[davodego]

I got a Pre2 from ebay. After the installation of the uberKernel it booted and arrived in a bootloop.
I tried the webOS Doctor to restore, but he broke off at 8%. So I tried the instructions "howto recover" to restore the partitions. After a few tests I can say.
The probelm is, every time something accessed /dev/store/root it cuts connection to the device. Whether it's the webosdocktor or "lvm.static lvremove store" or fsck -y /dev/store/root".
The error message is:
Novacomd socket was closed prematurely
Novacom: unexpected EOF from server

Please help me. I just got the Pre2 new and want it as daily driver.

Update: The same is when I try to check /dev/store/media with dosfsck. It found an error:
dosfsck -a -r /dev/mapper/store-media
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offsetriginal/backup)
71:48/20, 72:50/20, 74:50/20, 75:52/20, 76:45/20
1) Copy original to backup
2) Copy backup to original
3) No action
? 1
Perform changes ? (y/n) y
/dev/mapper/store-media: 8045 files, 135910/453576 clusters

novacomd socket was closed prematurely
novacom: unexpected EOF from server

update: Is there maybe a way to set the partitions of mmcblk0 new?

[Grabber5.0]

Kinda sounds like the flash memory is bad, but I'm not an authority on the matter.

[mazzinia]

Just to play it safe... have you tried with a different cable ?
memboot ?

[davodego]

have you tried with a different cable ?

yes

memboot ?

what do you mean with memboot. What can I try?

[mazzinia]

you can try to boot it using a kernel on the pc , that's membooting.
It's an option of novacom

[davodego]

you can try to boot it using a kernel on the pc , that's membooting.
It's an option of novacom

I've done this. Phone boots with the kernel but hp logo stays on screen forever. I can access the device at this state and execute programms. I tried the lvm.static stuff to repair. **** everytime I touch the flash memory the connection was terminated. And then the device is again in bootloop.

Are there any log I can watch for errors?

[Alan Morford]

Yes. tail -f /var/log/messages

[davodego]

Yes. tail -f /var/log/messages

Sorry, no file:
root@webos-device:/# tail -f /var/log/messages
tail: can't open '/var/log/messages': No such file or directory
tail: no files

[davodego]

Yes. tail -f /var/log/messages

Sorry, no file:
root@webos-device:/# tail -f /var/log/messages
tail: can't open '/var/log/messages': No such file or directory
tail: no files

[Alan Morford]

Send me a pm with your email address. I have something you can try.

[davodego]

After a few tests I can say a bit more. There is something wrong with a partition on the flashcard:
I made a read test with dd (dd if=/dev/mmcblk0pX of=/dev/null) mmcblkop3 has no problems but has Input-Output Error.
fsck on mmcblk0p2 brings error:
sck /dev/mmcblk0p2
fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
e2fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
fsck.ext2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/mmcblk0p2
Could this be a zero-length partition?

and dmesg says:
4095.550000] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0p2, logical block 0
[ 4095.550000] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 9224

So it seems boot partition is brocken. Hope to repair it.
Is there a way to restore the partitions of mmcblk0?
Can I reformat mmcblk0p2?

[davodego]

Is there anybody with a little hardware skill for webOS out there? Or know somebody a frorum where I can ask any questions about repairing flash memory?
I can read the partition with dd. I cant check the partitions with fsck.