maemo.org - Talk - N900 Flashing problem (yes I have done a search) [solved]

For reasons I wont go into, I have had to attempt to re-flash my N900.
I have successfully used this http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware#N900
procedure in the past. It is now failing to work.

Running flasher and plugging in USB while holding in 'U' key on my powered down N900, I get this:-

Code:

richard@gelug-linux:~/Desktop/phone$ sudo flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f

flasher v2.5.2 (Oct 21 2009)







Image 'mmc', size 255947 kB

        Version RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA

Suitable USB device not found, waiting.

USB device found found at bus 006, device address 007.

Found device RX-51, hardware revision 2204

NOLO version 1.4.14

Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_21.2011.38-1.203.1_PR_203

Booting device into flash mode.

Suitable USB device not found, waiting.

Phone just sits there with dim 'Nokia' screen. :(:(

Recently had usb fixed, no reason to suspect problems with that.

Help much appreciated.

Fixed, rootfs was corrupted, flashed "combined" first.