From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 12TTHi-0005z5-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:33:10 +0000 Received: from colo.asti-usa.com ([205.252.89.99] ident=root) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 12TTHg-0005yz-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:33:08 +0000 Received: from zentropix.com ([195.166.67.91]) by colo.asti-usa.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA20014 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 12:38:07 -0500 Message-ID: <38C93233.A1AC0566@zentropix.com> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:34:43 +0000 From: Trevor Woolven MIME-Version: 1.0 To: MTD Subject: Reviving DiskOnChip Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mtd@imladris.demon.co.uk List-ID: Err, anybody know the spells and incantations required to bring a DiskOnChip back to life? According to M-Systems there are ways to do this (eg: dformat /win:xxx /unformat) but they don't seem to work for me, (wrong kind of pointy hat I guess). docpmap /e appears to frag the thing completely, full stop, goodnight vienna. I include an excerpt from an email that opens the lid (very slightly) on some of their secret squirrel stuff in case it's of use/information to anyone. If anyone has the full monty on the M-Systems utilities, ie: what the commands really do, what their commandline parameters really are and which sub-sets actually work, I'd be externally grateful. Alternatively, has anyone got some other utilities to achieve, stable, working, reliable and robust DOCs? Have I been stupid? (don't answer that!) or just unlucky? Thanks in advance and desperation, Trev. <> dformat /win:e400 /log: - this will save the bad block table in the file just to be on the safe side. I still owe you this answer from a previous email if I remember correctly. you can later use dformat /win:e400 /uselog: - if you accidentally used docpmap /e. then dformat /win:e400 /unformat - this will return the DOC to it's original condition where the flash is totally erased and bad blocks are marked. dformat /win:e400 /s:doc122.exb - this will return the firmware to the doc and format it ready for the file system There is a manual in the physical pack but unfortunately all the secrets such as these undocumented options are not documented there and in the help message when you write dformat with no parameters, sorry :-) <> -- Trevor Woolven - Director of Customer Applications Engineering Zentropix Inc - a Lineo company Tel: +44 (0)1273 234 647 Fax: +44 (0)1273 704 482 Visit http://www.zentropix.com/ for Real Time Linux Tools Visit http://www.realtimelinux.org/ for Real Time Linux Information To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org