Important point - the camera should be connected to the PC directly, some switches block the broadcast packages from netboot.
Alexandre On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Oleg K Dzhimiev <[email protected]> wrote: > Akos, > > Does your PC loses ip when you disconnect the camera? > Could you check its ip after you launch ./netboot... (having "Starting > boot...") when the cam is disconnnected before putting it to the netboot > mode (you wrote somewhere the camera was connected directly to the PC). > > Best regards, > Oleg > > > On 17 November 2010 10:11, Ákos Maróy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 18/11/10 00:14, Andrey Filippov wrote: >> > Akos, >> > >> > Did you put the camera in netboot mode ("yellow led lights up >> > constantly, while the green led flashes >> > vigorously for a while.") before starting the program? This is safer, >> >> yes. >> >> I tried both ways: >> >> - start the netboot program, then do the netboot mode on the camera (as >> advised by the wiki page) >> - netboot mode on the camera (flashy green lights), then start the >> netboot script, while the green light still flashes >> >> I get the same effect :( >> >> > because if the program starts first and you connect/disconnect cable one >> > more time after it already entered netboot mode, the program can be >> > already past the first part of the "dialog" with the camera and that >> > communication will break after camera is back into the "start" state. >> > Netboot mode is turned on by analog capacitor-based circuitry, so there >> > is no exact number of connections/disconnections needed to switch - >> > usually it happens on 3-rd, fourth or fifth time. >> >> yes, it happens something like that >> >> > But in your case it seems that something is wrong in either the software >> > built or maybe even some permissions for accessing Ethernet port. Can >> > you please compress and send build.log file (it should be in the top >> > installation directory)? >> >> sure, it's quite large, so I'll send in private. although I have to >> point out, the build did not go through (see my mail about the failing >> build). but, I'm trying to flash the 'stock' 8.0.9 image, not the one I >> build. I just entered the build process so that I have the netboot >> script and the etraxfsboot & related executables around... >> >> >> Akos >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Support-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://support.elphel.com/mailman/listinfo/support-list_support.elphel.com >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Oleg Dzhimiev > Electronics Engineer > phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124 > Elphel, Inc. > > > _______________________________________________ > Support-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://support.elphel.com/mailman/listinfo/support-list_support.elphel.com > >
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