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Topic: TP-Link TL-WA901ND loop reboot

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Hi, I am a newbie.

i have build OpewWRT following this steps  http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/obtai … e.generate

i build completed with PROFILE wa901nd.
and copy  xx-wa901nd-vmlinux.bin to flash my TL-WA901ND .

i telnet and use command :  (run dd-wrt before)

mtd -r write xx-wa901nd-vmlinux.bin linux

after reboot  my my TL-WA901ND is fails.

so i try to connect via serial console  http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wa901nd

this is screen and loop to rResetting...

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Feb 24 2012 - 16:48:46)

AP81 (ar7100) U-boot
DRAM:  
sri
32 MB
id read 0x100000ff
flash size 4MB, sector count = 64
Flash:  4 MB
Using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   ag7100_enet_initialize...
No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address
bsingle_phy = 0
eth0: 00:03:7f:09:0b:ad
eth0 up
eth0
Autobooting in 1 seconds## Booting image at bf020000 ...
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... Error: Bad gzipped data
GUNZIP ERROR - must RESET board to recover

Resetting...

please advise me.

(Last edited by dcoffeenet on 5 Sep 2013, 17:27)

thanks for advise.

i need to build own firmware.

now i can access U-Boot-console by typing "tpl" 

and then i try re-flash wtih your advice

OK.
unbrick successful.

map key "tpl"
http://stableplus.com/kb/other/map_key_tpl.png
re-flash
http://stableplus.com/kb/other/unbrick-tl-wa901nd.png

(Last edited by dcoffeenet on 7 Sep 2013, 06:36)

why transfer with serial?? usually tftpboot is the simplest method..

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