Z2 U-BOOT FLASHER ------------------------- WARNING!!! Use this script at your own risk, if something goes wrong you could end up with a bricked Zipit that can only be fixed by jtag. ALWAYS have your z2 plugged in and fully charged when performing any kind of flash. This archive contains the scripts needed to flash a stock Z2 with the original Zipit firmware AND from a Z2 with the blob bootloader and a 2.6.29 kernel (aka aliosa Debian, sidetrack, rootnexus, z2buntu). Be sure to follow the correct set of instructions for your setup. You must agree to the following license to use the kernel provided in this package as it contains firmware files for the wireless chipset: Firmware obtained here: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git;a=commit;h=bdd4d91e6feea9f48039171e35bf4ae665247a73 ------------------------- FIRMWARE LICENSE TERMS Copyright (c) Marvell International Ltd. All rights reserved. Redistribution. Redistribution and use in binary form, without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of Marvell International Ltd. nor the names of its suppliers may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. * No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software is permitted. Limited patent license. Marvell International Ltd. grants a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it now or hereafter owns or controls to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to the extent that any such patent is necessary to Utilize the software alone, or in combination with an operating system licensed under an approved Open Source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative at http://opensource.org/licenses. The patent license shall not apply to any other combinations which include this software. No hardware per se is licensed hereunder. DISCLAIMER. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. ------------------------- Instructions for STOCK Z2 ------------------------- Copy the contents of this archive to the root of an SD Card formatted as FAT16. Power off your z2, insert the card and power on. After a short while, the z2 logo will be replaced by a console. Several message will be printed to the console and eventually the z2 will power off. Your original kernel will have been saved to the card as orig.kernel.bin for backup purposes (if you should ever wish to revert) Enjoy your ubooted Zipit! ------------------------------ Instructions for 2.6.29/Debian ------------------------------ Boot the Z2 to your favorite OS. If you are running X11, quit and return to the console. Download and extract the latest release of uboot/mainline kernel. "wget http://www.mozzwald.com/zipit/uboot-mainline-latest.tar.gz" "tar xvf uboot-mainline-latest.tar.gz" Move to the uboot-rel directory "cd uboot-rel" Run (as root) the flashing script. For z2buntu: "sudo ./z2debian.sh" For rootnexus: "op shell" then "./z2debian.sh"