This is awesome news! Perhaps there's hope for REX leaving the "unobtanium" status?
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > I followed the 4.9 install procedure and it seems to have worked! > > I used linux dlplus and the teeny loader that comes with it. > > Now I'm going over the docs to *use* it. I don't even know how to load an > option rom yet. I don't know how to excercise it either, like a memory test > to test all of the flash etc. So far all I've done is install and run the > initial backup. > > But so far so good. It went through every step in the 4.9 install doc with > no unexpetcted events. > > Twice actually, both boards. > > Thank you very much for creating this insane thing! I am amazed by what > all goes into it. > > -- > bkw > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:05 PM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just noticed I was doing 2 things completely bone-headed before. I was >> pulling PORT_EN high from the 5v rail on the breadboard instead of the >> on-board 3.3v. It worked both times, because luckily the data sheet says >> it's 5v tolerant. >> >> I also had the damned board plugged in the socket backwards, so I was >> feeding the incoming 5v to pin 15 instead of 1 !!! ahhhh. >> >> So I re-did everything with the stuff connected the right way and >> replaced some of the pics in the photo album. So one of those links in the >> previous post is dead now. >> >> Both modules erased and programmed successfully the 2nd time around, so >> maybe I didn't kill anything. >> >> https://goo.gl/photos/7wRjuTUDv6cojpjU9 >> >> -- >> bkw >> >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> That worked! >>> >>> I don't know what to do next, but it says programming suceeded. >>> >>> call 63012 just hung, so I guess an image of some sort still needs to be >>> loaded. >>> >>> Should I now follow the 4.9 update instructions, which would also serve >>> as a first time clean install? >>> >>> >>> https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPJNUW-liQ5gNreJ7yIVSpc >>> RFLI1Rc5J2JilvVlWL7_6VLMefMwbKHelHpMLQsOzQ/photo/AF1QipOVigL >>> QapQwIbTO7hMGsqlK3Wt9xPsXDzXh9-o-?key=WmdhblljUlA2UngydnV3WT >>> VOS0NJTEVxQjEwMERR >>> >>> https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPJNUW-liQ5gNreJ7yIVSpc >>> RFLI1Rc5J2JilvVlWL7_6VLMefMwbKHelHpMLQsOzQ/photo/AF1QipOmROW >>> _Xr6_R-0I1MOZwII3_M9Lc71z3DeT1Taq?key=WmdhblljUlA2UngydnV3WT >>> VOS0NJTEVxQjEwMERR >>> >>> >>> -- >>> bkw >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 19, 2017 8:16 AM, "Stephen Adolph" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> you probably have to pull port_en high to program it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 1:09 AM, Brian White <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Hey Stephen, am I missing anything here? >>>> >>> ... >>> >>>> > https://goo.gl/photos/7wRjuTUDv6cojpjU9 >>>> > >>>> >>>> >> >
