I have tried to use forum advice on using flasher-2.0.macosx to install the zImage-SU-18-200627 patch to allow use of Kingston 2GB
MMC mobile memory cards.

I removed the mmc card and powered up my Nokia 770
( 2006 version ) as suggested - but the flasher program remains waiting for a "suitable USB device".

I would be gratefull for any advice/ information to solve this problem.

[ flasher-2.0.macosx and zImage-su-18-200627 are stored in folder
2GB_mmc ]

My Mac OSX Terminal session:


alhmacpb:~ alexanderhardie$ ls

alhmacpb:~ alexanderhardie$ cd 2GB_mmc
alhmacpb:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$ ls

alhmacpb:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$ chmod a+x ./flasher-2.0.macosx

alhmacpb:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$ sudo ./flasher-2.0.macosx -f -k ./zImage-su-18-200627

Steps in order
1. Turn off 770.
2. Romove MMC card.
3. Start flasher.
4. Plug 770 into usb cable.
5. Press and hold power button on 770 to start it.
May need to hold home button while booting in step 5. Your milage may very.

Woops was that GUI flasher or terminal?

GUI flasher doesn't support kernel updates.

Thanks for your response, wiredless.
I followed your steps.
I found that the USB connection was only recognised if the charger was not connected. The Nokia screen then showed a USB icon in the top right hand corner - but did not continue with the boot up - the screen remained white.

You can see from the Mac OSX Terminal session below that the USB device was detected but an error message appeared complaining about a file or folder not found:

Welcome to Darwin!
alhmacpb:~ alexanderhardie$ cd 2GB_mmc
alhmacpb:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$ ls
flasher-2.0.macosx zImage-su-18-200627

alhmacpb:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$ chmod +x ./flasher-2.0.macosx
alhmacpb:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$ sudo ./flasher-2.0.macosx -f -k zImage-su-18-200627
Password:
flasher v0.8.1 (Jun 22 2006)

Suitable USB device not found, waiting
USB device found found at bus 002, device address 002-0421-0105-00-00
Error claiming USB interface: No such file or directory

Further help welcome.

Regards,

AH.

I tried running the flasher-2.0 on my powerbook without success, either - I assumed that it's because it doesn't have USB 2.0 (it's an older Titanium model), but it also occurs to me that in my last attempt I forgot to run it as root. I ended up running it from an Ubuntu machine and got it working.

Sorry for not being more helpful.

ch

Thanks for your response Chappel.

The score so far:

1. Using a "Titanium" 667MHz G4 PowerBook running Mac OSX 10.3.9 "Panther" I could not install the 2GB mmc patch two months ago.

2. Using an "Aluminium" 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook running Mac OSX 10.4.8 "Tiger" - installation of the 2GB mmc patch was successful two months ago.

3. Using an "Aluminium" 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook running Mac OSX 10.4.8 "Tiger" - installation of the 2.2006.39-14 os update was successful yesterday. [ 2GB mmc recognised OK ]

Mac OSX Terminal sessions for 2. and 3. shown below:

Alec Hardie


Welcome to Darwin!
alexander-hardies-powerbook-g4-15:~ alexanderhardie$ cd 2GB_mmc
alexander-hardies-powerbook-g4-15:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$ ls -l
total 2864
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexande alexande 193820 Aug 14 14:44 flasher-2.0.macosx
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexande alexande 1266320 Aug 14 14:44 zImage-su-18-200627
alexander-hardies-powerbook-g4-15:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$ sudo ./flasher-2.0.macosx -f -k ./zImage-su-18-200627
Password:
flasher v0.8.1 (Jun 22 2006)

Suitable USB device not found, waiting
USB device found found at bus 002, device address 002-0421-0105-00-00
Found device SU-18, hardware revision 1802
NOLO version 0.9.11
Version of 'sw-release': <no version>
Sending kernel image (1236 kB)...
100% (1236 of 1236 kB, avg. 813 kB/s)
Flashing kernel... done.
alexander-hardies-powerbook-g4-15:~/2GB_mmc alexanderhardie$

==========================================

Welcome to Darwin!
alexander-hardies-powerbook-g4-15:~ alexanderhardie$ cd Nokia_2_2006_update
alexander-hardies-powerbook-g4-15:~/Nokia_2_2006_update alexanderhardie$ ls -l
total 123776
-rw-r--r-- 1 alexande alexande 63174227 Nov 6 01:53 SU-18_2006SE_2.2006.39-14_PR_F5_MR0_ARM.bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexande alexande 193820 Aug 14 14:44 flasher-2.0.macosx
alexander-hardies-powerbook-g4-15:~/Nokia_2_2006_update alexanderhardie$ sudo ./flasher-2.0.macosx -F SU-18_2006SE_2.2006.39-14_PR_F5_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R
Password:
flasher v0.8.1 (Jun 22 2006)

SW version in image: SU-18_2006SE_2.2006.39-14_PR_MR0
Image 'kernel', size 1268864 bytes
Version 2.6.16-200638osso1
Image 'initfs', size 1895680 bytes
Version 0.76
Image 'rootfs', size 59899904 bytes
Version NOKIA770_2006SE_2.2006.39-14_PR_MR0
Image '2nd', size 8704 bytes
Version 0.9.14-5
Image 'xloader', size 13824 bytes
Version 0.9.14-5
Image 'secondary', size 86912 bytes
Version 0.9.14-5
Suitable USB device not found, waiting
USB device found found at bus 002, device address 002-0421-0105-00-00
Found device SU-18, hardware revision 1802
NOLO version 0.9.11
Version of 'sw-release': <no version>
Sending xloader image (13 kB)...
100% (13 of 13 kB, avg. 321 kB/s)
Sending secondary image (84 kB)...
100% (84 of 84 kB, avg. 816 kB/s)
Flashing bootloader... done.
Sending kernel image (1239 kB)...
100% (1239 of 1239 kB, avg. 838 kB/s)
Flashing kernel... done.
Sending initfs image (1851 kB)...
100% (1851 of 1851 kB, avg. 861 kB/s)
Flashing initfs... done.
Sending and flashing rootfs image (58496 kB)...
100% (58496 of 58496 kB, avg. 855 kB/s)
Finishing flashing... done
alexander-hardies-powerbook-g4-15:~/Nokia_2_2006_update alexanderhardie$