Cannot boot from nand after nand-sata-install (v4.6) Cubieboard 1

November 26, 201510 yr

After downloading and installing (legacy ubuntu trusty) v 4.5 and doing apt-get update && apt-get upgrade (to v4.6) I ran nand-sata-install to boot and run from nand, my board won't boot because of

script is invalid and unable to parser boot.ini. I still can boot from my SD-card

the following information is displayed

boot0 version : 1.5.0

dram size =1024

Succeed in opening nand flash.

Succeed in reading Boot1 file head.

The size of Boot1 is 0x00056000.

The file stored in 0X00000000 of block 2 is perfect.

Check is correct.

Ready to disable icache.

Succeed in loading Boot1.

Jump to Boot1.

[ 0.177] boot1 version : 1.5.0

[ 0.177] pmu type = 3

[ 0.178] bat vol = 0

[ 0.210] axi:ahb:apb=3:2:2

[ 0.210] set dcdc2=1400, clock=1008 successed

[ 0.212] key

[ 0.225] no key found

[ 0.225] flash init start

[ 0.259] flash init finish

[ 0.261] fs init ok

[ 0.263] fattype FAT16

[ 0.263] fs mount ok

[ 0.269] script finish

[ 0.270] power finish

[ 0.270] storage_type=0

[ 0.280] BootMain start

[ 0.280] 0

[ 0.311] script is invalid

[ 0.312] unable to parser boot.ini

[ 0.313] try to fel in 1 secend

Any idea what might the problem

November 26, 201510 yr

Let's check first if your upgrade was successful ? The script is new, old one should be removed on upgrade since it's deprecated and probably won't work.

What do you get:

which nand-sata-install

and

ls -l  /boot

November 26, 201510 yr

Author

which nand-sata-install

/usr/sbin/nand-sata-install

(the one with 3 options (1.boot from NAND, system on NAND, 2 boot from NAND system on SATA, 3 Boot from SD, system on SATA)

ls -l /boot (sd card)

total 13484

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 24 17:36 bin

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6944 Oct 12 08:37 boot.bmp

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1804 Oct 12 08:53 boot.cmd

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1876 Oct 12 08:53 boot.scr

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94895 Nov 23 17:36 config-3.4.110-sun4i

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3130889 Oct 12 08:37 initrd.img-3.4.109-sun4i

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3131868 Nov 24 17:39 initrd.img-3.4.110-sun4i

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Oct 12 08:38 script.bin -> /boot/bin/cubieboard.bin

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1941812 Nov 23 17:36 System.map-3.4.110-sun4i

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5473704 Nov 23 17:36 vmlinuz-3.4.110-sun4i

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Nov 24 17:38 zImage -> /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.110-sun4i

ls -l /boot (on nand1)

total 5854

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 .

drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Nov 25 09:46 ..

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84132 Nov 23 18:50 boot.axf

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 116 Nov 23 18:50 boot.ini

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Nov 24 17:36 linux

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43724 Nov 25 11:33 script.bin

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 361212 Nov 23 18:50 u-boot.bin

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 145 Nov 25 11:33 uEnv.txt

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5473768 Nov 25 11:33 uImage

November 26, 201510 yr

I tested this new script on debian Jessie and it is working. Could you post output of this command?

ls -la /usr/sbin/nand-sata-install

November 26, 201510 yr

Author

ls -la /usr/sbin/nand-sata-install

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10820 Nov 23 18:50 /usr/sbin/nand-sata-install

November 26, 201510 yr

Yes, it's a bug. It will be gone in next update ... if you overwrite files on nand boot with this:

https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib/tree/second/scripts/nand-sata-install/usr/lib/nand-sata-install/a10/bootloader

it should boot. Please try.

November 27, 201510 yr

Author

Copied those files to /dev/nand1 and reboot. Now a new error shows up.

HELLO! BOOT0 is starting!

boot0 version : 1.5.0

dram size =1024

Succeed in opening nand flash.

Succeed in reading Boot1 file head.

The size of Boot1 is 0x00056000.

The file stored in 0X00000000 of block 2 is perfect.

Check is correct.

Ready to disable icache.

Succeed in loading Boot1.

Jump to Boot1.

[ 0.178] boot1 version : 1.5.0

[ 0.178] pmu type = 3

[ 0.179] bat vol = 0

[ 0.211] axi:ahb:apb=3:2:2

[ 0.211] set dcdc2=1400, clock=1008 successed

[ 0.213] key

[ 0.226] no key found

[ 0.226] flash init start

[ 0.260] flash init finish

[ 0.262] fs init ok

[ 0.264] fattype FAT16

[ 0.264] fs mount ok

[ 0.270] script finish

[ 0.271] power finish

[ 0.271] storage_type=0

[ 0.277] elf file header magic not match

[ 0.277] elf file c:\boot.axf load fail

ls /mnt/bootfs/ -la (mount /dev/nand1 /mnt/bootfs)

total 5506

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 .

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 25 10:49 ..

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30593 Nov 27 07:59 boot.axf

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 32479 Nov 27 07:59 boot.ini

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Nov 24 17:36 linux

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43724 Nov 25 11:33 script.bin

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30614 Nov 27 07:59 u-boot.bin

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 145 Nov 25 11:33 uEnv.txt

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5473768 Nov 25 11:33 uImage

November 27, 201510 yr

There is something wrong with a file - they are wrong size. Check if you download files properly (RAW).

I had the same error and I only copy those files over and it's booting fine.

November 27, 201510 yr

Author

How did you copy the files? I used wget https//.../boot.axf etc

November 27, 201510 yr

1.

git clone https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib
cd lib/scripts/nand-sata-install/usr/lib/nand-sata-install/a10/bootloader
rsync -aqc * /XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # directory where is your /dev/nand1 mounted

or file by file, this way:

2. RAW github dl

wget https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib/raw/second/scripts/nand-sata-install/usr/lib/nand-sata-install/a10/bootloader/boot.axf

November 27, 201510 yr

Author

Nope. No cheese!

Ran this:

git clone https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib
cd lib/scripts/nand-sata-install/usr/lib/nand-sata-install/a10/bootloader
rsync -aqc * /mnt/bootfs

Reboot and (old) error is back again

HELLO! BOOT0 is starting!

boot0 version : 1.5.0

dram size =1024

Succeed in opening nand flash.

Succeed in reading Boot1 file head.

The size of Boot1 is 0x00056000.

The file stored in 0X00000000 of block 2 is perfect.

Check is correct.

Ready to disable icache.

Succeed in loading Boot1.

Jump to Boot1.

[ 0.178] boot1 version : 1.5.0

[ 0.178] pmu type = 3

[ 0.179] bat vol = 0

[ 0.211] axi:ahb:apb=3:2:2

[ 0.211] set dcdc2=1400, clock=1008 successed

[ 0.213] key

[ 0.226] no key found

[ 0.226] flash init start

[ 0.260] flash init finish

[ 0.262] fs init ok

[ 0.264] fattype FAT16

[ 0.264] fs mount ok

[ 0.270] script finish

[ 0.271] power finish

[ 0.271] storage_type=0

[ 0.281] BootMain start

[ 0.281] 0

[ 0.314] script is invalid

[ 0.314] unable to parser boot.ini

[ 0.315] try to fel in 1 secend

ls /mnt/bootfs/ -la

total 5854

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 .

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 25 10:49 ..

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84132 Nov 27 08:45 boot.axf

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 116 Nov 27 08:45 boot.ini

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Nov 27 08:45 linux

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43724 Nov 25 11:33 script.bin

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 361212 Nov 27 08:45 u-boot.bin

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 145 Nov 25 11:33 uEnv.txt

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5473768 Nov 25 11:33 uImage

November 27, 201510 yr

Now I am a bit consed. I just build a new image for A10 from clean sources and install it to NAND with root on SATA drive. Zero problems. What's clean image different from upgrade? I'll upload a complete pack later and try that first.

There is one common issues .. sometimes, when NANDs boot part gets corrupted it's necessary to install stock Android / Ubuntu to NAND with factory tools (Phoenix suite) and do the install part again. It doean't look that you need to do this but it's an option to try.

Cannot boot from nand after nand-sata-install (v4.6) Cubieboard 1

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