James schrieb: > Stefan G. Weichinger <lists <at> xunil.at> writes: > > >> Has anyone ever managed to upgrade a HP Surestore Library C7201NB with >> Gentoo on the host? > > Nope.
Noone ever? ;) >> The hp_ltt-tool is only available in binary form and for old OSs, but >> nothing recent and for sure not for Gentoo. > > don't forget about possible running the old software on a gentoo box with > wine/vmware or such emulators....(see /usr/portage/app-emulation/*) So I would need something like Suse 7.3 in a VM, whooo ... Extra tasty when it comes to firmware upgrades. > 1. What type of interface are we talking about (rs232 serial, ethernet > parallel)? Unsure what interface you mean ... It's a tape library connected to the host via SCSI, with an additional Remote Management Card from HP providing webaccess, which doesn't fully work for me as I mentioned. Additional info here: I tried to access that WebGUI with several browsers in linux and Windows XP, no success, always that Javaclass "JuiceTop" missing. > 2. Sniff the connection to see what's on the receiving end > ethernet (ethereal) Errm, yes. I have an actual error-message in the browser ... > 3. Analyze the device and see what it's asking for > > 4. Find what it is looking for or just 'dope it' (er trial and error). > > > Lots of work, but a lot of fun. The older the device the less > protection and obscurity the firmware folks put into the > product. > > 5. If you cannot find detailed information specific to this machine, > just look for info on a similarly aged competitor (you'd be surprise > how many machines of a similar venue have almost identical firmware). > > 6. If none of these work, open up the case and find a serial port, JTAG > or such where you just might get lucky and get raw access to the embedded > host processor, using step 2 or other similar techniques). Thanks a lot for your suggestions, but I think that's a bit to heavy for me in the moment .... Stefan -- [email protected] mailing list
