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Problem overwriting ethaddr (and remedy) / Picky about USB drives? (2 replies)

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Hi, I followed the instructions in the 2017 uBoot thread for the Kirkwoods for my GoFlexNet (which still had a uBoot from 2011 ...). Everything worked fine (or so it seemed - see below) except for the setting of the ethaddr:

root@gfn ~ $ fw_setenv ethaddr '00:10:75:XX:YY:ZZ'
Can't overwrite "ethaddr"

This could be remedied from the OpenWrt Rescue system.

However, when trying to boot the box using a USB drive which happily boots a Dockstar as well as a Pogo E02, I ran into EHCI timeouts. I was able to boot with an older kernel / rootfs from a Lexar USB 3.0 drive, unable with a Data Traveler drive, Kingston drive or any other I tried with the latest kernel / rootfs. Has anybody else seen the GFN be so picky about booting from USB?

Cheers,

chessplayer

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