [Familiar-dev] Re: HELP  -  h5550 won't boot
after v0.8.4-rc2
>To: tom_at_hostwebase.com, Erik Hovland <erik_at_hovland.org>
>Cc: familiar-dev_at_handhelds.org
>
> 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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Received on Thu May 18 2006 - 11:00:56 EDT