So i used the ERL for a long while and then switched to a PFsense box to run some tests with that.
after 6 months of using the PFsense box I decided that the ERL should be more than capable for my network setup and went to switch back.
I connected the ERL and went to get connected to it and got no response. Tried both hard reset methods and couldnt get it to respond...
did some google searching and fourm searching and found that if i had a Console cable i could get a better idea as to what is going on... (the other most common problem being the Flash memory goes bad...)
Finding a console cable proved to be difficult and led me to an amazon purchase that has taken a few months to arrive.... then after that I find out that NONE, yes NONE!, of the computrers I have contain a serial port...
$30 later buying a USB to Serial adapter and I am getting the following errors when connected via Console with Putty.
SQUASHFS error: Unable to read data cache entry [1b53f90]
SQUASHFS error: Unable to read page, block 1b53f90, size cece
SQUASHFS error: Unable to read data cache entry [1b53f90]
SQUASHFS error: Unable to read page, block 1b53f90, size cece
So I am fairly certain i have a Bad flash memory chip so now the goal is to get a new one and get it loaded but how do I reload the OS onto the new flash chip?