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<P>Best Regards,</P>
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<P>JS</P>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Gerald A <geraldablists@gmail.com><BR>To: Kevin Dean <kevin@foreverdean.info>; openmoko-devel@lists.openmoko.org<BR>Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2008 11:25:37 PM<BR>Subject: Re: FIC phone (GTA01) kernel download question<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 1:51 AM, Kevin Dean <<A href="mailto:kevin@foreverdean.info" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:kevin@foreverdean.info">kevin@foreverdean.info</A>> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Prior to flashing the new kernel, are you deleting the old one via<BR>either cu or screen and the "nand erase rootfs" command?<BR>
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR>> I run sudo dfu-util -a kernel -R -D uImage to flash a new kernel image.</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Any reason it shouldn't be "nand erase kernel" instead, that I'm missing?</DIV>
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<DIV>And I think it depends on the version of uBoot you are using -- later ones, if memory serves, do this automagically.</DIV>
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<DIV>Here is a link to the wiki page too. <A href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Nand_erase" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Nand_erase</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Gerald </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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