Orin NX flashing failed on Xavier DevKit

[zach28]

I’m trying to flash a new Orin on the Xavier DevKit Carrier board. I’ve installed a NVME ssd in the dev kit. I’m flashing using instructions from this post on a laptop running Ubuntu 18.04:

How to flash Jetson Orin NX 16GB moudule

Hi @ieren1503 , it looks like that you do not have install / unpack the sample root filesystems in the rootfs folder. Take a look in your: /Data/Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/ Is there only a readme file? If yes, Download: https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/linux-sample-root-filesystem-r3521aarch64tbz2 Untar Jetson Linux. $ tar xf Jetson_Linux_R35.2.1_aarch64.tbz2 Go to Rootfs $ cd Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/ Extract Rootfs $ sudo tar xpf …/…/Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R35.2.1_aarc…

However the flash fails at this line. It seems like the NX just powers off, the power light is not on and I don’t see any data coming from the UART log after this either. I have tried a couple times and it consistently fails at the same spot.

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*                                     *
*  Step 3: Start the flashing process *
*                                     *
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Waiting for target to boot-up...
Waiting for device to expose ssh ......RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
...RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Run command: if [ -f /qspi/l4t_flash_from_kernel.sh ]; then USER=root /qspi/l4t_flash_from_kernel.sh --no-reboot --qspi-only ; fi on root@fe80::1%enp0s20f0u8u1
blockdev: cannot open /dev/sdb: No medium found
[ 0]: l4t_flash_from_kernel: Starting to create gpt for emmc
Active index file is /mnt/nvidia_dir/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra/tools/kernel_flash/images/internal/flash.idx
Number of lines is 75
max_index=74
SSH ready
blockdev: cannot open /dev/mmcblk0boot0: No such file or directory
Flash index file is /qspi/internal/flash.idx
Number of lines is 75
max_index=74
[ 0]: l4t_flash_from_kernel: Starting to flash to qspi
Erasing 64 Kibyte @ 0 --  0 % complete writing item=59, 6:0:primary_gpt, 512, 19968, gpt_primary_6_0.bin, 16896, fixed-<reserved>-0, aaed63fa463a7e87fee3b32422c275257bebe3d0
Error: Error opening /dev/sda: No medium found
Erasing 64 Kibyte @ 1a70000 -- 41 % complete 

uart_log.txt (2.1 KB)
flash_log.txt (225.6 KB)

[kayccc]

Are you using Orin NX or AGX Orin?
Which JetPack SW?

[zach28]

Orin NX. I’ve tried with Jetpack 5.1.3 from the SDK manager but this attempt was just using the Jetson_Linux_R35.2.1_aarch64.tbz2 file which I’m not sure is associated with a jetpack version.

[DaveYYY]

Hi,

Apparently you messed up with the usage of quotation marks, so the wrong storage device was used.
It should have been

-p "-c bootloader/t186ref/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml"

, whereas you used

-p “-c bootloader/t186ref/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml”

in your command.

@zach28

Orin NX. I’ve tried with Jetpack 5.1.3 from the SDK manager but this attempt was just using the Jetson_Linux_R35.2.1_aarch64.tbz2 file which I’m not sure is associated with a jetpack version.

SDK Manager does not support the combination of Orin NX/Nano + Xavier NX DevKit.
Please test on 5.1.3/35.5 by flashing with commands.

[zach28]

The quotation marks are just an artifact from me pasting the logs into gedit prior to uploading. I didn’t use smart quotes on the cmd line.

[DaveYYY]

I just noticed you did not give the right UART log.
Please check it again.

[zach28]

My mistake. Correct log attached.
xavier_carrier_board_uart_log.txt (94.1 KB)

[DaveYYY]

I still think it’s about the cable.
Hub can be unstable and please avoid using it.