Please help with flashing a Jetson Orin Nano via an SDK manager

ig-or · February 25, 2024, 12:28am

Now I installed an Ubuntu Linux 22.04 and Nvidia SDK manager, and I’m trying to flash the Jetson Orin Nano Dev kit. The flashing process stopped on about 96% with the error. Do not know how to proceed now… I attached NVme module to the Jetson device and tried to flash on this module.

I suspect, main error message is the following:

15:43:32.877 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Creating filesystem with 62133513 4k blocks and 15540224 inodes
15:43:32.878 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Filesystem UUID: 74797da7-d1b9-4c7f-a49e-1fbb20da2170
15:43:32.878 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
15:43:32.878 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: 	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 
15:43:32.878 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: 	4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872
15:43:32.878 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: 
15:43:32.907 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Allocating group tables:    0/1897         done                            
15:43:32.907 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Writing inode tables:    0/1897         done                            
15:43:33.359 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Creating journal (262144 blocks): done
15:43:33.397 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information:    0/1897         done
15:43:33.397 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: 
15:43:33.397 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Formatting APP parition done
15:43:33.421 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Formatting APP partition /dev/nvme0n1p1 ...
15:43:33.421 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar -xpf /mnt/external/system.img  --checkpoint=10000 --warning=no-timestamp --numeric-owner --xattrs --xattrs-include=*  -C  /tmp/ci-BySF8P9Awz
15:43:34.611 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 10000
15:43:35.651 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 20000
15:43:36.680 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 30000
15:43:37.685 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 40000
15:43:38.844 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 50000
15:43:39.989 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 60000
15:43:41.061 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 70000
15:43:42.173 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 80000
15:43:43.232 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 90000
15:43:44.387 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 100000
15:43:45.445 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 110000
15:43:46.505 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 120000
15:43:47.553 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 130000
15:43:48.718 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 140000
15:43:49.950 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: tar: Read checkpoint 150000
15:49:50.273 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Flash failure
15:49:50.274 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: Cleaning up...
15:49:50.308 - error: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: [exec_command]: /bin/bash -c /tmp/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP.igor.sh; [error]: 128307 blocks
15:49:50.308 - info: Event: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS - error is: [exec_command]: /bin/bash -c /tmp/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP.igor.sh; [error]: 128307 blocks
15:49:50.308 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: 
15:49:50.309 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: 
15:49:50.309 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: [ Component Install Finished with Error ]
15:49:50.309 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: [host] [ 19.51 GB used. Disk Avail: 659.67 GB ]
15:49:50.309 - info: NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP@JETSON_ORIN_NANO_TARGETS: [ NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP Install took 13m50s ]

several spots from the logs , that might be relevant, are below

Pre-processing mb2bct config: tegra234-mb2-bct-misc-p3767-0000.dts
[   0.1761 ] Pre-processing mb2bct config: tegra234-mb2-bct-scr-p3767-0000.dts
[   0.3368 ] Generating coldboot mb2-bct
[   0.3368 ] tegrabct_v2 --chip 0x23 0 --mb2bct mb2_cold_boot_bct.cfg --mb2bctcfg tegra234-mb2-bct-misc-p3767-0000_cpp.dtb --scr tegra234-mb2-bct-scr-p3767-0000_cpp.dtb
[   0.3371 ] ERROR: value 0x31 is out of range
[   0.3381 ] ERROR: value 0x31 is out of range

[   1.4711 ] Parsing config file :tegra234-mb1-bct-ratchet-p3767-0000_cpp.dtb 
[   1.4711 ] ERROR: /ratchet/atf is not supported

Welcome to Tegra Flash
version 1.0.0
Type ? or help for help and q or quit to exit
Use ! to execute system commands
 
[   0.0099 ] tegrarcm_v2 --chip 0x23 0 --ismb2applet
[   0.0102 ] File rcm_state open failed
[   0.0103 ] ERROR: failed to read rcm_state

tegrahost_v2 --chip 0x23 0 --updatesigheader mb1_bct_MB1_aligned_sigheader.bct.encrypt mb1_bct_MB1_aligned_sigheader.bct.hash zerosbk
[ 0.0700 ] Error: Skip generating mem_bct because sdram_config is not defined
[ 0.0700 ] Error: Skip generating mem_bct because sdram_config is not defined
[ 0.0700 ] Copying signatures

[ 0.1011 ] tegrarcm_v2 --chip 0x23 0 --pollbl --download applet applet_t234_sigheader.bin.encrypt
[ 0.1013 ] BL: version 1.4.0.1-t234-54845784-08e631ca last_boot_error: 0
[ 0.3175 ] Sending applet
[ 0.4191 ] completed

[ 0.1224 ] Added binary blob_tegra234-p3768-0000+p3767-0005-nv.dtb of size 241963
[ 0.1650 ] tegrarcm_v2 --instance 3-2 --chip 0x23 0 --pollbl --download bct_mem mem_rcm_sigheader.bct.encrypt --download blob blob.bin
[ 0.1653 ] BL: version 1.4.0.1-t234-54845784-08e631ca last_boot_error: 0
[ 0.3240 ] Sending bct_mem
[ 0.3401 ] Sending blob
[ 3.6946 ] RCM-boot started

dd if=/mnt/external/gpt_primary_9_0.bin of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1 skip=0 seek=512 count=16896
16896+0 records in
16896+0 records out
16896 bytes (17 kB, 16 KiB) copied, 0.0285908 s, 591 kB/s
Writing primary_gpt partition done
Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used.
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/nvme0n1 appears to be used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 380580528 blocks) or continue with the current setting?
Writing secondary_gpt partition with gpt_secondary_9_0.bin
Offset is not aligned to K Bytes, no optimization is applied
dd if=/mnt/external/gpt_secondary_9_0.bin of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1 skip=0 seek=61203267072 count=16896
16896+0 records in
16896+0 records out
16896 bytes (17 kB, 16 KiB) copied, 0.0287382 s, 588 kB/s
Writing secondary_gpt partition done

Fix/Ignore? Fix
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/nvme0n1 appears to be used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 380580528 blocks) or continue with the current setting?
Model: SK hynix BC711 HFM256GD3JX013N (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 256GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

tar: Read checkpoint 130000
tar: Read checkpoint 140000
tar: Read checkpoint 150000
Flash failure
Cleaning up…
15:49:50.300 - Error: [exec_command]: /bin/bash -c /tmp/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP.igor.sh; [error]: 128307 blocks

15:49:50.300 - Info: [ Component Install Finished with Error ]
15:49:50.300 - Info: [host] [ 19.51 GB used. Disk Avail: 659.67 GB ]
15:49:50.300 - Info: [ NV_L4T_FLASH_JETSON_LINUX_COMP Install took 13m50s ]

WayneWWW · February 25, 2024, 3:34am

Please share full log instead of parsing logs by yourself but didn’t share the original file…

ig-or · February 25, 2024, 4:54am

Thanks for helping me with this!
sdkm log attached…
sdkm-2024-02-24-14-01-50.log (2.8 MB)

This is the full log file? This is what is needed?

WayneWWW · February 25, 2024, 4:58am

Also need the device side log during flash. What you shared was the host side log.

Please use this method to dump log.

ig-or · February 25, 2024, 8:26pm

Device side log attached:
test1.txt (81.6 KB)

This time I start the process not with sdkm, but “drectly” via l4t_initrd_flash.sh script, as described in Quick Start — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentation

Now the process did a little bit further up to

tar: Read checkpoint 520000
tar: Read checkpoint 530000
tar: Read checkpoint 540000
tar: Read checkpoint 550000
Flash failure
Cleaning up...

I had no special cable with me, used an arduino board as “UART to USB converter.”

DaveYYY · February 26, 2024, 1:38am

Try this one instead:
https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.2/DeveloperGuide/SD/FlashingSupport.html#manually-setting-up-a-flash-drive-for-booting

Environment variables value table:

#
#                                       BOARDID  BOARDSKU  FAB  BOARDREV
#    ----------------------------------+--------+---------+----+---------
#    jetson-agx-xavier-industrial         2888     0008      600  A.0
#    clara-agx-xavier-devkit              3900     0000      001  C.0
#    jetson-xavier-nx-devkit              3668     0000      100  N/A
#    jetson-xavier-nx-devkit-emmc         3668     0001      100  N/A
#    jetson-xavier-nx-devkit-emmc         3668     0003      N/A  N/A
#    jetson-agx-xavier-devkit (16GB)      2888     0001      400  H.0
#    jetson-agx-xavier-devkit (32GB)      2888     0004      400  K.0
#    jetson-agx-orin-devkit               3701     0001      TS1  C.2
#    jetson-agx-orin-devkit               3701     0000      TS4  A.0
#    jetson-agx-xavier-devkit (64GB)      2888     0005      402  B.0
#    holoscan-devkit                      3701     0002      TS1  A.0
#    jetson-agx-orin-devkit               3701     0004      TS4  A.0
#    jetson-agx-orin-devkit (64GB)        3701     0005      500
#    jetson-orin-nano-devkit (NX 16GB)    3767     0000      300
#    jetson-orin-nano-devkit (NX 8GB)     3767     0001      300
#    jetson-orin-nano-devkit (Nano 4GB)   3767     0004      300
#    jetson-orin-nano-devkit (Nano 8GB)   3767     0003      300
#    jetson-orin-nano-devkit (Nano 8GB)   3767     0005      300
#    ----------------------------------+--------+---------+----+---------

ig-or · February 26, 2024, 7:58pm

It worked! Thank you so much. Now I can start the Jetson nano from NvMe module.

system · March 27, 2024, 2:58am

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