Ahh, that all makes a lot of sense now! It's interesting that you say 'failed to spin up the USB drive' as the "drive" is actually a 16GB USB 'stick', so, of course, there's no 'spin'! That's what has surprised me - I am sure I have the 'stick' formatted; partitioned, and labelled correctly, yet no matter what I seem to do, or what version I have loaded, I always just get that single T after the device is scanned. (Oh, and I have even tried with an alternative USB stick - it's still the same.) It takes a few seconds before the T appears, almost as though the device is trying to do 'something', but then just reboots. Strange.
But, as you say, if this was an 'experimental' thread, maybe that's where the problem lies. It seems weird that some respondents in the thread appear to have made it work - maybe it's what they aren't saying that's important. Unfortunately, that often appears to be the case!! So, I'll start afresh - use the new u-boot and rootfs and see if I can successfully navigate the process.......
Thanks for your advice - it is very welcome.
Mike
But, as you say, if this was an 'experimental' thread, maybe that's where the problem lies. It seems weird that some respondents in the thread appear to have made it work - maybe it's what they aren't saying that's important. Unfortunately, that often appears to be the case!! So, I'll start afresh - use the new u-boot and rootfs and see if I can successfully navigate the process.......
Thanks for your advice - it is very welcome.
Mike