From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from www.kernelconcepts.de ([212.60.202.195] helo=mail.kernelconcepts.de) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.62 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1GKyQ8-00046T-R7 for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:30:30 +0100 Message-ID: <44FEDB7B.8090809@kernelconcepts.de> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:30:19 +0200 From: Nils Faerber MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: Intel P30, locked sectors? References: <44FED214.7090309@kernelconcepts.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Nicolas Pitre schrieb: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Nils Faerber wrote: >> I now did a kernel update (in fact, I started over with a new kernel) >> and am now using 2.6.18-RC6 from kernel.org. >> I have read access to the flash, rootfs is mounted correctly but at >> first write attempt I get: >> [42949375.150000] Freeing init memory: 96K >> [42949376.480000] Erase at 0x00cc0000 failed immediately: -EROFS. Is the >> sector locked? > Before the first write attempt you need to run flash-unlock on the > corresponding flash partition. Ah, cool, thanks! I guess that this tool is part of mtd-utils, right? Will be tested ASAP! But I fear that will have to wait until tomorrow, gotta go soon. Thanks again! > Nicolas Cheers nils faerber -- kernel concepts GbR Tel: +49-271-771091-12 Dreisbachstr. 24 Fax: +49-271-771091-19 D-57250 Netphen Mob: +49-176-21024535 --