Dreambox 500 dosn't start

[Bobbel]

Hello folks,

i tried to install a sf image over the onscreen menu, with the manual update option. After restarting the box, nothing else happens

Now i searched one whole day in the forum and didn't find the helping answer. What i tried:

- connecting with hyperterminal and entering the boot menu
this works fine, i can see the boot menu from the box
- starting DreamUp with opened boot menu on the box
==> nothing happens in DreamUp
- changeing the boot source to ethernet
i installed a DHCP/BootP server on my windows 2003 server
i installed a TFTP server on my windows 2003 server
i configured the BootP options 66 and 67 (the boot server and boot file)
the box beginns to load the image, but after 512 bytes it stops loading
the image and returns to the boot menu
- changeing the boot source to serial
the kermit transfer works
afer transfer and trying to start the box, it only says:
DIED

Now please, who can help me to start the box over Ethernet or over Serial Port, what do I have to configure to do that. I only want to start once to reflash the original image.

If it helps to me, i would have the same Dreambox twice in my network (untouched, with the original image), but no other linux machines, just windows machines.

thanks a lot for your help, ciao

[MrBandwidth]

Post your HyperTerminal log here to see what's going on!

[Bobbel]

Originally Posted by MrBandwidth

Post your HyperTerminal log here to see what's going on!

Example Ethernet Boot:

======================

--- Device Configuration ---
Power-On Test Devices:
000 Enabled System Memory [RAM]
----------------------------
Boot Sources:
001 Disabled Application in Flash [FLASH]
002 Enabled Ethernet [ENET]
local=192.168.45.41 remote=192.168.45.1 hwaddr=0009341f0e01
003 Disabled Serial Port 1 [S1]
Baud = 9600
----------------------------
Automatic Boot: Enabled
----------------------------
1 - Toggle Power-On Tests
2 - Change a Boot Device
3 - Change IP Addresses
4 - Ping test
5 - Change Baud Rate for S1 Boot
D - Display Configuration
0 - Exit Menu and Boot Application
->0

Installed RAM: 48 MB
System RAM check complete

Booting from [ENET] Ethernet...
Sending bootp request ...

Got bootp response from : 192.168.45.1
My ip address is : 192.168.45.41

Loading file "dm500_106.img" by TFTP for net boot ...

Not a valid boot image file
net boot failed to download file.
Unable to read configuration data

======================

the image dm500_106.img ist orginally from Dream Multimedia.

thanks for help
ciao, Bobbel

[micro_flyer]

try looking at
http://t-hydron.verkoyen.be/index.php?p=10&c=1

maybe that will show something... but as far as I remember, you need a uncompressed image (not 100% sure tho)

[Bobbel]

Originally Posted by micro_flyer

try looking at
http://t-hydron.verkoyen.be/index.php?p=10&c=1

maybe that will show something... but as far as I remember, you need a uncompressed image (not 100% sure tho)

thanks, it's true, you can only load the kernel from tftp, then by default the flash system will be mounted as root file system. I tried it, i loaded the kernel from tftp, following ist happening:


Installed RAM: 48 MB

System RAM check complete
Booting from [ENET] Ethernet...
Sending bootp request ...

Got bootp response from : 192.168.45.1
My ip address is : 192.168.45.41

Loading file "dm500_106.os" by TFTP for net boot ...

block 5
block 287
block 772
block 1233
Transfer completed, 727072 bytes received
Loaded successfully ...

Entry point at 0x500000 ...

loaded at: 00500000 005B31F8
relocated to: 00400000 004B31F8
board data at: 004B0128 004B0168
relocated to: 00404C14 00404C54
zimage at: 00405150 004AF235
avail ram: 004B4000 02000000

Linux/PPC load: console=null root=/dev/mtdblock0 rootfstype=cramfs ro
Uncompressing Linux...done.
Now booting the kernel
_


and nothing more is happening.

Has anyone here ever flashed a new image with the manual update from the DB Onscreen menu on TV ? I think this crashed my flash filesystem.

ciao, Bobbel

[micro_flyer]

Linux/PPC load: console=null root=/dev/mtdblock0 rootfstype=cramfs ro

You need something in the flash... /dev/mtdblock0 NFS mount a pc with the root file system in it

[Bobbel]

Originally Posted by micro_flyer

You need something in the flash... /dev/mtdblock0 NFS mount a pc with the root file system in it

for that, i would need step by step help. I don't know, how I can automatically mount the rootfs via NFS and I've got no commandline, because the boot is hanging. I don't have a NFS Server in my network. I'm not a linux guru.

Tomorrow I will go to my dealer, changeing the DB. In the future I will be afraid of changeing the image of my DBs

ciao, Bobbel

[eriksla]

Originally Posted by Bobbel

for that, i would need step by step help. I don't know, how I can automatically mount the rootfs via NFS and I've got no commandline, because the boot is hanging. I don't have a NFS Server in my network. I'm not a linux guru.

Tomorrow I will go to my dealer, changeing the DB. In the future I will be afraid of changeing the image of my DBs

It's very simple. If the dreambox tries to boot from the network (tftp, nfs) then there is NO valid image in the flash. If it's your intention to boot from flash indeed, your attempt to do the flashing apparently failed (this seems to happen every now and then).

So, connect the dreambox to your pc with the null modem cable, and use DreamUP to flash the image again and then it should work. Watch the output carefully and note if it succeeded.

[Bobbel]

Originally Posted by eriksla

It's very simple. If the dreambox tries to boot from the network (tftp, nfs) then there is NO valid image in the flash. If it's your intention to boot from flash indeed, your attempt to do the flashing apparently failed (this seems to happen every now and then).

So, connect the dreambox to your pc with the null modem cable, and use DreamUP to flash the image again and then it should work. Watch the output carefully and note if it succeeded.

Yesterday (5 weeks later !!), I got my DB back. Dream Multimedia changed the whole board of the DB, because the board had a fault which caused the DB not working anymore after I tried the first firmware update. Yesterday, I changed the firmware to SF-Image and now my dreambox works fine.

ciao, Bobbel

[pcd]

Originally Posted by Bobbel

Yesterday (5 weeks later !!), I got my DB back. Dream Multimedia changed the whole board of the DB, because the board had a fault which caused the DB not working anymore after I tried the first firmware update. Yesterday, I changed the firmware to SF-Image and now my dreambox works fine.

ciao, Bobbel

Glad you are OK now. Just for interest, looking at your first log, it says disabled application in flash. Perhaps you should have toggled 2 - change a boot device (to flash) and saved. Did you try that ?