Hi, I have installed dapper on CF using debootstrap from a linux machine. I think it was a pretty standard procedure. Just a few points (even if they are repetition)
(1) I choose processor type in kernel configuration to be AMD-elan and compile as you would in a regular linux kernel compilation. (2) Install modules with INSTALL_MOD_PATH set to "/" of wherever the flashdrive is mounted. (3) copy your kernel to /boot of the mounted flash drive. (4) I create a lilo.conf on the "/" of the CF. I do a chroot to that mounted directory and run lilo. "chroot /mnt/cf/ lilo -C lilo.conf" (5) One more thing is to modify /etc/inittab (on the CF) to send output to serial device and not open all tty(s). Do contact me if you have any doubts. Thanks, Kanthi > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Soekris-tech Digest, Vol 46, Issue 34 > > Send Soekris-tech mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific than "Re: Contents of Soekris-tech digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? (Holger > Rodriguez) > 2. Re: Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? > (Marc Balmer) > 3. Re: Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? > (Lars Nood?n) > 4. Re: Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? (ervin) > 5. Re: Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? (ervin) > 6. very basic questions on booting from compactflash > (Floating Integer) > 7. Re: Net5501 - linux kernel crash - report w/ test environment > details (Gregory Cavelier - Materiel.Net) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:00:57 +0100 > From: Holger Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Soekris] Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > currently I'm running two net4501 devices with OpenBSD 4.0 as > an choke and access router, and its running fine. > Unfortunately the only machine providing an OpenBSD 4.0 > environment, where the CF cards can be generated, is dying, > and the only reason for this machine was the net4501's. > > The rest of the network are Debian/Etch machines (AMD-64 and Intel). > Therefore I want the OS of the net4501 to change to Debian/Etch. > > I searched through the mailing list archive, but what I found > was not (at least not for me) enough. > I know, that using a Debian/Etch AMD-64 environment to create the > net4501 installation > needs at least > - debootstrap > - cross compile for the target > I'm not afraid setting this up, but currently I feel very lost...... > > Therefore I dare to ask the question: > Is there anybody out there, using a Debian/Etch installation > (cross compile not necessary) to create the images for the > net4501 devices? > > Any hints, like: > - this is what you need > - this is the CONFIG (for compiling the kernel) spec you want > - these are the points to be aware of > - are the devices supported in the standard kernel > - etc. > would be highly appreciated. > > (Next year I want to buy a n5501 with a lan1641, any problems > I should know of in advance?) > > Thanks a lot in advance, > Holger > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:07:34 +0100 > From: Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Soekris] Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Holger Rodriguez wrote: > > Hi all, > > currently I'm running two net4501 devices with OpenBSD 4.0 > as an choke > > and access router, and its running fine. > > Unfortunately the only machine providing an OpenBSD 4.0 > environment, > > where the CF cards can be generated, is dying, and the only > reason for > > this machine was the net4501's. > > Im an not really answering your questions, but why don't you just get > 1-2 GB CF cards and install an OpenBSD snapshot on them? You > don't need your own build machines for that and you get the > latest features. > > 2 GB CF cards cost around CHF 40 nowadays. > > (I really would not want to go back from OpenBSD for Linux, > especially not on a firewall/router) > > > > > The rest of the network are Debian/Etch machines (AMD-64 and Intel). > > Therefore I want the OS of the net4501 to change to Debian/Etch. > > > > I searched through the mailing list archive, but what I > found was not > > (at least not for me) enough. > > I know, that using a Debian/Etch AMD-64 environment to create the > > net4501 installation > > needs at least > > - debootstrap > > - cross compile for the target > > I'm not afraid setting this up, but currently I feel very lost...... > > > > Therefore I dare to ask the question: > > Is there anybody out there, using a Debian/Etch installation (cross > > compile not necessary) to create the images for the net4501 devices? > > > > Any hints, like: > > - this is what you need > > - this is the CONFIG (for compiling the kernel) spec you want > > - these are the points to be aware of > > - are the devices supported in the standard kernel > > - etc. > > would be highly appreciated. > > > > (Next year I want to buy a n5501 with a lan1641, any > problems I should > > know of in advance?) > > > > Thanks a lot in advance, > > Holger > > _______________________________________________ > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > -- > SELECT services FROM companies WHERE name = 'micro systems' > > marc balmer, micro systems, wiesendamm 2a, postfach, ch-4019 > basel internet www.msys.ch, phone +41 61 383 05 10, fax +41 > 61 383 05 12 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:49:11 +0200 > From: Lars Nood?n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Soekris] Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Holger Rodriguez wrote: > ... > > Unfortunately the only machine providing an OpenBSD 4.0 > environment, > >where the CF cards can be generated, is dying, and the only > reason for > >this machine was the net4501's. > >... > > How about working with OpenBSD in Etch under qemu? It's how > I got started last year, though not how I burned the CF. > > Another option is to install directly on the net4501 using PXE boot. > DHCP, TFTP and FTP can be on any OS then. The drawback there > is that you need a serial connection or a usb<->serial cable. > > That's the method I chose to follow this time for two > net4801s. Because I'm mixing several projects at the same > time, I used Xubuntu w/ fluxbox rather than Etch. And to get > DHCP+TFTP, I used DNSmasq, and for FTP, vsFTP, though the > choices there are less important and they don't need to be up > and running except during the installation. > > Regards, > -Lars > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:27:23 +0100 > From: ervin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Soekris] Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > here http://www.ultradesic.com/?section=52 ... I did it & it > works ... :-) > > On 25/12/2007, Holger Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > currently I'm running two net4501 devices with OpenBSD 4.0 > as an choke > > and access router, and its running fine. > > Unfortunately the only machine providing an OpenBSD 4.0 > environment, > > where the CF cards can be generated, is dying, and the only > reason for > > this machine was the net4501's. > > > > The rest of the network are Debian/Etch machines (AMD-64 and Intel). > > Therefore I want the OS of the net4501 to change to Debian/Etch. > > > > I searched through the mailing list archive, but what I > found was not > > (at least not for me) enough. > > I know, that using a Debian/Etch AMD-64 environment to create the > > net4501 installation > > needs at least > > - debootstrap > > - cross compile for the target > > I'm not afraid setting this up, but currently I feel very lost...... > > > > Therefore I dare to ask the question: > > Is there anybody out there, using a Debian/Etch installation (cross > > compile not necessary) to create the images for the net4501 devices? > > > > Any hints, like: > > - this is what you need > > - this is the CONFIG (for compiling the kernel) spec you want > > - these are the points to be aware of > > - are the devices supported in the standard kernel > > - etc. > > would be highly appreciated. > > > > (Next year I want to buy a n5501 with a lan1641, any > problems I should > > know of in advance?) > > > > Thanks a lot in advance, > > Holger > > _______________________________________________ > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > > > -- > > > mvh/best regards ervin > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:34:31 +0100 > From: ervin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Soekris] Debian/Etch on net4501 device, hints and links? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > However turned to FreeBSD again .... see other thread / > > On 25/12/2007, ervin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > here http://www.ultradesic.com/?section=52 ... I did it & it > > works ... :-) > > > > On 25/12/2007, Holger Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > currently I'm running two net4501 devices with OpenBSD 4.0 as an > > > choke and access router, and its running fine. > > > Unfortunately the only machine providing an OpenBSD 4.0 > environment, > > > where the CF cards can be generated, is dying, and the > only reason > > > for this machine was the net4501's. > > > > > > The rest of the network are Debian/Etch machines (AMD-64 > and Intel). > > > Therefore I want the OS of the net4501 to change to Debian/Etch. > > > > > > I searched through the mailing list archive, but what I found was > > > not (at least not for me) enough. > > > I know, that using a Debian/Etch AMD-64 environment to create the > > > net4501 installation > > > needs at least > > > - debootstrap > > > - cross compile for the target > > > I'm not afraid setting this up, but currently I feel very > lost...... > > > > > > Therefore I dare to ask the question: > > > Is there anybody out there, using a Debian/Etch > installation (cross > > > compile not necessary) to create the images for the > net4501 devices? > > > > > > Any hints, like: > > > - this is what you need > > > - this is the CONFIG (for compiling the kernel) spec you want > > > - these are the points to be aware of > > > - are the devices supported in the standard kernel > > > - etc. > > > would be highly appreciated. > > > > > > (Next year I want to buy a n5501 with a lan1641, any problems I > > > should know of in advance?) > > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance, > > > Holger > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > mvh/best regards ervin > > > > > -- > > > mvh/best regards ervin > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:51:11 -0800 > From: "Floating Integer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Soekris] very basic questions on booting from compactflash > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I now have a Soekris 4521 board running Linux and some > utilities on it. I did all of my initial application > development using NFS as it was a simple thing to do. On my > laptop, /nfs directory now contains all the files and > directories that the board needs. > > I used buildroot. It created a file system in tar. I untar > it into /nfs. I customize the files under /nfs. The board > performs a PXE boot, downloads kernel from /tftpboot of the > laptop. The pxelinux.cfg/default directory tells the board to > look for the root file system under /nfs. > > The total size of all files and directories in /nfs is ("du > -s /nfs") about 128MB. The compactflash has 1GB. The board > has 64MB of RAM. When the kernel has loaded and other > modules have loaded, about 9MB of the main memory is in use. > So far so good. > > I have one issue that is still not resolved. How do create a > bootable compact-flash with what is available on /nfs? What > are the steps? I am missing some fundamentals of the boot > process here. It seems like I should create a ramdisk image > of a subnet of files from /nfs and place the ramdisk image in > /nfs/boot directory. Should the ramdisk-image be created for > 64MB of RAM that the board has? > > On my laptop, /nfs/boot/ - this contains the kernel > "bzImage" and also > "grub" the kernel-loader. Buildroot didn't create menu.lst > by default. > /dev/ram exists. What would be a common menu.lst file if the > system boots from flash? > > Any pointers (books, website anything) will be greatly appreciated. > > thanks, > ardenfort > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/attachments/20 071226/689247ea/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:12:06 +0100 > From: "Gregory Cavelier - Materiel.Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Soekris] Net5501 - linux kernel crash - report w/ test > environment details > To: Martin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > We already tried that but nothing came up... > > On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:01:09 +0000 > Martin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would set the console to the serial port, turn kernel > trace on (if > > possible - not my specialty) and log the kernel crash > messages with a > > second PC so that you can post them here > > > > > > On 24 Dec 2007, at 14:07, Gregory Cavelier - Materiel.Net wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > We are trying to run a net5501 with a lan1641 but we are facing a > > > problem : The kernel crashes. What's strange is that we > can provoke > > > that by running a script which sends emails. > > > > > > The logs show nothing special, the only thing we can do to get it > > > back is to hard reboot it. > > > > > > We did the exact same test (same environment, same kernel) with a > > > net4801 and > > > a lan1621 and the problem doesn't show up! > > > > > > So, hoping that someone could help us with that (and is > brave enough > > > to set the same environment) here are all the details : > > > > > > The network topology is as shown in : > > > http://cleia.org/soekris/test_network.pdf > > > > > > Yes, I know, putting a switch here is not clean but hey, > it's just a > > > test :) (and the "Fake ISP Gateway" only has one ethernet card). > > > > > > the net5501 is running a debian etch with a stock 2.6.23.9 linux > > > kernel (configuration file at : http://cleia.org/soekris/.config) > > > > > > The whole distribution can be found > > > at : http://cleia.org/soekris/flash_soekris.tar.bz2 > > > > > > This archive contains 2 directories : sdb1 and sdb3. They can be > > > copied on a 2Gb flash card (this is what we're using) using the > > > following partition scheme : > > > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > Mount > > > point > > > /dev/sdb1 * 1 62 249952+ 83 Linux > /boot > > > /dev/sdb2 63 186 499968 82 Linux swap > > > /dev/sdb3 187 1007 3310272 83 Linux / > > > > > > The other 3 "fake" machines are running a debian etch linux > > > distribution. > > > > > > To do our test we use a perl script > > > (http://cleia.org/soekris/test_mail.tar.gz ) which we run on the > > > "Fake Mail Sender" to the "Fake SMTP Server" (running > Postfix). To > > > use this script : ./test_smtp.pl --count=500000 We > usually run two > > > instances of this script to get the crash; it happens between 15 > > > minutes and 10 hours... > > > > > > Thanks for reading that far, > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Gregory Cavelier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - sysadmin Domisys SAS - > > > http://www.materiel.net > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gregory Cavelier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - sysadmin Domisys > SAS - http://www.materiel.net > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > End of Soekris-tech Digest, Vol 46, Issue 34 > ******************************************** > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
