Re: Bricked Sheevaplug [SOLVED - lead is sensitive to which machine it is plugged into]
On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 08:00:36PM +0000, David Given wrote:
> On 09/02/12 19:31, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> [...]
> > Thanks for all - and thank you for the tip about openocd. It turns out that the lead I'm using - which is better quality than the
> > lead supplied - doesn't work very reliably on two of the machines I tried it on. On the laptop, it worked immediately and I was
> > able to see that it was attempting to boot a kernel and hanging. Reset: interrupted U-Boot successfully, and am now attempting a
> > reinstall.
>
> Incidentally, I've been having endless trouble with my SheevaPlug with
> dodgy USB leads: sporadic USB errors on an external hard drive (which
> would then cause the root file system to vanish. Very nasty), USB
> console not showing up, the SheevaPlug spontaneously rebooting when
> attaching or detaching the USB console... in all cases, replacing the
> lead with a different one fixed the problem.
>
I'm using a good quality camera lead and it worked very well finally
allowing me to install well _once_ I could see the console :)
> I hear a rumour that Marvell's USB chipset isn't terribly robust, and it
> may well be more sensitive to sub-par USB leads than other hardware.
> Whether it is or not I'd strongly recommend that anyone who's having
> problems with their device try a different (more expensive) USB cable
> and seeing what happens.
>
Good advice, thanks to all :)
AndyC
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