Real Dummy Guide (15 replies)

Hi Bodhi,

like Hans Peter (Zyxel NSA325 Newbie question), I have a NSA325 that I'd like to use with Debian (stock OS is too old/limited, the hardware too good to just throw it away). I have a fair basic knowledge of linux, but like Hans Peter, I feel like I'm missing sometimes a bit of information here and there and/or I'm not capable of tying the relevant parts together. So therefore, me too, I apologise right from the beginning for my partial ignorance ... ;-) but nevertheless, I'm trying to compile a real dummy guide for a first time installation and I have a couple of questions/issues:

1. NAND:

Marvell>> nand bad
Device 0 bad blocks:
03ea0000

Where is that block? is it safe to flash?

2: UART booting:
Didn't work for me - I always get the message "xmodem: Bad message" ...? (But I'm almost willing to go ahead like this and risk it ...)

3. Debian rootfs:
I prepared the stick as indicated, and Hans Peter's errors where a good guiding light. I also embedded the DTB (4. Create uImage with embedded DTB for booting with older u-boots). But I'm a bit confused about the next steps - do I have to execute the procedure from Re: how to backup/restore your NAND patitions and full device?

Thank you in advance for your support!

Joni