I'm wondering wether there is a fault with the IDE header.... This is what happens when I put the good disk on the other connector of the drive cable....

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If there is anyone present who wants to upgrade the flash, let them speak now,
or forever hold their peace...it seems not. Let fly the Penguins of Linux!

e000 v1.04
Copying kernel...
Calling linux kernel...
Uncompressing Linux..................................... done, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.2.17-rmk5-np17-empeg52-hijack-v479 (root@empeg-builder) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #4 Mon Oct 15 05:04:35 PDT 2007
Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11
Checking for extra DRAM:
c1000000: passed.
c1100000: passed.
c1200000: passed.
c1300000: passed.
c1400000: passed.
c1500000: passed.
c1600000: passed.
c1700000: passed.
c1800000: passed.
c1900000: passed.
c1a00000: passed.
c1b00000: passed.
c1c00000: passed.
c1d00000: passed.
c1e00000: passed.
c1f00000: passed.
c2000000: wrote ffffffff, read 00000000
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer Corp.
empeg-car player (hardware revision 9, serial number 10101731) 32MB DRAM
Command line: mem=16m
Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS
Memory: 31232k/32M available (988k code, 20k reserved, 524k data, 4k init)
Dentry hash table entries: 4096 (order 3, 32k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k)
Page cache hash table entries: 8192 (order 3, 32k)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 32768 bhash 32768)
IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli)
Starting kswapd v 1.5
SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0xf8010000 (irq = 15) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS01 at 0xf8050000 (irq = 17) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS02 at 0xf8030000 (irq = 16) is a SA1100 UART
Signature is 67706d65 'empg'
Tuner: loopback=0, ID=-1
show_message("Hijack v479 by Mark Lord")
empeg display initialised.
empeg dsp audio initialised
empeg dsp mixer initialised
empeg dsp initialised
empeg audio-in initialised, CS4231A revision a0
empeg remote control/panel button initialised.
empeg usb initialised, PDIUSBD12 id 1012
empeg state support initialised 0089/88c1 (save to d0004100).
empeg RDS driver initialised
empeg power-pic driver initialised (first boot)
RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size
empeg single channel IDE
Probing primary interface...
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
Probing primary interface...
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0xffff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0xfeff
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0xff7f
empeg-flash driver initialized
smc chip id/revision 0x3249
smc_init couldn't find card
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device 03:05
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05

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Andy M