I've read that Windows 7 creates issues with the ftdi drivers so I've finally managed to install Unbuntu with dual boot (via the wubi.exe install). So from now on I will be using Ubuntu 9.10.
eta: Ok well I've got my blue light back! The instructions are all over the place on this really. The command 'sudo php /runme.php' mentioned in the Wiki is actually 'sudo php runme.php nand' or 'mmc' depending on whether you're using a USB stick or an SD card. Then I had to replace the openocd file with the one mentioned earlier in this thread and then I had to change the permissions on the openocd file. That allowed the process to run to this point.
sudo php runme.php nand
**** exec(modprobe ftdi_sio vendor=0x9e88 product=0x9e8f)
**** Preparing environment variables file ...
reading uboot/uboot-env/uboot-dflt.txt
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv baudrate 115200
CRC read error on uboot-env.bin: Success
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv loads_echo 0
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ipaddr 10.4.50.165
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv serverip 10.4.50.5
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv rootpath /mnt/ARM_FS/
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv stdin serial
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv stdout serial
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv stderr serial
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv console console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=nand_mtd:[email protected]\(uboot\)ro,[email protected]\(root\)
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv mainlineLinux no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv CASset min
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaMonExt no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaCpuStream no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaWrAllo no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv pexMode RC
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv disL2Cache no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv setL2CacheWT yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv disL2Prefetch yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaICPref yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaDCPref yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv sata_dma_mode yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv MALLOC_len 1
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethprime egiga0
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv netbsd_en no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv vxworks_en no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootargs_root root=/dev/nfs rw
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootargs_end :::DB88FXX81:eth0:none
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv image_name uImage
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootcmd tftpboot 0x2000000 \$\(image_name\)\;setenv bootargs \$\(console\) \$\(bootargs_root\) nfsroot=\$\(serverip\):\$\(rootpath\) ip=\$\(ipaddr\):\$\(serverip\)\$\(bootargs_end\) \$\(mvNetConfig\) \$\(mvPhoneConfig\)\; bootm 0x2000000\;
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv standalone fsload 0x2000000 \$\(image_name\)\;setenv bootargs \$\(console\) root=/dev/mtdblock0 rw ip=\$\(ipaddr\):\$\(serverip\)\$\(bootargs_end\) \$\(mvPhoneConfig\)\; bootm 0x2000000\;
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootdelay 3
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv disaMvPnp no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethaddr 00:50:43:4e:2a:14
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethmtu 1500
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv mvPhoneConfig mv_phone_config=dev0:fxs,dev1:fxs
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv mvNetConfig mv_net_config=\(00:11:88:0f:62:81,0:1:2:3\),mtu=1500
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv usb0Mode host
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv yuk_ethaddr 00:00:00:EE:51:81
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv nandEcc 1bit
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv netretry no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv rcvrip 169.254.100.100
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv loadaddr 0x02000000
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv autoload no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaAutoRecovery yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethact egiga0
reading uboot/uboot-env/uboot-nand-custom.txt
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootargs_root ubi.mtd=1 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv mtdpartitions mtdparts=orion_nand:[email protected]\(uImage\),[email protected]\(rootfs\)
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethaddr 00:50:43:01:62:00
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv real_bootcmd setenv bootargs \$\(bootargs_console\) \$\(mtdpartitions\) \$\(bootargs_root\)\; nand read.e 0x00800000 0x00100000 0x00400000\; bootm 0x00800000
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootargs_console console=ttyS0,115200
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootcmd run recover1
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv recover1 setenv mainlineLinux yes\; setenv arcNumber 2097\; setenv bootcmd run recover2\; saveenv\; reset
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv recover2 run recover3\; setenv bootcmd \$\(real_bootcmd\)\; saveenv\; setenv bootargs \$\(bootargs_console\) \$\(mtdpartitions\) root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk=0x01100000,8M install_type=nand\; bootm 0x00800000 0x01100000
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv recover3 run recover4\; nand erase clean 0x00100000 0x00400000\; nand write.e 0x00800000 0x00100000 0x00400000
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv recover4 usb start\; fatload usb 0 0x00800000 uImage\; fatload usb 0 0x01100000 initrd
**** Burning uboot and environment variables ... This will take few minutes ...
Open On-Chip Debugger 0.2.0 (2009-09-16-09:13) Release
$URL: http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/openocd/tags/openocd-0.2.0/src/openocd.c $
For bug reports, read http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/openocd/trunk/BUGS
2000 kHz
jtag_nsrst_delay: 200
jtag_ntrst_delay: 200
dcc downloads are enabled
Info : JTAG tap: feroceon.cpu tap/device found: 0x20a023d3 (mfg: 0x1e9, part: 0x0a02, ver: 0x2)
Info : JTAG Tap/device matched
target state: halted
target halted in ARM state due to debug-request, current mode: Supervisor
cpsr: 0x000000d3 pc: 0xffff0000
MMU: disabled, D-Cache: disabled, I-Cache: disabled
0 0 1 0: 00052078
NAND flash device 'NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit' found
successfully erased blocks 5 to 6 on NAND flash device 'NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit'
wrote file uboot-env.bin to NAND flash 0 up to offset 0x000c0000 in 18.065409s
target state: halted
target halted in ARM state due to debug-request, current mode: Supervisor
cpsr: 0x000000d3 pc: 0xffff0000
MMU: disabled, D-Cache: disabled, I-Cache: disabled
0 0 1 0: 00052078
NAND flash device 'NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit' found
successfully erased blocks 0 to 4 on NAND flash device 'NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit'
wrote file uboot.bin to NAND flash 0 up to offset 0x00074000 in 66.488518s
**** U-boot should be up and running now. Open your console ...
I've restarted the plug and opened the console but I've still got nothing but a cursor. I'll keep going and get back to you.
eta: I wasn't puttying into the plug on the right interface. I was attempting it on tty/sd0 instead of tty/USB0. I'm watching it reinstall everything as I type.
Aaaand ... it's there! I'm logged in as 'root'.
Cheers for your help Marcus, couldn't have done it without you.