friends duo wont go past the boot screen on the latest openvix3 image 024

[boomer35]

friends duo wont go past the boot screen on an early openvix3 image

Hi Everyone is there a way of flashing or repairing the file structure via ftp as the duo in question wont flash from usb?

i cant get past the boot screen to flash from the image manager

i can only get into the box via dcc and even then only ftp not telenet

many thanks

[judge]

What do you mean by "wont go past the boot screen"?
As you can ftp in, are there any crashlogs in /home/root/logs/ ?

[boomer35]

hi Judge thanks for replying

just looked for the logs and nothing there

it just wont go past the screen with the satellite photo on it so i cannot flash by the image manager route

also cannot get in via the webif

i can get in via dcc over lan but only on the ftp mode not telnet

any ideas

[abu baniaz]

If you have a serial cable, maybe rs232 logs of the boot process could help identify issue?

[boomer35]

i do have a serial cable but have no clue in what to do with it other than connect it to computer and box

[abu baniaz]

In Putty, make sure com port matches the one on your PC. Change baud rate/speed to 115200.

Boot up and you should see the log and it could tell you what the problem is.

[boomer35]

i do have a serial cable but have no clue in what to do with it other than connect it to computer and box

[boomer35]

sorry Putty?

[abu baniaz]

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

[boomer35]

ok got that working thanks im getting a lot of info what do i look for now

[Flyingpig]

Why wont it work from usb?

Have you tried and re-tried??

Make sure there are no other USB sticks in, make sure the USB stick is formatted correctly and is bootable. Then follow the instructions.

[boomer35]

yes and even tried updating bootloader just reads for a split second then goes on to starting

[boomer35]

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[judge]

Hard to tell from those pics, but your install is corrupt with required files missing.
Is the flash completely full?

Easiest solution is going to be reflashing, using a correctly formatted USB stick with image extracted properly on it.

[boomer35]

It won't flash via usb I've tried several sticks and different images

[Andy_Hazza]

Have you tried rear usb ports as well as the front one? No other usb inserted while trying to fresh flash? What makes of usb sticks are you using and sizes?


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[twol]

You appear to have a hardisk .... Try disconnecting it ..... One of the screens seems to,indicate an issue if I am reading it correctly.

[boomer35]

hi everyone and thanks for the suggestions the usb sticks are various sizes less than 2 gig and have flashed boxes before with them formatted fat32

they had an external usb hdd connected but it has been disconnected since

[boomer35]

just tried tone of the back usb port no joy

[boomer35]

does anyone know a way of flashing from ftp bear in mind i cannot telenet

[boomer35]

ok everyone just an update i have updated box with an openpli nfi image using the vu util 2.01
and everything is working
but i still have the issue with upgrading via usb stick on the vix latest image so i have no way to upgrade box to vix which imho is the best

[Andy_Hazza]

Is it a genuine receiver? Any noticeable stickers on the back that say v1.0, v2.0 or v3.0?


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[boomer35]

Yes it's genuine I wouldn't know what to do with a clone

[boomer35]

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Just in case here's a photo of the back

[Flyingpig]

Now there are other people on here who will be able to explain in more detail, but if you upload via FTP a backup or image you can install it via FTP - not sure of the commands....??

Thanks,
FP.

[boomer35]

Thanks FP that could be me solution

[Dangs]

I had this same problem with a solo2 with USB sticks I've used before for images I found I needed to download a fresh image from openvix website and used a freshly formatted 8gb Kingston USB

[DaMacFunkin]

Yes it's genuine I wouldn't know what to do with a clone

Well you would do with it what you would do with a genuine box till it fudged up...
The fact you are having trouble flashing vix, but you have been able to flash a smaller pli image would prompt me to think you have internal memory problems.

[boomer35]

Thanks Da any advise on how to clear the internal memory?

[boomer35]

thanks everyone who replied
i got a new 4 gig mini sd card in the post and the box took the image
my bud is back on vix