I'm not all that big of an expert. Brad appears a bit more knowledgable than myself. I was running Dachstein in DoC and was configured for DHCP (Cable). When I switched to DSL I decided to go with Bering this time. The PPPoE parts was "real" easy. A no brainer. Just followed guide.
However, I can say that, since using the guide, there is some differences but all good. The guide I used was for version prior to the 'stable' version, and most of the file changes have already been done for you. The key seems to be that you either find a newer version of the module(s) or use an older version of the M-Sys format utility/image. Since the module is likely specific to the kernal (I can't compile here) you will have to monkey with it or, like me, reformat the flash with an older verison. Aside from that, I did not follow all of the guides directions. I booted with an msdos floppy and did the higher level FAT format that way. Then I booted the LEAF/Bering floppy and did everything up until the part where you have to fdisk. I used fdisk to check for availability/validity of the DoC. This is where I got hung up. Since I previously had Dachstein on DoC, the flash driver (I think) expected a major device number of 100. I assumed that it was still valid with the drivers for Bering. WRONG. So when I changed it to 93, it worked. After mounting the Doc, I copied everything over. Edited the 'syslinux.cfg' on the DoC (not the floppy one) as suggested. This is where I again strayed from the guide. I rebooted into DOS, ran the SYSLINUX to update the boot record and ran RDEV to update the kernal. I rebooted (without floppy) and oila' instant Bering router/firewall. That was my experience. Hope this helps a little. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:26 PM To: John Mullan Cc: 'Brad Fritz'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Problem: Bering DOC in latest "stable" version John (and/or Brad), I've been teetering on getting this working myself. Can you suggest (or document) variances from the UserGuide? Also, you mentioned the size != 1 error? I've seen that recently, any suggestions on what that is and how to fix it? I've tried to use both a 16MB and 72MB Chip. Thanks, Pat On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, John Mullan wrote: > OK Brad, some fantastic success. I now get the expected fdisk results. > However, previously I also got the expected /proc/mtd results, but now I > get 'permission denied'. > > However I CAN mount /dev/nftla1 without trouble. I copied everything, > redid SYSLINUX and RDEV and I am booting from the DoC with Bering > instead of Dachstien! > > My next question is: what is the problem with /proc/mtd if any? Should > I care because I'm not sure at this point I even know what the purpose > is. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brad Fritz > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:15 PM > To: John Mullan > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Problem: Bering DOC in latest "stable" version > > > > On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 19:20:51 EST John Mullan wrote: > > > Hi Brad. > > > > When I run 'fdisk /dev/nftla' it gives me 'unable to open /dev/nftla' > > The output of 'ls -l /dev/nftla*' should look like this: > > brw-rw---- 1 root root 93, 0 Dec 2 16:51 /dev/nftla > brw-rw---- 1 root root 93, 1 Dec 2 16:51 /dev/nftla1 > brw-rw---- 1 root root 93, 2 Dec 2 16:51 /dev/nftla2 > brw-rw---- 1 root root 93, 3 Dec 2 16:51 /dev/nftla3 > brw-rw---- 1 root root 93, 4 Dec 2 16:51 /dev/nftla4 > > Are your major and minor numbers (93 and 0-4) and permissions > correct? If that checks out, what is the output of lsmod? Do > > nftl > docprobe > doc2000 > docecc > mtdcore > > appear in that order? > > > As far as the existing file system on the DOC, it has always had MSDOS > > on it. The DOC boots fine (at least until I did "syslinux". Now it > > starts booting into Linux but stops because it cannot find the > packages > > and hangs. But then, it still technically has FAT on it. > > Any other hints? > > If the kernel and initrd are loading and then it hangs, that sounds > a lot like a module or device config problem to me. If /proc/mtd is > still: > > > > dev: size erasesize name > > > mtd0: 05000000 00004000 "DiskOnChip 2000" > > the mtdcore.o and doc*.o modules are probably fine. I would double > check that nftl is properly insmoded. > > If you're still having problems after checking all of the above, > feel free to send me the output of dmesg after booting with the > DoC-enabled floppy offline. I'd be happy to compare it to mine > and let you know if anything jumps out at me. > > --Brad > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T > handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET > comprehensive development tool, built to increase your > productivity. 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