Zyxel NSA325v2 - uBoot flashed but Debian not booting (1 reply)

Dear experts,

I have a problem with my Zyxel NSA325v2 after uBoot Update to "U-Boot 2017.07-tld-1"

After the flash-procedure and after rebooting the device I always get the message "Unknown command 'host'":

U-Boot 2017.07-tld-1 (Sep 05 2017 - 00:42:03 -0700)
ZyXEL NSA325 2-Bay Power Media Server
SoC:   Kirkwood 88F6282_A1
DRAM:  512 MiB
WARNING: Caches not enabled
NAND:  128 MiB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   egiga0
MV88E1318 PHY initialized on egiga0
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
Unknown command 'host' - try 'help'
Unknown command 'host' - try 'help'

and debian is not booting.

Environment Data via printenv:

arcNumber=4495
baudrate=115200
boot_a_script=load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} ${scriptaddr} ${prefix}${script}; source ${scriptaddr}
boot_extlinux=sysboot ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} any ${scriptaddr} ${prefix}${boot_syslinux_conf}
boot_prefixes=/ /boot/
boot_script_dhcp=boot.scr.uimg
boot_scripts=boot.scr.uimg boot.scr
boot_syslinux_conf=extlinux/extlinux.conf
boot_targets=host1 host0
bootcmd=run distro_bootcmd
bootcmd_host0=setenv devnum 0; run host_boot
bootcmd_host1=setenv devnum 1; run host_boot
bootdelay=2
bootm_size=0x10000000
devnum=0
distro_bootcmd=setenv scsi_need_init; for target in ${boot_targets}; do run bootcmd_${target}; done
eth1addr=00:00:11:22:33:45
eth3addr=00:00:11:22:33:46
eth5addr=00:00:11:22:33:47
ethact=egiga0
ethaddr=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (address cleared by me)
fdt_addr_r=0xc00000
host_boot=if host dev ${devnum}; then setenv devtype host; run scan_dev_for_boot_part; fi
ipaddr=1.2.3.4
kernel_addr_r=0x1000000
mtdparts=orion_nand:1M(u-boot),4M(uImage),32M(rootfs),-(data)
pxefile_addr_r=0x2000
ramdisk_addr_r=0x2000000
sata_boot=if sata dev ${devnum}; then setenv devtype sata; run scan_dev_for_boot_part; fi
scan_dev_for_boot=echo Scanning ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart}...; for prefix in ${boot_prefixes}; do run scan_dev_for_extlinux; run scan_dev_for_scripts; done;
scan_dev_for_boot_part=part list ${devtype} ${devnum} -bootable devplist; env exists devplist || setenv devplist 1; for distro_bootpart in ${devplist}; do if fstype ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} bootfstype; then run scan_dev_for_boot; fi; done
scan_dev_for_extlinux=if test -e ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} ${prefix}${boot_syslinux_conf}; then echo Found ${prefix}${boot_syslinux_conf}; run boot_extlinux; echo SCRIPT FAILED: continuing...; fi
scan_dev_for_scripts=for script in ${boot_scripts}; do if test -e ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} ${prefix}${script}; then echo Found U-Boot script ${prefix}${script}; run boot_a_script; echo SCRIPT FAILED: continuing...; fi; done
scriptaddr=0x1000
scsi_boot=run scsi_init; if scsi dev ${devnum}; then setenv devtype scsi; run scan_dev_for_boot_part; fi
scsi_init=if ${scsi_need_init}; then setenv scsi_need_init false; scsi scan; fi
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
virtio_boot=if virtio dev ${devnum}; then setenv devtype virtio; run scan_dev_for_boot_part; fi

Environment size: 2437/131068 bytes

If I enter the following instructions:

usb start  
 ext2load usb 0:1 0x800000 /boot/uboot.2016.05-tld-1.environment.scr  
 source 0x800000  
 printenv  
 setenv devices 'usb ide'  
 setenv dtb_file '/boot/dts/kirkwood-nsa325.dtb'  
 setenv ethaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   (address cleared by me)
 boot

debian is booting and I can login:

Debian GNU/Linux 10 debian ttyS0

debian login: root
Password: 
Last login: Wed Dec 31 16:01:16 PST 1969 on ttyS0
Linux debian 5.2.9-kirkwood-tld-1 #1 PREEMPT Sat Aug 17 15:00:56 PDT 2019 armv5tel

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

Check of USB Stick (Ubuntu Terminal):

ls -lart

drwxr-xr-x  11 root root     4096 Jan  1  1970 var
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Jan  1  2011 sys
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Jan 22  2012 proc
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Jan 22  2012 home
drwx------   2 root root    16384 Feb 24  2012 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root     4096 Feb 24  2012 usr
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Feb 24  2012 srv
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Feb 24  2012 opt
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root     4096 Feb 24  2012 dev
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Feb  8  2013 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Feb 10  2015 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Aug 25  2019 bin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     4096 Aug 25  2019 sbin
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root     4096 Aug 25  2019 lib
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root     4096 Jul 29 13:18 boot
drwx------   5 root root     4096 Jul 29 21:46 root
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1048576 Jul 29 21:48 mtd0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  4194304 Jul 29 21:48 mtd1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 33554432 Jul 29 21:48 mtd2
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 95420416 Jul 29 21:48 mtd3
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     2298 Jul 29 21:49 current_envs.txt
drwxr-xr-x  21 root root     4096 Jul 29 22:04 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root     4096 Jul 29 22:29 media
drwxrwxrwt   2 root root     4096 Jul 30 22:39 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  57 root root     4096 Jul 30 22:39 etc
drwxr-x---+  4 root root     4096 Jul 30 22:45 ..

May someone help me please?



Kind regards
Mark