[debian-non-standard] FSG3 debian installation

Tomasz Chmielewski mangoo at wpkg.org
Mon Aug 25 19:16:13 CEST 2008


Benoit Schneider schrieb:
> 1) installed Debian on USB-stick
> Yes
> 2) flashed the kernel+redboot on FSG-3
> Yes
> 3) booted Debian off USB-stick on FSG-3
> Yes
> 4) installed/copied Debian on a HDD/FSG-3
> Yes
> 5) booted off HDD/FSG-3
> Yes
> 6) upgraded Debian on HDD/FSG-3
> Yes
> 7) rebooted - it doesn't work anymore
> Yes
> After I reinstall the original firmware and done everything one more time
> So:
> 1) installed Debian on USB-stick
> Yes
> 2) flashed the kernel+redboot on FSG-3
> Yes (at this moment I have some probleme with flashing redboot (input - 
> output error) so I restor the original firmware to try to flash kernel 
> and redboot who pass)
> 3) booted Debian off USB-stick on FSG-3
> Yes
> 4) installed/copied Debian on a HDD/FSG-3
> Yes
> 5) booted off HDD/FSG-3
> Yes
> 6) upgraded Debian on HDD/FSG-3
> Yes
> 7) rebooted - it doesn't work anymore , even booting from USB stick 
> doesn't work anymore
> Yes

So your FSG must be burned down for some unrelated reason (not very likely).

Even if you completely format the HDD, you should *always* be able to 
boot of USB stick (it doesn't blink etc. when you put it on and power on 
FSG)?

Unless you played with /dev/mtd* *after* you booted off HDD or USB stick 
(much more likely).

You can open the device and connect a serial cable to see what's going 
on; you need a USB-serial cable for a mobile phone and at least a tiny 
bit of practice with cabling etc...
You can also remove the HDD and see if the device boots without it.

Note that you'll loose your warranty when opening the FSG.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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