Comments on: Fonera 2.0 Failsafe image

By: madrioso

madrioso — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:25:48 +0000

I got the same writing error:
# mtd -r write 20090206_FON2202_failsafe.image image2
Unlocking image2 …
Writing from 20090206_FON2202_failsafe.image to image2 … [w]Error writing image.

I have an image2 partition:

# cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00030000 00010000 “RedBoot”
mtd1: 00010000 00010000 “loader”
mtd2: 00620000 00010000 “image”
mtd3: 0056d16f 00010000 “rootfs”
mtd4: 00200000 00010000 “rootfs_data”
mtd5: 00140000 00010000 “image2″
mtd6: 0000f000 00010000 “FIS directory”
mtd7: 00001000 00010000 “RedBoot config”
mtd8: 00010000 00010000 “boardconfig”

I wonder if someone was able to write the image2 sucessfully…

By: iurgi

iurgi — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:26:30 +0000

This update is not absolutely necessary. Those who used redboot in the past and now don’t have a image2 partition, will have more flash space for other apllications.
Those who have the image2, but writing is failing… well, I’m not sure why this is happening, but if you wanna make sure you have the right image2, just use redboot to reflash it.

In any case, as I said, image2 is not absolutely necessary, just a fallback system for unexperienced users. Assuming you’re all skilled users, you don’t need it. End user foneras, next production, will bring the correct image2.

mbirton, there is people from support and active developers here ;) the thing is we don’t check much the comments for people asking for help, we do that through the mailing list or IRC.

By: mbirton

mbirton — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:24:08 +0000

i think there is nobody from support here … should i open a topic on wiki? or ticket? but im not sure for what … my fon is doing just fine without this update ;-)

By: Hubba

Hubba — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:12:47 +0000

i got ‘failed writing image’ just like mbirton above - do have image2 listed in /proc/mtd though.

By: andyvalval

andyvalval — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:21:02 +0000

root@Fonera:~# cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00030000 00010000 “RedBoot”
mtd1: 00010000 00010000 “loader”
mtd2: 007a0000 00010000 “image”
mtd3: 006ed179 00010000 “rootfs”
mtd4: 003b0000 00010000 “rootfs_data”
mtd5: 0000f000 00010000 “FIS directory”
mtd6: 00001000 00010000 “RedBoot config”
mtd7: 00010000 00010000 “boardconfig”
root@Fonera:~#

You were right, I don’t have an image2

What can I do?

TIA

By: andyvalval

andyvalval — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:05:46 +0000

iurgi,

Yes, I used redboot three o four times to reinstall firmware, because the web process didn’t work properly.

I¡ll try to run: cat /proc/mtd

Thanks,

By: iurgi

iurgi — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:25:00 +0000

Hi andyvalval,

I think you don’t have an image2. run: cat /proc/mtd

You should see an image2 in the list, but I think you won’t. Did you ever use redboot? If you did so, it looks like you erased image2 and never created it again :o

If this is not the case, I suggest you ask in the mailing list or IRC

iurgi

By: andyvalval

andyvalval — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:54:47 +0000

I cann’t complete de process:

root@Fonera:~# cd /tmp
root@Fonera:~# wget http://download.fonosfera.org/failsafe/20090206_FON2202_fail
safe.image
Connecting to download.fonosfera.org (67.192.249.56:80)
20090206_FON2202_fai 100% |*******************************| 1280k 00:00:00 ETA
root@Fonera:~# mtd -r write 20090206_FON2202_failsafe.image image2
Could not open mtd device: image2
Can’t open device for writing!
root@Fonera:~#

Any ideas?
TIA

By: Raphaël

Raphaël — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:20:07 +0000

Same problem there :

root@Fonera:~# mtd -r write 20090206_FON2202_failsafe.image image2
Unlocking image2 …
Writing from 20090206_FON2202_failsafe.image to image2 … [w]Error writing image.

With OktoPussy 2 (v2.2.2.2).

By: mbirton

mbirton — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:02:38 +0000

What do yot mean by ’some errors’? i got ‘failed writing image’, so … it’s ok or not? i have oktopussy2. anybody tried this ‘failsafe’?