RE: [iPAQ] CE restoration Error (oh boy...)

Hello Michael;

Take a deep breath. You do not have a paper weight, but it would make a very
pretty one.

I believe that you are using the boot loader 2.9.5 or greater. In that
version, the boot loader gets locked into flash, so that even a buggy kernel
driver can not accidentally overwrite the flash. You need the following
command to unlock the flash:

   pflash 0x0 0x0 0

I will update the restore instructions today.

Thank you for testing this new and important safety feature.

Best Regards,

--George

George France, france@crl.dec.com
Cambridge Research Laboratory, Compaq Computer Corporation
One Cambridgecenter MS: CRL
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
Phone: (617) 551-7665
FAX: (617) 551-7650

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Loebl, Michael [mailto:mikel@rd.simplexnet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:21 AM
> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: [iPAQ] CE restoration Error (oh boy...)
>
>
>
> When trying to reflash the last file to restore CE, I get this
> error:
>
> boot> set override 1
> setting param=override to value=1
>
> boot> load flash 0x0
> loading flash region flash
> using xmodem
> ready for xmodem download..
> Download Successful
> 00400000 bytes loaded to C0000400
>
>
> programming flash...erasing ...
> Erasing sector 00000000
> len=00400000
> eraseSector error
> sectorAddress=00000000
> flashContents=EA00008B
> status=00A200A2
> erase error!
>
> Before I end up with a $500 paperweight, anyone have any ideas?
> MD5sum on all files is correct, and I followed the directions
> to the letter.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> _______________________________
> Mike Loebl
> System Engineer II
> Simplex Time Recorder Co.
>
> mikel@rd.simplexnet.com
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Received on Wed Sep 20 07:50:55 2000