fvdw-sl-console for ms windows install without removing HDD

[fvdw]

of course you should not have an u-boot console open when rebooting otherwise boot will be interupted.
It then give 2 short red flashes
If keeps continuous red flashing something is wrong with the disk, the bootloader then doesn't recognize the disk or it could load a kernel
If this last is the case continuous red flashing then switch it off.
After that open in fvdw-sl-console the u-boot console and start the nwsp2 after the command window popos up that it waits for u-boot.
Follow the instruction in the command window and hit enter as soon as it ask for that.
Now you should have a marvel prompt (Marvell>>)
Athat prompt give the command

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ide reset

and

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ide part

and post results here

[favroom]

of course you should not have an u-boot console open when rebooting otherwise boot will be interupted.
It then give 2 short red flashes
If keeps continuous red flashing something is wrong with the disk, the bootloader then doesn't recognize the disk or it could load a kernel
If this last is the case continuous red flashing then switch it off.
After that open in fvdw-sl-console the u-boot console and start the nwsp2 after the command window popos up that it waits for u-boot.
Follow the instruction in the command window and hit enter as soon as it ask for that.
Now you should have a marvel prompt (Marvell>>)
Athat prompt give the command

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ide reset

and

Code: Select all

ide part

and post results here

How long should the ide reset command take to execute?
It's running a couple of minutes now...

provided by fvdw
waiting for u-boot..
starting u-boot net console click on window and press enter
no lump receive; continuing
Marvell>> ide reset

[fvdw]

about 5-10 seconds...
probably this is also the reason why you got /dev/sdb in console line, u-boot cannot find your disk

the question is why ?

[favroom]

of course you should not have an u-boot console open when rebooting otherwise boot will be interupted.
It then give 2 short red flashes
If keeps continuous red flashing something is wrong with the disk, the bootloader then doesn't recognize the disk or it could load a kernel
If this last is the case continuous red flashing then switch it off.
After that open in fvdw-sl-console the u-boot console and start the nwsp2 after the command window popos up that it waits for u-boot.
Follow the instruction in the command window and hit enter as soon as it ask for that.
Now you should have a marvel prompt (Marvell>>)
Athat prompt give the command

Code: Select all

ide reset

and

Code: Select all

ide part

and post results here

How long should the ide reset command take to execute?
It's running a couple of minutes now...

provided by fvdw
waiting for u-boot..
starting u-boot net console click on window and press enter
no lump receive; continuing
Marvell>> ide reset

The results of both commands after a reboot:

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Sep 23 2009 - 10:38:35) Marvell version: 3.4.16 LaCie 1.2.8 256MB

Marvell>> ide reset
ide reset

Reset IDE:
Marvell Serial ATA Adapter
Integrated Sata device found
[0 0 0]: Enable DMA mode
Device 0 @ 0 0:
Model: ST2000DL001-9VT156 Firm: CC41 Ser#:
5YD1DS1A
Type: Hard Disk
Supports 48-bit addressing
Capacity: 1907729.0 MB = 1863.0 GB (-387938128 x 512)

Marvell>> ide part
ide part

Partition Map for IDE device 0 -- Partition Type: DOS

Partition Start Sector Num Sectors Type
1 63 1028097 83
2 1028160 1028160 83
3 2056320 1028160 82
4 3084480 -391027711 5 Extd
5 3084543 1606437 83
6 4691043 16002 83
7 4707108 1028097 83
8 5735268 -393678499 83
Marvell>>

[fvdw]

that looks ok lets try to load a kernel from partition 6
give at marvell>> prompt the command

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disk 0x800000 0:6

and see if it can load a kernel

[favroom]

that looks ok lets try to load a kernel from partition 6
give at marvell>> prompt the command

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disk 0x800000 0:6

and see if it can load a kernel

The output of that command:

Marvell>> disk 0x800000 0:6
disk 0x800000 0:6

Loading from IDE device 0, partition 6: Name: hda6
Type: U-Boot

** Bad Magic Number **
Marvell>>

[fvdw]

this means there is no kernel on sda6, did you write it to that partition ?

[favroom]

this means there is no kernel on sda6, did you write it to that partition ?

I have used FVDW-SL Console menu option: install fvdw-sl firmware...
Should I load it manually now? How?

[fvdw]

first lets check the environment setting
give command: printenv bootargs
andpost the output

[favroom]

first lets check the environment setting
give command: printenv bootargs
andpost the output

The output of that command:
provided by fvdw
waiting for u-boot..
starting u-boot net console click on window and press enter
no lump receive; continuing
Marvell>> printenv bootargs
printenv bootargs
bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda7 ro reset=0 productType=ASTON_KW
Marvell>>