On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 01:01, Rich richard.lapoi...@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/26/2011 03:39 AM, Claudio Cavalera wrote:
Is it possible to host the jeff uboot on armedslack.org without
breaking any license?
Why would you need to do this?. Just get it off of Jeff site
Maybe it's better to be
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:35 AM, John O'Donnell unixjohn1...@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/26/2011 08:25 PM, Rich wrote:
The dockstar led is controlled by uboot and armedSlack's kernel doesn't
know how
to control it.
I'd be willing to bet it is controlled by standard kernel settings. I
control
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:37, Stuart Winter m-li...@biscuit.org.uk wrote:
He's not managed to get the OS installed.
Stuart what do you mean?
Cristophe wrote:
Thanks for this procedure. I have tried it but... The installer
started, and the installation seemed to be OK, but when I reboot, the
He's not managed to get the OS installed.
Stuart what do you mean?
Cristophe wrote:
Thanks for this procedure. I have tried it but... The installer
started, and the installation seemed to be OK, but when I reboot, the
[..]
Isn't he talking about the reboot at the end of installation?
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:56, Stuart Winter m-li...@biscuit.org.uk wrote:
He's not managed to get the OS installed.
Stuart what do you mean?
Cristophe wrote:
Thanks for this procedure. I have tried it but... The installer
started, and the installation seemed to be OK, but when I
Forget what I said - do what Richard said :-)
Now I expect full official support by armed slack and the patched
uboot available too! :-)
I expect to win the lottery too, but it ain't happened yet.
What does official support mean?
All that I can see is that the INSTALL_KIRKWOOD doc needs a
You should put a dockstar on a wishlist so that we can buy it to you
and then you could test and mantain armedslack on it! :-)
Hah. I'd not put a Dockstar on it, that's for sure :-)
On a serious note: I'm very cautious about expanding the range of
official (meaning it works out of the box
stick and it took hours to install the packages. Base on that I really not
sure that this is a viable way to install armedSlack on the dockstar.
I am using a noname 4GB usb key, formatted as 3.5GB ext3, 500MB swap.
I did not install Qt/KDE, nor X/XAP, nor games, nor TeX. It takes about 2h.
The step
On 01/26/2011 06:11 AM, Stuart Winter wrote:
Can you actually upgradepkg the kernel packages and reboot into the new
kernel without modifying any u-boot config?
Yes, as long as you changed the symbolic links to point to the new
kernel and initrd.
If you give me all the u-boot stuff, I can
On 01/26/2011 08:59 AM, Stuart Winter wrote:
*Maybe* we could have a page on armedslack web site like this one:
http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/uboot/
You mean like this?
http://www.armedslack.org/maint_kirkwooduboot and hosting an adjusted script
like this
way to install armedSlack on the dockstar.
I am using a noname 4GB usb key, formatted as 3.5GB ext3, 500MB swap.
I did not install Qt/KDE, nor X/XAP, nor games, nor TeX. It takes about 2h.
The step 'processing 1002 packages' takes about 5 minutes.
Yes, about the same for me
On 01/26/2011 08:25 PM, Rich wrote:
The dockstar led is controlled by uboot and armedSlack's kernel doesn't know how
to control it.
I'd be willing to bet it is controlled by standard kernel settings. I control
my guruplug's LEDs in /sys/class/leds
Take a peek
--
=== Never ask a geek why,
OK, I've got a way of getting the installer started on my Dockstar
without the use of a serial line.
This method requires Jeff Doozan's uboot, first because it has uboot
environments that allow to boot off a usb drive and second it installs
fw_setenv and fw_print command line routines into the
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:40, Stuart Winter m-li...@biscuit.org.uk wrote:
I got the chance to run a quick test last night so I loaded the
installer and kernel onto a usb thumb drive ext2 partition, renamed them
to uImage and uInitrd and booted with the existing doozan uboot and boot
lines.
I got the chance to run a quick test last night so I loaded the
installer and kernel onto a usb thumb drive ext2 partition, renamed them
to uImage and uInitrd and booted with the existing doozan uboot and boot
lines. As seen in the pastebin boot log, it booted normally until it
stuck waiting
Am Tuesday 21 December 2010 03:37:12 schrieb Rich:
On the initial boot, it did boot
the kernel and started the system initialization scripts but then fdisk
the sda1 and rebooted. The second boot did complete and I got a login
prompt on the serial terminal.
I wonder how it booted the second
Am Friday 14 January 2011 11:20:51 schrieb Stuart Winter:
I wonder how it booted the second time? IIRC I had to comment out the
fdisk sectionin a rc script because the Dockstar does not have an RTC and
after reboot the system time is set to 1970 again which causes another
fsck run (fsck is
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Rich richard.lapoi...@gmail.com wrote:
I then checked /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file and noticed that it wasn't
configured. I edited to use dhcp
USE_DHCP[0]=yes
rebooted and was able to ssh into the dockstar
Rich Lapointe
Thanks! I confirm it also works for
I wasn't to sure how you got the installer running over ssh, so here's
what I did. First, my dockstar is running Jeff Doozan latest uboot and
Rescue System, so when I boot without any usb drives plugged in it boots
into the Rescue System (http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?4,831). I
connect to
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Rich wrote:
My testing indicates that it not getting an ip assign during initialization
because the rc.inet1.conf file isn't configured I'm a wimp, so I've been
using serial cable to observe what is happening.
Since you have a serial cable, can you also try booting the
My testing indicates that it not getting an ip assign during
initialization because the rc.inet1.conf file isn't configured I'm a
wimp, so I've been using serial cable to observe what is happening.
Using a desktop with Linux (Salix OS) I partitioned a Memorex 2G USB
Stick into two
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Claudio Cavalera
claudio.caval...@gmail.com wrote:
I have it when I run lsmod in the debian
mv643xx_eth
For the record, I have also noticed that under Debian the kernel
version is a bit older:
r...@debian:~# uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.32-5-kirkwood #1 Fri Nov 26
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Stuart Winter m-li...@biscuit.org.uk wrote:
It's compiled as a module, so you'd have to include it in the initrd.
Maybe the netconsole feature would be more useful as a builtin instead
of as a module in this specific case (i.e. don't get ARMedSlack
booting
Maybe the netconsole feature would be more useful as a builtin instead
of as a module in this specific case (i.e. don't get ARMedSlack
booting on Dockstar and don't use a serial console), since the kernel
may run into troubles before the load of the module.
This means you also need
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Stuart Winter m-li...@biscuit.org.uk wrote:
This means you also need to compile the network driver into the kernel.
Thanks for the advice.
In the kernel I only want to include drivers that really cannot be
modules, so I'll keep the NIC drivers as modules.
I
2010/12/11 Cédric VINCENT cedric.vinc...@gmail.com:
Christophe, I should be able to provide you a kernel with the
netconsole as a builtin on Monday if you wish. Will you give it a try
with ARMedSlack mini-rootfs and investigate what's going on?
Yes, it could be useful, thanks!
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Claudio Cavalera
claudio.caval...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 21:02, Christophe Lyon christophe.l...@gmail.com
wrote:
I already have the right serial cable with the right connector. But
I'm too lazy to open the dockstar. :-)
Too bad!
I misread
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 13:09, Christophe Lyon
christophe.l...@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe I've booted it but it did not get an IP Address. Serial cable is
for whimps. :-)
Which parameters do you use at bootm= ?
As I said, I used Jeff Doozan's script to update my uboot, which also
sets to boot
As I said, I used Jeff Doozan's script to update my uboot, which also
sets to boot parameters.
I have also used that script to update/patch my uboot but just for that.
I then activated the netconsole and used uboot interactively with a
couple of nc sessions. You should be able to do this if
Does anyone know if the pre-compiled ARMedslackware kernel support
netconsole? (If so, then it looks like the kernel boot crashes before
netconsole is operational).
It's compiled as a module, so you'd have to include it in the initrd.
I've taken the latest code from kernel.SlackBuild (where
kernel command line in order to have DHCP and network and therefore
avoid serial cable. Not wokring for me though. :-(
Please let us know if you succeed.
Did you check your DHCP logs? does the device request an IP?
/me suggests getting a serial cable :)
At least then we can figure out where
I have a serial cable but I can't bear debian works without it. :-)
Hang on a minute. So you've got a serial cable...
use it, figure out where the boot process stops (if at all).
Then once we know what the problem is, it can most likely be fixed or
worked around.
Then, once it's fixed, you
Am Thursday 09 December 2010 14:48:25 schrieb Stuart Winter:
I have a serial cable but I can't bear debian works without it. :-)
Hang on a minute. So you've got a serial cable...
use it, figure out where the boot process stops (if at all).
Then once we know what the problem is, it can most
I already have the right serial cable with the right connector. But
I'm too lazy to open the dockstar. :-)
Too bad!
I misread your initial post and thought you actually succeeded in
booting Slackware :-(
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On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 21:02, Christophe Lyon christophe.l...@gmail.com wrote:
I already have the right serial cable with the right connector. But
I'm too lazy to open the dockstar. :-)
Too bad!
I misread your initial post and thought you actually succeeded in
booting Slackware :-(
Recently I'm being in touch with the Seagate Dockstar which is a
promising device based on Kirkwood Soc:
http://xkyle.com/2010/07/19/the-seagate-dockstar-a-very-cool-linux-device/
This looks like an interesting device.
You'll probably need to build a new
kernel to begin with patched with
Hello,
I'm new to this list!
I've been using slackware on x86 since 7.1 and I tend to install it on
every machine I touch.
Recently I'm being in touch with the Seagate Dockstar which is a
promising device based on Kirkwood Soc:
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Claudio Cavalera
claudio.caval...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I'm new to this list!
I've been using slackware on x86 since 7.1 and I tend to install it on
every machine I touch.
Recently I'm being in touch with the Seagate Dockstar which is a
promising device
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