save-nand problem

[Kim Quirk]

Juliano,
I was able to create a mac version of this crcimg executable; I will add
that to the Customizing nand wiki page along with the linux one. Are you
working with a linux environment?

Kim


On 9/8/07, Kim Quirk <kim at laptop.org> wrote:
>
> Juliano,
> Actually, Bernie ran the crcimg command for me but I was looking over his
> shoulder and didn't see any error message. He ran it with the nand image I
> provided and then I was able to successfully install this new image on a
> laptop.
>
> Bernie - do you know anything about this error message?
>
> Thanks,
> Kim
>
> On 9/8/07, Juliano Bittencourt < juliano at lec.ufrgs.br> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Kim
> >
> > Did the image you created installed OK?
> > I used your Crcimage.sh and obtained the same result as before. I was
> > already using pilgrim to create the crc files. One think that I forgot
> > to report is when I use the crcimage(pilgrim) command it's returning a
> > message
> >
> > %crcimage nand.img
> > Input file size is not a multiple of 0x20000 - residue 0x1e000
> >
> >
> > Is that normal?
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kim Quirk escreveu:
> > > Hi Juliano,
> > > I just went through this process myself last night.
> > >
> > > The first time I did a save-nand it took many minutes. Unfortunately I
> > > had to do it again since I missed a few things. The second time it
> > > took many hours. It did complete (which surprised me).
> > >
> > > The next step, which is new since 406, is that you also have to create
> > > a .crc file.
> > > Scroll to the bottom of this page:
> > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images
> > > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images>
> > >
> > > I had to get someone to build the crc for me since I didn't have a
> > > build environment. I tried to upload the crcimg program that runs on a
> > > linux machine, but I had some issues with the wiki upload. I had to
> > > give it an extension. If you have access to a linux machine you may be
> >
> > > able to create your own crc file with this:
> > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Crcimg.sh
> > >
> > > Tell me if it works and we can add the link directly to wiki page. If
> > > someone creates a version that can run on a mac or on windows it would
> > > be great to upload them here so those of us without build environments
> > > could create crc files for custom images
> > > Regards,
> > > Kim
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/7/07, *Juliano Bittencourt* <juliano at lec.ufrgs.br
> > > <mailto:juliano at lec.ufrgs.br>> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >         Hi folks,
> > >
> > >         I'm having problems using the save-nand OFW command to created
> > a
> > >     customized version of the OS. In the near past I used this command
> >
> > >     several times for this purpose, but now, it seems not working
> > >     anymore.
> > >         There are several symptoms:
> > >
> > >          1. When I try to create the image file with the command
> > >     'save-nand
> > >     disk:\nand.os', the laptop starts working but the entire process
> > takes
> > >     serveral hours to complete (about 5 hours)
> > >          2. Even when the process completes successfully, eventually
> > the
> > >     result is a 0 bites file;
> > >          3. When the process is completed and the resulting file has
> > about
> > >     230mb, the problem is when I try to copy this file to a new
> > >     laptop. The
> > >     copy-nand command throws and error message : "Image file size is
> > not a
> > >     multiple of the NAND erase block size".
> > >
> > >          I repeated the process serveral times, on B2 and B3 machines
> > with
> > >     firmware q2c23. Am I missing something or is this actually a bug?
> > >
> > >          Best,
> > >
> > >          Juliano Bittencourt
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