NBoot programming

    Hi,


    I have an ARMStone A9 Quad board which NAND have been completly erased by accident after "nand erase" command issued in U-Boot command prompt. Trying to restore it following the i.MX6 NBoot Programming instructions, I got and error after sending the NBoot binary image with DcuTerm and selecting "f" to flash. The error I got is "Unknown file type can NOT write in Nandflash". Do I need a speccial NBoot file? Am I doing something wrong?


    Thanks.

    Please post the whole communication protocol (including version) between PC and DCUTerm.
    Thanks.

    F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH
    As this is an international forum, please try to post in English.
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    Hello,
    I have the same problem. I have an ARM Stone A9 starter kit.


    I ve downloaded MfgTool_imx6q for quad led.
    First of all, I recive this error:
    Can't find the specified file, Please refer to the log file for detailed information.


    In the log file:
    ModuleID[2] LevelID[1]: Boot command-- file C:\Users\mgsalinero\Desktop\MfgTool_imx6q\Profiles\MX6Q Bootloader\OS Firmware\nbootIMX6Q_07.bin failed to open.errcode is 2


    The problem is that the file in "\Profiles\MX6Q Bootloader\OS Firmware\nbootIMX6Q_07.bin" does not exists. OS Firmware directory contains a file named nbootIMX6Q_09. In this case I renamed the file and the application starts.


    However I still failing when upload nboot. This is what I do:
    0) I short circuited the Bootselect-Pin
    1) Connect ARM Stone with serial debug console + MiniUSB-USB connector.
    2) Powerup the ARM Stone board.
    3) Run Mfg tool
    4) Wait for valid device message and I press "Start"


    I see this on DCUTermi:
    F&S Nand Loader built Jan 31 2014, 10:08:16
    ArmStone Rev 1.30
    1024 MB RAM 0 MB FLASH 792 MHz


    Please select action
    'd' -> Serial download of bootloader
    'u' -> USB download Eboot/UBoot
    'E' -> Erase flash
    'B' -> Show bad blocks
    Use NetDCUUsbLoader for USB download


    5) Then I press "d" in DCUTermi:
    Into the console apears: "starting to download..."


    6) Now I press over "File/Transmit binary file" in DCUTermi. I select the NBoot (the same that Mfg Tools brings - nbootIMX6Q_07)
    #######################################################################file len=72116
    'f' -> Save image to flash


    7) Finally I press "f" to save to flash. But I receive the following message:
    Unknown file type can NOT write in Nandflash


    Im using "Mfg Tool_MultiPanel (Library: 2.1.1)". All downloaded from this document:
    https://www.fs-net.de/assets/download/docu/common/en/i.MX6 NBoot Programming.pdf

    The document screenshots are deprecated and does not explain correctly and fully all steps.


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    EDIT:


    I downloaded the nbootIMX6Q_07.bin file from the user download page and try again:


    This time I received this message: "There is no data for download into Nandflash "


    I hope u can help me.
    Thanks a lot.

    Finaly I think how install NBoot and UBoot.
    I still having the problem with NBoot binary file but I downloaded NBoot v7 binary file from download page.


    0) I short circuited the Bootselect-Pin
    1) Connect ARM Stone with serial debug console + MiniUSB-USB connector.
    2) Powerup the ARM Stone board.
    3) Run Mfg too
    4) Wait for valid device message and I press "Start"


    I see the NBoot menu on DCUTerm


    4) Then I press "D" (uppercase - Shift + d) and DCUTermi shows "Wating for NBoot", then I go to File/Send binary file. I select the NBoot binary file.
    5) When it finish I press "f" (lowercase)
    6) Now I press "d" (lowercase) and I select the UBoot binary file in File/Send binary file.
    7) I press again "f" (lowercase)
    8) Power off the arm stone and remove the pin 66 and 65 connection.
    9) Boot again the armstone.


    ¡¡¡¡UBoot menu is shown!!!!!! ^^

    I had the same problem ("Unknown file type can NOT write in Nandflash").


    I found your post and did like you but again, i received the "Unknown file type" error. After putting the nbootIMX6SDL_17.bin file into the folder Profiles\MX6DL Bootloader\OS Firmware\ and modifying the ucl2.xml to use the file AND using 'D' instead of 'd' i was able to transfer the nbootIMX6SDL_17.bin.