#9147 NORM Not Tri: OFW unable to read SDHC card

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#9147: OFW unable to read SDHC card
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           Reporter:  jmawhorter           |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
               Type:  defect               |      Status:  new              
           Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Not Triaged      
          Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  not specified    
         Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                   
        Next_action:  never set            |    Verified:  0                
Deployment_affected:                       |   Blockedby:                   
           Blocking:                       |  
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Comment(by richf):

 Replying to [comment:6 wmb at firmworks.com]:
 > The information on the olpcnews forum is about as easy to read as
 _Finnegans Wake_.

 Ok, I apologize for being a bit verbose, but it was a late night hacking
 session, and I can get that way.  Anyway, I don't think it's *that* bad.

 > Q2E39 is the recommended firmware to use.

 Thanks for the tip.  The initial Ubuntu install was successful after
 upgrading the firmware.  I have now managed to boot into Ubuntu from the
 SD card and am currently in the process of applying post-install updates.

 Fwiw, prior to upgrading (with Q2E18), although I wasn't able to boot off
 of the SD card, in other respects as far as I could tell it was working
 okay.  I was able to untar the Ubuntu distribution to it, I could see the
 files via both the SD slot and a USB card reader, the filesystem fsck'd
 okay, and the dir command at the OFW prompt *did* work for me, unlike the
 original poster.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9147#comment:7>
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