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knc1 · 09-20-2016, 11:09 PM

We have stopped it from getting stuck in an update attempt.

But that is an awful lot of bad sectors to deal with, I don't know about that "still alive" message - that firmware may be overly optimistic.

I am not sure what resources we have when running the 'Diags' system (system in p2 - which should still be intact).

We can boot the 'Diags' system from U-Boot interactive prompt, but it is too late for me to think tonight.
Actually, we can boot just about anything from U-Boot, and I have posted an eMMC utility, but I don't think I built it for running out of ram only.
Something that may get more useful as these devices age.

I'll look up the details when I am awake.
(I can't recall everything, not even things I have wrote, the best I can do is remember how to find it.)

09-20-2016, 11:09 PM	#19
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	We have stopped it from getting stuck in an update attempt. But that is an awful lot of bad sectors to deal with, I don't know about that "still alive" message - that firmware may be overly optimistic. I am not sure what resources we have when running the 'Diags' system (system in p2 - which should still be intact). We can boot the 'Diags' system from U-Boot interactive prompt, but it is too late for me to think tonight. Actually, we can boot just about anything from U-Boot, and I have posted an eMMC utility, but I don't think I built it for running out of ram only. Something that may get more useful as these devices age. I'll look up the details when I am awake. (I can't recall everything, not even things I have wrote, the best I can do is remember how to find it.) Last edited by knc1; 09-20-2016 at 11:30 PM.