Problems with flashing x-loader and u-boot to NAND on Zoom3

[Michael Malyshev]

Hello,

I just flashed x-loader and u-boot to NAND on my Zoom3 and my board doesn't boot from NAND anymore. I followed instructions on http://omappedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Flashing

and flashed both loaders from SD card

Thanks,
Michael

[Ghorai, Sukumar]

Michael,

 

Here the steps follows –

 

mmcinit 0

 

u-boot flashing

fatload mmc 0  80008000 u-boot.bin

nand ecc hw

nand erase 80000 40000

nand write.i 80008000 80000 40000

 

x-loader flashing

fatload mmc 0  80008000 MLO

nand ecc hw

nand erase 0 40000

nand write.i 80008000 0 40000

 

You can get the same info in following link, but avoid the dip switch settings. http://omappedia.org/wiki/3630SDP_Flashing#MMC_Boot_Switch_settings

 

 

Regards,

Ghorai

 

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[Michael Malyshev]

Thanks! It works now. I noticed that the only difference is nand write.i command.

What is the difference between nand write and nand write.i ? (or should I just look into u-boot sources?)

--Michael

[Ghorai, Sukumar]

Michel,

read/write.i => skip the bad block.

[Pandita, Vikram]

if you are fastboot aware, all these details are abstracted for nand flashing....

omappedia has fastboot section for nand flashing

[Michael Malyshev]

Thank you, I'll definitely read the article about fastboot. I actually tried it already but it couldn't connect to device.

I always prefer to understand deeply what I'm using instead of just using it :)

--Michael