getting error while trying to flash my neo freerunner

[Michael Shiloh]

Detructor wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 04.09.2008, 11:11 -0700 schrieb Michael Shiloh:
>> Detructor wrote:
>>> I've used the command out of the wiki...for example
>>> "sudo ./dfu-util -a rootfs -R -D ./Om2008.8-gta02-20080904.rootfs.jffs2"
>>>
>>> I'm using the standard terminal from gnome
>>>
>>>         Hey guys,
>>>         
>>>         I hope you can help me, I've the following problem:
>>>         
>>>         When I try to flash the neo on my laptop I get a
>>>         "Starting download: [dfu_download error -71"
>>>         
>>>         sometimes the download starts and then I get the error.
>>>         
>>>         When I get the neo in June, I could flash it without getting this error.
>>>         
>>>         My operating system: Ubuntu 8.04.1
>>>         
>>>         I ask here, because I can't find anything about this error in the www
>>>         (only 3 entries in google and none of it helps).
>>>         
>>>         hope for help
>>>         Detructor
>>>         
>>>         ======================
>>>         
>>>         Hi,
>>>         
>>>         What command line did you use? One cause of this error is when you give 
>>>         the wrong argument to dfu-util, e.g. -a u-boot while flashing a kernel 
>>>         image.
>>>         
>>>         Michael
>>
>> And is your u-boot a recent version? Although if it's not it will be 
>> hard to update until we solve this problem.
>>
>> Does this problem persist for kernel and u-boot too?
>>
>> Can you check the integrity of the image you're trying to flash with md5sum?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
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> 
> -> yep for kernel, too. but with some luck I got the kernel flashed (I
> tried it 20 times, than it was flashed ;))
> 
> -> nope I never flashed u-boot and yep it is the correct image (md5 is
> correct) 

This could be the cause of your trouble. Your u-boot may be quite out of 
date.

By the way, have you tried flashing with the NOR u-boot? If that works, 
I would recommend you right away flash a new u-boot into NAND, then use 
that new u-boot to flash your kernel and rootfs.