Grsync workin on my ubuntu 13.10 saucy linux,backup failed with errors? please help

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Hi got a k-r42 which i managed to stick ubuntu 13.10 saucy salamander on,now some how i got Grsync running well,but it get's to 99% and produces a failed with errors message box after nearly 2hrs of waiting around,so i have uploaded it which you'll find the link for below,just extract the zip to read the .txt file inside containing the log report from Grsync.

LOG: http://wikisend.com/download/196914/rsync log errors.zip

Please can somone help me out herethe backup ,itself also has loads of files missing in the backup created, missing things i have found so far are eg.usr folder which is completely empty as are some other folders,don't know about files being missing though yet?
Was really hoping someone might have a fix for it or be able to guide me a bit as i am no developer.

Thanks in advance everyone.

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OK, I don't really know, because I don't use Linux at my device, but what I read at

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?7414-PicUntu-4-5-nand-BasicGUI-installer-One-file-few-click-install

is that it works with the same "partition architecture" like android,

· Make sure that the following options are CHECKED

1. binloader
2. parameter
3. kernel
4. boot
5. system

so why don't you dump (via dd; you only have to find out where to get the needing information (ad android "cat /proc/mtd...")) the needing "partitions" for backup from time to time like in my sig and reflash them if needing, instead your way via rsync?
Dumping is very fast (max. some minutes for all)... And you can do it via a shell script...
The parameter file already exists by the original pack

[PHYSC]

OK, I don't really know, because I don't use Linux at my device, but what I read at

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?7414-PicUntu-4-5-nand-BasicGUI-installer-One-file-few-click-install

is that it works with the same "partition architecture" like android,

so why don't you dump (via dd; you only have to find out where to get the needing information (ad android "cat /proc/mtd...")) the needing "partitions" for backup from time to time like in my sig and reflash them if needing, instead your way via rsync?
Dumping is very fast (max. some minutes for all)... And you can do it via a shell script...
The parameter file already exists by the original pack

Any chance of someone putting it laymans for me i do not follow,especialy in the explinations? Thanks all the same though it's good of you.

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Another way, but not tested:

With the Rockchip AndroidTool 2.1 you can dump the nand at the tab "Advanced Function" with [ExportImage].
The "Start:" is of course 0x000000000,
but I'm not really sure, what "Count:" means, but I think it means Byte:
1024 bytes in a kilobyte (KB)
1024 KB in a megabyte (MB)
1024 MB in a gigabyte (GB)
8 GB = 8 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 = 8589934592 Byte = 200000000 HEX = 0x200000000
so you can dump the hole nand.

-Edit------
PS:
If "Count:" means Blocks like the Linux tool "rkflashtool"
./rkflashtool r 0x0000 0x2000 >parm
0x2000 = 8192 DEC
parm = 4MB (4194304 Byte)
(with 0x2000 (8192 DEC) I get 4MB (4194304 Byte) what means
1 Block = 4194304 / 8192 = 512Byte)
than the value for "Count:" must be
8 GB = 8589934592 Byte / 512 Byte = 16777216 Blocks = 1000000 HEX = 0x1000000
-----------

You can test it and if the outputfile is 8GB, than we are sure

Now I think, you can reflash it IF the column called "Name" is only a descriptor for the user to know witch "partition / file" corresponding to the Address (I think so and get no other answer until now from other users at another thread)...
So you only have to check two rows =>
one for the Loader (for example RK3188Loader(L)_V1.24.zip ) at 0x000000000
one for the outputfile (8GB) at 0x000000000
so that will reflash the hole nand.

[PHYSC]

Another way, but not tested:

With the Rockchip AndroidTool 2.1 you can dump the nand at the tab "Advanced Function" with [ExportImage].
The "Start:" is of course 0x000000000,
but I'm not really sure, what "Count:" means, but I think it means Byte:
1024 bytes in a kilobyte (KB)
1024 KB in a megabyte (MB)
1024 MB in a gigabyte (GB)
8 GB = 8 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 = 8589934592 Byte = 200000000 HEX = 0x200000000
so you can dump the hole nand.

-Edit------
PS:
If "Count:" means Blocks like the Linux tool "rkflashtool"
./rkflashtool r 0x0000 0x2000 >parm
0x2000 = 8192 DEC
parm = 4MB (4194304 Byte)
(with 0x2000 (8192 DEC) I get 4MB (4194304 Byte) what means
1 Block = 4194304 / 8192 = 512Byte)
than the value for "Count:" must be
8 GB = 8589934592 Byte / 512 Byte = 16777216 Blocks = 1000000 HEX = 0x1000000
-----------

You can test it and if the outputfile is 8GB, than we are sure

Now I think, you can reflash it IF the column called "Name" is only a descriptor for the user to know witch "partition / file" corresponding to the Address (I think so and get no other answer until now from other users at another thread)...
So you only have to check two rows =>
one for the Loader (for example RK3188Loader(L)_V1.24.zip ) at 0x000000000
one for the outputfile (8GB) at 0x000000000
so that will reflash the hole nand.

Thanks ever so much, i will try it now so longing out until i have tried it and will then report back.

Right i'm back after testing,i can confirm it dumps the image but it is 0kb unfortunately.I'd love to be able to simply upload an image which is pre-done for others to flash on.But it looks like my expertise in my tutorial which is all point and click endss.I am a computer repair technician been doing it 3yrs now 1 day a week,but android is a different os and a the devices require require at least tools and development skills to make,so it would appear unless of course i am missing some peice of software with simple point and click operation to extrract it all as is and pre-segmented ready for the android tool 1.37 i use for the job? Thankyou any way it was worth a try either way.I'mn glad i've got android 3.10 saucy but peeved i cannot back the entire system up as the seperate images in android tool 1.37.I will scower the net now so logging out,as i am on a 3ghz single core amd just for this at the moment i will report back if and when i find an answer?

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Back Again

Thanks ever so much, i will try it now so longing out until i have tried it and will then report back.

Right i'm back after testing, i can confirm it dumps the image but it is 0/kb unfortunately.I'd love to be able to simply upload an image which is pre-done for others to flash on.But it looks like my expertise ends here.I am a computer repair technician been doing it 3yrs now 1 day a week,but android is a different os and the devices require at least some tools and maybe also some development skills to make work as desired most of the time, unless am missing some peice of software with simple point and click operation to extrract it all? And in pre-segmented ready fashion for use with the android tool 1.37 then i cannot get a backup properly done.
But thankyou any way it was worth a try either way.I'm glad i've got android 3.10 saucy but peeved i cannot back the entire system up as the seperate images in android tool 1.37.I will scower the net now so logging out,as i am on a 3ghz single core amd just for this at the moment i will report back if and when i find an answer?

Ok back again now,i did a little research to be taken back to a freaktab page,that page contains this link https://github.com/Galland/rkflashtool_rk3066/issues/1 and a mention in there from Galland, who i believe maybe a member here? guides the person asking what to do, although to me as i have learning difficulties makes it very hard to understand how to do it or what exactly in laymans i have to do to accomplish the job?

If anyone reading or if possibly Galland him self could help me out i'll pass it along in the tutorial i made with a thankyou to you.

Maybe one day if i get into making software or if help is needed from me, then maybe i can then contribute to you guys?

My device is the K-R42 an awesome little box now it has 13.10 saucy salamander on it. Anyone trying to aim for 13.10 on their K-R42 should follow my guide in my thread here on freaktab.

Thanks in advance guys

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Please, don't misunderstand it, but it is very very very hard and difficult for me, to follow your words / mind...
1. You try the way via Rockchip AndroidTool 2.1 but the output at PC is only 0KB?
2. What "Count:" value do you try?
3. If you take only 0x1 at count, witch size get the outputfile at PC?
My problem at the moment is, I can't test it, because of missing cable (I have to search)...

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OK, "Count:" means Blocks (test it with 0x1 and the outputfile is 512Byte)
At the moment I test the hole nand dump with 0x1000000
I will be back, if it is ready... (actually ~1GB)


soooo
OK, at ~6,5 GB (after ~17 minutes) I get an "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library" Error and the tool chrashes...
I think it is too much for it

I use the tool at XP SP3 with administrator rights...

Perhaps you can dump with
start: 0
count: 2
and attach the outputfile...
Because I want to have a look at the parameter section...

And have a look at the howto of Finless inside the download (I found it now)

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?10129-Backing-up-your-RK-device-%28ROM%29-with-the-new-RK-2-1-tool

And flashing will be the next critical stepp...

PS: found out, why it chrashes... my HDD is full

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Please, don't misunderstand it, but it is very very very hard and difficult for me, to follow your words / mind...
1. You try the way via Rockchip AndroidTool 2.1 but the output at PC is only 0KB?
2. What "Count:" value do you try?
3. If you take only 0x1 at count, witch size get the outputfile at PC?
My problem at the moment is, I can't test it, because of missing cable (I have to search)...

Yes i do get a lot of neticate remarks which i agree with lol,i don't break paragraph's like i should as i get carried away with one big sentance before ammending or not lol.
But i think you have just nailed it i didn't use any range sorry,i never new the mark to start at unless you told me before,but again my memory is the issue that time if you did lol.
I have to keep detaching unplugging the system and taking it to a seperate pc from where the unit is sat, It's a pain hence the nescessity for a complete backup for restoration when things go bad,that way it's one detach not multiple to achieve ubuntu 13.10 again.

I'll give that 0x1 a try unless that's a standard preset number? I'll be back in a short while with some results,the primary partition represents 3.5gb,so i'm crossing my fingers it dumps that if anything at all lol.Knowing my luck today it won't dump a kb at all.
Thanks for helping me though it is good of you.

Back again and now we're getting somewhere i put 0x01 but it's 0x1 and set count to 1000000,it comes up with 488mb file at end,but the system says it is 7.7gb with 4.2gb of it is used? Not entirely sure if i got it or not or what the count should be or start,guessing the start is correct?

It says 500,000kb 488mb my assumption is it's a partial dump or it is full and my user data accounts for the missing space,but having said that i think the install alone is 1.2gb because the system image file is that size? Or am i taking the lot of context as is more likely here? I will try 10000000 instead as i remember that on pc drives from somewhere unless that's 100000000? Man i'm a pain lol.

Right 10000000 didn't work however if i remember it may be that most or all disk drives like ide and sata drives possibly was my theory that sd's may have that number too as a sort of generic number,so tried it and i am currently at 5.52gb so far ongoing i just hope it doesn't sort of carry on past touch wood,touched my head for that lol.I'll come back,i'm guessing the flash file will be coupled to the same prior files but the system will be the file i am dumping presently unless it's not?

It continued to try dumping i restarted the pc regardless after it continued to dump at 13.9gb which i assume is miles too high as it's an 8gb nand?

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Ok, some little explanation:

- 0x means the value is hexadecimal (0...F) instead of decimal (0...9)

- "Start:" means the starting address at the nand... so we want to try to dump the hole nand, we begin with the first byte, means at address 0 (or 0x0 or 0x00 or 0x000 or ... or 0x000000000 all means the same, because leading zeros after the 0x not important )

- "Count:" means how many do we want to read (dump), so I found out with 0x1 (one part) I get an outputfile, witch size is 512Byte, so I know it means Blocks and the size of 1 Block is 512Byte... so for the hole 8GB nand it must be 0x1000000 (or 0x01000000 or 0x001000000... important is the leading 0x for hex and the number of blocks with 1000000... see above at post #4)

- the parameters (witch are using by the bootloader (like for example RK3188Loader(L)_V1.20.bin )) are at the first bytes of nand, so it would be nice to read starting at 0 with a count of 2, so we get 1024Bytes (more than enough) so I can analyse it and perhaps identify the "Start:" and "Count:" for each single "partition" like kernel and so on, so you can dump them separately and I want to know, whether it looks like as at android...

Finless get a problem to flash the hole nand-dump from 1 file because of the parameter-file, so I don't think it will work (but I will try it too, because I have an idea, but we will see), so you have to go Finless way described in the link above at post #8 (separate parts)...

[PHYSC]

dumping nand

Ok, some little explanation:

- 0x means the value is hexadecimal (0...F) instead of decimal (0...9)

- "Start:" means the starting address at the nand... so we want to try to dump the hole nand, we begin with the first byte, means at address 0 (or 0x0 or 0x00 or 0x000 or ... or 0x000000000 all means the same, because leading zeros after the 0x not important )

- "Count:" means how many do we want to read (dump), so I found out with 0x1 (one part) I get an outputfile, witch size is 512Byte, so I know it means Blocks and the size of 1 Block is 512Byte... so for the hole 8GB nand it must be 0x1000000 (or 0x01000000 or 0x001000000... important is the leading 0x for hex and the number of blocks with 1000000... see above at post #4)

- the parameters (witch are using by the bootloader (like for example RK3188Loader(L)_V1.20.bin )) are at the first bytes of nand, so it would be nice to read starting at 0 with a count of 2, so we get 1024Bytes (more than enough) so I can analyse it and perhaps identify the "Start:" and "Count:" for each single "partition" like kernel and so on, so you can dump them separately and I want to know, whether it looks like as at android...

Finless get a problem to flash the hole nand-dump from 1 file because of the parameter-file, so I don't think it will work (but I will try it too, because I have an idea, but we will see), so you have to go Finless way described in the link above at post #8 (separate parts)...

Ok sort of get it in block size of mine is 512kb and i just set it blank for start and 0x1000000 count,awaiting results of that as we speak it's at a mere 1.10gb,i shall relay the result as i'm up until i get this going at least that's what i think i'm doing lol.

Ok blank start and 0x1000000 creates an 8gb exxactly image,but i will now go with start 0 and count 0x1000000,then try flashing with RKbatchtool 1.7 if that's what the image is meant to be for?

Found this webpage,it had the tools to extract the img files but they are missing? It's post #7 here:http://www.arctablet.com/blog/forum/...based-tablets/

So now the tools are removed what do we use to extract the seperate images for a reflash?

Found tool on this webpage http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...Firmware-Tools it's a windows tool,how it works or if it's good is unknown though trial and error with it is my aim so far,so i'll be back sooner or later but will stay online.

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1. #7 the tool extract only a special type of images, witch can be flashed with rkbatchtool (for exsample "K-R42_HFW_1.2.0_Final.img") or in best case are exists in the backup-partition (and please don't ask me now, what the backup-partition is... read my sig or the HowTo of Finless...)...
2. the second link is nearly the same tool, but only with some more functionality and a gui
AND BOTH DON'T HELP AT YOUR PROBLEM...

3. WY DON'T YOU DO WATH I ASK OF YOU AND/OR I EXPLAIN TO YOU?

[PHYSC]

1. #7 the tool extract only a special type of images, witch can be flashed with rkbatchtool (for exsample "K-R42_HFW_1.2.0_Final.img") or in best case are exists in the backup-partition (and please don't ask me now, what the backup-partition is... read my sig or the HowTo of Finless...)...
2. the second link is nearly the same tool, but only with some more functionality and a gui
AND BOTH DON'T HELP AT YOUR PROBLEM...

3. WY DON'T YOU DO WATH I ASK OF YOU AND/OR I EXPLAIN TO YOU?

I have xp and try double clicking the .exe of image repacker but nothing happens it brings a dos prompt up for like 2 seconds at a blank screen and just dissapears,i got it from the sig link sorry didn't realize

Good news drop ped the .exe in a dos prompt,now it's asking where,how do i commeand it p[lease if you'd be so kind it just tells usage and type details,it now is expecting a command i guess,but i have not a clue what it really wants me to write in?

Sussed it needed power toys for xp open command prompt here,right clicked desktop folder and selected open command prompt here.
Now all i have to do is utilize it?

It won't work PARM unsupported format error,now i am stumped you mentioned this.But i don't follow anything in the readme about it? Another question is what is the LBA checkbox for and am i being dense by not checking that box before hand?

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It won't work PARM unsupported format error,now i am stumped you mentioned this.

With what tool at what point? Forget the wendal- and RK3xxx Firmware Tools!

But i don't follow anything in the readme about it?

What readme?


Last try:

Perhaps you can dump with
start: 0
count: 2
and attach the outputfile...
Because I want to have a look at the parameter section...

And have a look at the howto of Finless inside the download (I found it now)

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?10129-Backing-up-your-RK-device-%28ROM%29-with-the-new-RK-2-1-tool

- the parameters (witch are using by the bootloader (like for example RK3188Loader(L)_V1.20.bin )) are at the first bytes of nand, so it would be nice to read starting at 0 with a count of 2, so we get 1024Bytes (more than enough) so I can analyse it and perhaps identify the "Start:" and "Count:" for each single "partition" like kernel and so on, so you can dump them separately and I want to know, whether it looks like as at android...

Finless get a problem to flash the hole nand-dump from 1 file because of the parameter-file, so I don't think it will work (but I will try it too, because I have an idea, but we will see), so you have to go Finless way described in the link above at post #8 (separate parts)...

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Last try too:

You say, "I am a computer repair technician been doing it 3yrs now 1 day a week" so I think, you know something about BIOS, bootloader, Master Boot Record and partition table?
1. Very basically, the loader.bin is a merge of BIOS and bootloader (It manage the system-start-up and the nand-management (reading and flashing too)).
2. Very basically, the parameter is a merge of Master-Boot-Record and Partition-Table.
So the loader.bin looks at the first Bytes of the nand to read the parameter to get the information, where it can find the separate partitions and specially for startup the kernel-partition...

Because of 1. "... flashing too ))" it looks like, the "Rockchip AndroidTool 2.1" (like "RKAndroid Tool 1.37" but with the possibility to read out of the nand too) needs the matching parameter too, so Finless get the problem to flash an 1-part-nanddump and needs the separate, corresponding to the partitions at the parameter, nanddumps...