On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:41:15 -0700 Thomas Fjellstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I've tried everything I can find on the wiki and google on how to > update the bios from linux (via my ftdi usb/serial adapter). both > minicom and cu get stuck with a "send xmodem receive command now", > and nothing happens. I've left the terminal speed set to the default, > turned off flow control, ran "download -" on the soekris, tried > minicom's own send file feature (didn't work), and sz/sx from the > cli, either with cu or minicom running still, or exited while trying > to run sx/sz. > > I'm stuck. > I had big problems with doing bios upgrades from Linux as well and in the end I gave up and used OpenBSD following the instructions here (thanks Wim!): http://soekris.kd85.com/flashupdate_5501 These are for the Net5501, but the procedure works very well for the 6501 as well. I installed OpenBSD to a USB flash drive, booted my system from that and then ran the updates from there. This meant that I didn't have to overwrite the current OS on the system I did the updates from. (Normally I run OpenBSD only on my Soekris systems and not on my main systems which run Linux). OpenBSD sees the USB->Serial adapter as /dev/ttyU0 -- Best Regards Richard Laysell _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
