[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] zurvan2:
Invalid Partition name booloader_a

Trying this on my t-mobile z2 force, and it's mostly working, but the bootloader partitions are failing. After this, I can't update the march OTA, and I think it's because the bootloader partitions were not flashed.

This is the error I'm seeing:

C:\Users\me\Downloads\Z2\OreoFlashAllUtilities>fastboot flash bootloader_a bootloader.img

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending 'bootloader_a' (9884 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.296s]

writing 'bootloader_a'...

(bootloader) Invalid partition name bootloader_a

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.306s

C:\Users\me\Downloads\Z2\OreoFlashAllUtilities>fastboot flash bootloader_b bootloader.img

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending 'bootloader_b' (9884 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.295s]

writing 'bootloader_b'...

(bootloader) Invalid partition name bootloader_b

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.306s

Everything else flashed fine. Phone was not already on Oreo, but I was installing the Oreo version.

Here is fastboot getvar all:

>fastboot.exe getvar all

(bootloader) kernel: uefi

(bootloader) version-bootloader: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-b48569f-170805

(bootloader) product: nash

(bootloader) board: nash

(bootloader) secure: yes

(bootloader) hwrev: PVT

(bootloader) radio: NA_UMTS

(bootloader) storage-type: UFS

(bootloader) ufs: 64GB SAMSUNG KLUCG4J1ED-B0C1 FV=0200

(bootloader) ram: 4GB SAMSUNG LP4x DIE=16Gb M5=01 M6=06 M7=10 M8=12

(bootloader) cpu: MSM8998 2.1 (0)

(bootloader) serialno: ZY224CB3B8

(bootloader) cid: 0x0015

(bootloader) channelid: 0x85

(bootloader) uid: CC2321D7

(bootloader) securestate: flashing_unlocked

(bootloader) verity-state: logging

(bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: yes

(bootloader) max-download-size: 536870912

(bootloader) reason: Volume down key pressed

(bootloader) imei: 356503080681573

(bootloader) meid:

(bootloader) date: 07-30-2017

(bootloader) sku: XT1789-04

(bootloader) battid: SNN5987A

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4185

(bootloader) iccid:

(bootloader) cust_md5:

(bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/nash_tmo_c/nash:8.0.0/OCX

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[1]: 27.109-51/59:user/release-keys

(bootloader) poweroffalarm: 0

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.27.11.59.nash_tmo_c.

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: tmo.en.US

(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom: LA.UM.6.4.r1-04300-8x98.0

(bootloader) version-baseband: M8998TMO_20207.117.02.41.01R NUS

(bootloader) kernel.version[0]: Linux version 4.4.78-perf-g7233a90 (huds

(bootloader) kernel.version[1]: oncm@ilclbld68) (gcc version 4.9.x 20150

(bootloader) kernel.version[2]: 123 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT

(bootloader) kernel.version[3]: Tue Jan 30 09:47:14 CST 2018

(bootloader) abl.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-b48569f-170805

(bootloader) xbl.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-dea2712-170805

(bootloader) pmic.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-dea2712-170805

(bootloader) rpm.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-d3e45a4-170805

(bootloader) tz.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-ce1927f-170805

(bootloader) hyp.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-ce1927f-170805

(bootloader) devcfg.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-ce1927f-170805

(bootloader) cmnlib.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-ce1927f-170805

(bootloader) cmnlib64.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-ce1927f-170805

(bootloader) keymaster.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-ce1927f-170805

(bootloader) storsec.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-ce1927f-170805

(bootloader) prov.git: MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-ce1927f-170805

(bootloader) qe: qe 0/0

(bootloader) frp-state: no protection (0)

(bootloader) ro.carrier: tmo

(bootloader) current-slot: _b

(bootloader) running-bl-slot: _b

(bootloader) running-boot-lun: 3

(bootloader) slot-suffixes: _a,_b

(bootloader) slot-count: 2

(bootloader) slot-successful:_a: no

(bootloader) slot-successful:_b: yes

(bootloader) slot-unbootable:_a: no

(bootloader) slot-unbootable:_b: no

(bootloader) slot-retry-count:_a: 7

(bootloader) slot-retry-count:_b: 7

all: listed above

finished. total time: 0.211s