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uboot NSA310 - probably erase uboot

Posted by kofec 
Razvanu
Re: uboot NSA310 - probably erase uboot
August 27, 2025 04:08AM
bobafetthotmail Wrote:
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> It seems you did not erase the flash before
> writing, raw flash must be erased before writing.
>
> Anyway, don't worry. NSA310 cannot be bricked.
> :-)
>
> NSA310 is new enough so you can recover it easily
> with "kwboot" tool and serial (and a linux PC),
> see here.
> http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,7852,7852
>
> This is the command that should work in your case
>
> ./kwboot -t -B 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0 -b
> u-boot.kwb -p

>
> Then you need to flash the uboot as you tried
> before.
> kwboot only loads u-boot in RAM.
>
> fatload usb 0 0x1000000 uboot.bin
> nand erase 0x00000 0x100000
> nand write 0x1000000 0x00000 0x100000
> reset



On a Zyxel NAS from TDC this can not be undone, the uboot it's empty and there is no recovery method .
Re: uboot NSA310 - probably erase uboot
August 27, 2025 11:38AM
Razvanu,

> On a Zyxel NAS from TDC this can not be undone,
> the uboot it's empty and there is no recovery
> method .

I vaguely remember this (possibly one of the 3 variations of the NSA310 does not support UART booting). Can you point to a post in this forum about this info?

-bodhi
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