On Mon Nov 19, 2012, Richard Laysell wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:41:15 -0700 > > Thomas Fjellstrom <tho...@fjellstrom.ca> 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
I finally got around to trying again, and managed to figure it out. I think it was mostly derp on my part that made it not work. This time I installed the uucp package to get cu, and followed the directions on the wiki. What I didn't realize before is that the output shown on the wiki and various other sites documenting how to flash the bios on a soekris isn't the same as what I get on mine. Instead of something that looks somewhat like a prompt when I enter command mode (to run sx), all I get is repeating C characters printed. Once I managed to figure it all out and type the sx command fast enough (the soekris seems to time out after 10-20s), comBIOS noticed my upload, and I was able to flash the bios. Between the new bios, and a much newer, and patched linux kernel, things seem to be alright so far. I'll have to wait and see if things get worse over time like I had seen with older linux kernels. -- Thomas Fjellstrom tho...@fjellstrom.ca _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
