[OpenWrt-Devel] [OpenWrt] #20982: jffs2-error / nanostation M5 xw / r47658

[Bill Moffitt]

On 05/05/16 19:16, OpenWrt wrote:
> #20982: jffs2-error / nanostation M5 xw / r47658
> ------------------------+------------------------
>    Reporter:  bittorf@…  |      Owner:  developers
>        Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
>    Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:
>   Component:  packages   |    Version:  Trunk
> Resolution:             |   Keywords:
> ------------------------+------------------------
>
> Comment (by johnv):
>
>   Replying to [comment:31 bmoffitt]:
>
>   > 1.) Recovery (tftp) flash AirOS 5.6.3 onto the radio; then
>   > 2.) Using the fwupdate command in AirOS, flash AirOS 5.5.11 onto the
>   radio; then
>   > 3.) Again using the fwupdate command, flash OpenWRT onto the radio.
>   >
>   > This sequence seems to work on every PicoStation and NanoStation Loco M2
>   XM I have gotten SO FAR. Oddly, downgrading a radio that came with AirOS
>   5.6 running on it to AirOS 5.5 DID NOT WORK - it appears that it is
>   necessary to do the recovery (tftp) flash of AirOS 5.6 before you
>   downgrade to 5.5. I honestly cannot explain it, but, so far, this sequence
>   seems the only way to reliably flash OpenWRT onto a PicoStation, Bullet,
>   or NanoStation Loco M2 that comes running AirOS 5.6.
>
>
>   Can you confirm the 5.6.X version that was installed on the units when you
>   received them?  There is a Fix in the UBNT changelog for 5.6.4:
>
>   - Fix: After FW downgrade to 5.5.6 device goes to read-only state (TFTP
>   recovery to previous airOS version is required to restore normal
>   operation)
>
>
>   So wondering if the ones that you have that you are unable to simply
>   downgrade back to 5.5.11, are prior to 5.6.4 or not.  And if so, if you
>   could upgrade to 5.6.4, then downgrade to 5.5.11, and the OpenWRT.
>   Getting messier but still might be easier then tftp.
Alas, I don't have any new ones at the moment, and probably won't for a 
few weeks. And I don't recall what the new ones I was testing came with.
>
> --
> Ticket URL: <https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/20982#comment:32>
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Bill Moffitt
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