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Netgear Stora Ms2000 Bricked???

Posted by msh493 
Netgear Stora Ms2000 Bricked???
February 12, 2024 12:33PM
I don't know what I have done to this board. I played around with it a while back and got it working, but then did something and broke it. I thought I'd get back to it and learn how to play with SoCs, just for fun.

When I try to connect to the board with screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 I get a blinking cursor. And that's it. I can't get to firmware prompt. What have I done? :) And how do I get back to being operational? I would love to learn how to try different images to learn the process. Right now I'm kind of confused.


when I try kwboot it never goes beyond reboot message, and the only option I have is to unplug the stora, as I have no access to the firmware:

kwboot -t -B 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0 -b uboot.2017.07-tld-1.netgear_ms2110.mtd0.kwb
kwboot version 2023.07
Detected kwbimage v0 with NAND boot signature
Patching image boot signature to UART
Sending boot message. Please reboot the target...\



more /etc/fw_env.config
# Configuration file for fw_(printenv/saveenv) utility.
# Up to two entries are valid, in this case the redundant
# environment sector is assumed present.
# Notice, that the "Number of sectors" is ignored on NOR.

# MTD device name Device offset Env. size Flash sector size Number of sectors
/dev/mtd0 0xc0000 0x20000 0x20000



fw_printenv command spits out:
Cannot read environment, using default
Cannot read default environment from file
Re: Netgear Stora Ms2000 Bricked???
February 12, 2024 01:39PM
msh493,

> When I try to connect to the board with screen
> /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 I get a blinking cursor. And
> that's it. I can't get to firmware prompt. What
> have I done? :) And how do I get back to being
> operational? I would love to learn how to try
> different images to learn the process. Right now
> I'm kind of confused.

You need to connect serial console successfully before you can unbrick this box using kwboot.

Here is the correct parameters using picocom (running from another Linux host)
picocom --b 115200 --f n --p n --d 8 /dev/ttyUSB0

And remember to swap TXD and RXD connections. Most of serial module converter connect TXD-RXD and RXD-TXD. Some old converter connect straight TXD-TXD and RXD-RXD, so try that too.

-bodhi
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