[olpc-community-support] non-booting journal

Larry J. Maltin lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us
Sat Dec 22 17:51:37 EST 2007


Michael--------

Ooops, surprise! During the erase, the process stopped returning the 
following message:
2cb Bad hash for eblock#2cc
Use power button to power off

???

Larry

Oh, also, downloading the image file to my USB required two efforts, and 
it scrambled by connection. Also, the USB would not stop flashing and 
could not be dismounted. (I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.11 and downloading to 
a 4G Cruzer micro. )

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Larry Maltin                                       
Dix Hills, NY  11746-8021
USA
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Larry J. Maltin wrote:
> Michael, it still returns "No such file, etc." I naively trust that all 
> is safe. Or is THAT the surprise? ;-)
> Larry
>
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> Larry Maltin                                       
> Dix Hills, NY  11746-8021
> USA
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>
>
> Michael Stone wrote:
>   
>> Larry,
>>
>> Sorry for the type-face confusion.
>>
>> The command you want to run is:
>>
>>   ls /ofw/mfg-data
>>
>> That's with a lower-case L, not an I.
>>
>> However, as I alluded to in my email, you should be fine skipping the
>> 'check for activation lease' instructions. All the G1G1 machines are
>> supposed to be pre-activated (ie 'AK' flag set in the mfg-data.)
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 05:12:19PM -0500, Larry J. Maltin wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Michael, I've tried entering : Is/ofw/mfg-data/ after I entered "su 
>>> root" to determine whether I have a lease or pre-activation, as 
>>> instructed on the instruction sheet. It returned "No such file or 
>>> directory."  Ergo, I can safely proceed with the upgrade. Or not?
>>>
>>> Also, should I add the other files from the linked webpage to my USB as 
>>> well?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Larry
>>>     
>>>       
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