getting error while trying to flash my neo freerunner

[Detructor]

Am Donnerstag, den 04.09.2008, 12:32 -0700 schrieb 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.
> 
> 
> 
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Hi,

I've tried just 10 seconds ago to flash u-boot via NAND...after three
tries, the 4th get it on the phone...after that, I choosed "power off"
and restarted the phone...back in NAND, I tried to flash the rootfs
again...but, there was the same error.
I don't know why this error occurs, but 2 weeks before, I've flashed the
freerunner several times without that problem...

errhm, before you ask: the u-boot version that I've flashed is from
here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.8-update/