I'd just add to check that your serial cable is a null modem "crossover" cable rather than a straight through.
J On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 22:44, James Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Sebastian, > > Here's a snippet from one of our internal guides on how to set a ROACH1 > up. Check that you've got the baud rate set correctly, if you get > absolutely nothing on the serial port. You do need to configure the ROACH > to boot from the NFS. > > If you get nothing on the serial port though, that could indicate that the > ROACH is faulty? > > > - > > Connect the serial port of the ROACH to the Windows PC using the > USB-to-serial converter and establish a serial connection using Putty or > similar software (baud rate 115200). Remember to check the COM port using > the technique described above. > - > > Power up (or reboot) the ROACH, keeping an eye on the terminal > - > > Press a key on to get into the UBOOT configuration. Typing help lists > the possible commands. > > Input: printenv bootcmd > > Output: bootcmd=run mmcboot > > - > > Change this to run netboot > > Input: setenv bootcmd run netboot > > Input: saveenv > > - > > Verify that the ROACH is booting from NFS rebooting on the front > panel, or by typing boot in U-BOOT. > > > > - > > Keep the serial connection open until booting is finished and you get > a login prompt. Login to the ROACH. The default login is root with no > password. Check that the filesystem has correctly loaded from the NFS uboot > partition. > > > Regards, > James > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 12:37 AM Sebastian Hincapié Tarquino < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all >> >> I am currently trying to work with a ROACH 1. I'm going through the ROACH >> NFS Guide, but my ROACH isn't booting, and minicom shows nothing, also it >> won't let me execute any direct instruction o transfer files. >> I've tried booting from SD card using either >> filesystem_etch_2009-11-30.tar.bz >> <https://casper.ssl.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk/roach/sw/binaries/filesystem/filesystem_etch_2009-11-30.tar.bz> >> and filesystem_etch_nfs.tar.gz >> <https://casper.ssl.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk/roach/sw/binaries/filesystem/filesystem_etch_nfs.tar.gz> >> from this link: >> https://casper.ssl.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk/roach/sw/binaries/filesystem/ >> , but neither worked. >> >> Do you have any idea what else could I do? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "[email protected]" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/c42042ca-31c8-4d47-8d19-46717e632ca1%40lists.berkeley.edu >> <https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/c42042ca-31c8-4d47-8d19-46717e632ca1%40lists.berkeley.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > [email protected]" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAG67D34sywN87zCaAZAZCt1hm9bCyYALcT2-mtuSWQtm1AQVUg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAG67D34sywN87zCaAZAZCt1hm9bCyYALcT2-mtuSWQtm1AQVUg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAG1GKSnHhW8FZOsJu%3DUcGYL6k_sBXc2T_eYrTh9znESBR9mLeg%40mail.gmail.com.
