Debian on Checkpoint L-50
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 02, 2023 02:24PM |
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crom,
> General question:
> Can boot from sd-card be added with just some
> similar uboot-env configuration lines like the
> ones for USB?
It does not seem OpenWrt u-boot supports SD card booting. The help command listing by Gravelrash here:
https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,134340,134427#msg-134427
But let see if it is a real MMC interface, or is it on USB bus.
Insert an already formatted SD card. Power up the box, interupt serial console countdown,and
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> General question:
> Can boot from sd-card be added with just some
> similar uboot-env configuration lines like the
> ones for USB?
It does not seem OpenWrt u-boot supports SD card booting. The help command listing by Gravelrash here:
https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,134340,134427#msg-134427
But let see if it is a real MMC interface, or is it on USB bus.
Insert an already formatted SD card. Power up the box, interupt serial console countdown,and
usb startIf you see that SD card show up as USB storage then the boot process is the same. With some envs adjustment, it can be the Debian rootfs.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 02, 2023 03:02PM |
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 02, 2023 04:13PM |
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just a heads up for people following along and enjoying the fun :)
I have found that if you use an SSD to usb adaptor, it takes a while for the uboot to recognise it and sometimes doesnt. so dont be surprised as yet if you get this error///
@Bodhi - is there any way of slowing the boot down to give the system time to "recognise" and "prepare" itself - to accept the adaptor... my current thought is that it may be as simple as adding a delay to the boot statement??
or something like that - reason for asking is..
i have a spare mechanical hdd as well as an 8GB ssd (salvaged from a thinclient) and it would be fun to boot from them. its no biggy to leave the usb key in, but for peeps following along who have old laptop hdd's etc. could be a good reuse :))
*sorry for the delay in doing the write up - other commitments to family etc
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I have found that if you use an SSD to usb adaptor, it takes a while for the uboot to recognise it and sometimes doesnt. so dont be surprised as yet if you get this error///
@Bodhi - is there any way of slowing the boot down to give the system time to "recognise" and "prepare" itself - to accept the adaptor... my current thought is that it may be as simple as adding a delay to the boot statement??
bootdelay=1 - change to bootdelay=5
or something like that - reason for asking is..
i have a spare mechanical hdd as well as an 8GB ssd (salvaged from a thinclient) and it would be fun to boot from them. its no biggy to leave the usb key in, but for peeps following along who have old laptop hdd's etc. could be a good reuse :))
*sorry for the delay in doing the write up - other commitments to family etc
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 02, 2023 05:06PM |
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Gravelrash,
> I have found that if you use an SSD to usb
> adaptor, it takes a while for the uboot to
> recognise it and sometimes doesnt. so dont be
> surprised as yet if you get this error///
>
>
> @Bodhi - is there any way of slowing the
> boot down to give the system time to "recognise"
> and "prepare" itself - to accept the adaptor... my
> current thought is that it may be as simple as
> adding a delay to the boot statement??
bootdelay does not help in this case. A sleep period after the command "usb start" would allow the usb adapter some time to spin up. So
Or do "usb reset" 3 times.
> *sorry for the delay in doing
> the write up - other commitments to family
> etc
Take your leisure time, we are not in any hurry having fun :)
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> I have found that if you use an SSD to usb
> adaptor, it takes a while for the uboot to
> recognise it and sometimes doesnt. so dont be
> surprised as yet if you get this error///
>
>
> @Bodhi - is there any way of slowing the
> boot down to give the system time to "recognise"
> and "prepare" itself - to accept the adaptor... my
> current thought is that it may be as simple as
> adding a delay to the boot statement??
bootdelay does not help in this case. A sleep period after the command "usb start" would allow the usb adapter some time to spin up. So
setenv bootcmd 'usb start; sleep 3; run bootcmd_exec; reset'
Or do "usb reset" 3 times.
setenv bootcmd 'usb reset; usb reset; usb reset; run bootcmd_exec; reset'
> *sorry for the delay in doing
> the write up - other commitments to family
> etc
Take your leisure time, we are not in any hurry having fun :)
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 03, 2023 03:18AM |
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>
> Take your leisure time, we are not in any hurry
> having fun :)
-> Absolutely..
And about fun: Some kind of an Easter egg: 3 out of 4 USB differential lines from the NEC 1to4 USB hub IC are available to connectors: 2xusbA connector, 1 at the expresscard/34 connector.
Where is the 4th? ;)
> Take your leisure time, we are not in any hurry
> having fun :)
-> Absolutely..
And about fun: Some kind of an Easter egg: 3 out of 4 USB differential lines from the NEC 1to4 USB hub IC are available to connectors: 2xusbA connector, 1 at the expresscard/34 connector.
Where is the 4th? ;)
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 03, 2023 12:00PM |
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and for double easter egg points.... until i rewrite the boot_cmd line.... im booting off a usb 4GB which in turn swaps to the usb hdd ... just for fun... i labelled them both rootfs ;)
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 03, 2023 12:07PM |
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This is what mine gives in relation to that and from my reading all 4 are in use, with the hub taking one for itself??
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 07ab:fcf6 Freecom Technologies DataBar
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 152d:0578 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS578 SATA 6Gb/s
which i think it would need to do to be able to pass teh data back up the chain to he cpu to handle
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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 07ab:fcf6 Freecom Technologies DataBar
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 152d:0578 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS578 SATA 6Gb/s
which i think it would need to do to be able to pass teh data back up the chain to he cpu to handle
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 03, 2023 01:24PM |
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Yes, What fun.
But the nec ic occupies one ID (2nd) as well as the usb root controller in the kirkwood soc (1st). So only 2 (the last 2) out of 4 usb differential lines from! the nec hub are actually in use according your listing.
Another one is on the expresscard/34 slot but the 4th ??
The easter eggs "SPI lines" and "SATA lines" are quite hidden ... :)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2023 01:55PM by crom.
But the nec ic occupies one ID (2nd) as well as the usb root controller in the kirkwood soc (1st). So only 2 (the last 2) out of 4 usb differential lines from! the nec hub are actually in use according your listing.
Another one is on the expresscard/34 slot but the 4th ??
The easter eggs "SPI lines" and "SATA lines" are quite hidden ... :)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2023 01:55PM by crom.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 04, 2023 01:48AM |
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 04, 2023 02:29PM |
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Hello Ray,
Have you actually check the usb lines on the mini pcie connector? Do you have a l50 at hand?
According to the pin out for mini pcie connectors the usb line should be on pin 36 & 38.
I can’t see any pair of lines there. They look open/floating.
I think we have to look elsewhere….
Bunny ;)
Have you actually check the usb lines on the mini pcie connector? Do you have a l50 at hand?
According to the pin out for mini pcie connectors the usb line should be on pin 36 & 38.
I can’t see any pair of lines there. They look open/floating.
I think we have to look elsewhere….
Bunny ;)
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 04, 2023 03:00PM |
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> Have you actually check the usb lines on the mini
> pcie connector? Do you have a l50 at hand?
> According to the pin out for mini pcie connectors
> the usb line should be on pin 36 & 38.
> I can’t see any pair of lines there. They look
> open/floating.
> I think we have to look elsewhere….
I don't think it is connected to mPCIe (no such slot exists, afaict looking at the pictures). Usually if the board has USB 3.0, that would be on PCIe bus.
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> pcie connector? Do you have a l50 at hand?
> According to the pin out for mini pcie connectors
> the usb line should be on pin 36 & 38.
> I can’t see any pair of lines there. They look
> open/floating.
> I think we have to look elsewhere….
I don't think it is connected to mPCIe (no such slot exists, afaict looking at the pictures). Usually if the board has USB 3.0, that would be on PCIe bus.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 04, 2023 08:58PM |
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I have 3 different versions of the L-50, but they are currently buried under a bunch of switches in my closet! The L-50W and L-50WD both have the mPCIe slot while the L-50 does not. I have a high res picture of the L-50WD board bottom at https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/images/0/0e/Check_Point_L-50WD_Bottom.jpeg and inspecting that it appears you are correct in that there are no line going to pins 36 & 38. That leads me to wonder if perhaps the 4th set of USB lines go to the connectors for the DSL daughter board?
Ray
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 04, 2023 10:48PM |
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> I have 3 different versions of the L-50, but they
> are currently buried under a bunch of switches in
> my closet! The L-50W and L-50WD both have the
> mPCIe slot while the L-50 does not.
I see.
> I have a high
> res picture of the L-50WD board bottom at
> https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/images/0/0e/Check_Point_L-50WD_Bottom.jpeg
> and inspecting that it appears you are correct in
> that there are no line going to pins 36 & 38.
That because the mPCIe slot is actually on the PCIe bus.
One way to find out is to connect a mPCIe card such as one for Wifi, or mSATA. I would be pleasantly surprised if it supports mSata.
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> are currently buried under a bunch of switches in
> my closet! The L-50W and L-50WD both have the
> mPCIe slot while the L-50 does not.
I see.
> I have a high
> res picture of the L-50WD board bottom at
> https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/images/0/0e/Check_Point_L-50WD_Bottom.jpeg
> and inspecting that it appears you are correct in
> that there are no line going to pins 36 & 38.
That because the mPCIe slot is actually on the PCIe bus.
One way to find out is to connect a mPCIe card such as one for Wifi, or mSATA. I would be pleasantly surprised if it supports mSata.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 05, 2023 03:43AM |
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Hello Ray,
all 3 L50 variants... This is what I call a decent development approach!
Muy professional! ;)
Regarding the mini-pcie I see only the minimum required 3 pairs of differential lines: CLK, PCI-RX & PCI-TX.
So at this point for SATA you need a card with dedicated PCIe-SATA controller.
But carefull, there is no room for vertical sata connectors between bottom PCB & housing.
I cannot test mini-pcie SSD in that slot, as I don#t want to extract it from my laptop.
Probably someone else has a spare one to test it out.
all 3 L50 variants... This is what I call a decent development approach!
Muy professional! ;)
Regarding the mini-pcie I see only the minimum required 3 pairs of differential lines: CLK, PCI-RX & PCI-TX.
So at this point for SATA you need a card with dedicated PCIe-SATA controller.
But carefull, there is no room for vertical sata connectors between bottom PCB & housing.
I cannot test mini-pcie SSD in that slot, as I don#t want to extract it from my laptop.
Probably someone else has a spare one to test it out.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 10, 2023 07:49AM |
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HOWTO drafted and posted - please read and comment
HOWTO - Debian on Checkpoint L-50 with Openwrt fallback
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 13, 2023 05:05PM |
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Following a very good observation and question by Leggomyeggo, i am pleased to show that the SD card works and supports at the very least a 32GB uSD card.
Bodhi - to allow this to boot from mmc card, what changes would one have to apply to the uboot please? I have a suitable sized usd card in the adaptor and would like to attempt this
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root@debian:/# dmesg | tail [ 37.384846] mv88e6085 f1072004.mdio-bus-mii:10: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off [ 37.475834] mv88e6085 f1072004.mdio-bus-mii:10: configuring for fixed/rgmii-id link mode [ 37.503879] DSA: tree 0 setup [ 37.509638] mv88e6085 f1072004.mdio-bus-mii:10: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off [ 46.950169] mv643xx_eth_port mv643xx_eth_port.0 eth0: link up, 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, flow control disabled [ 46.960828] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 214.728797] mmc0: problem reading SD Status register [ 214.736089] mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch, assuming write-enable [ 214.745367] mmc0: new SD card at address d555
The entire card: Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 28.89 GiB, 31021072384 bytes, 60588032 sectors The 1st partition: /dev/mmcblk0p1 2048 60588031 60585984 28.9G b W95 FAT32
Bodhi - to allow this to boot from mmc card, what changes would one have to apply to the uboot please? I have a suitable sized usd card in the adaptor and would like to attempt this
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 13, 2023 05:15PM |
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Gravelrash,
> Bodhi - to allow this to boot from
> mmc card, what changes would one have to apply to
> the uboot please? I have a suitable sized usd card
> in the adaptor and would like to attempt
> this
Unfortunately, there is no mmc command supported by this OpenWrt u-boot 2020.04!!!
Commands starts with m
So on the rare chance that like the Dreamplug, it is recognized as USB device in u-boot, power up, interrupt serial console countdown and
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> Bodhi - to allow this to boot from
> mmc card, what changes would one have to apply to
> the uboot please? I have a suitable sized usd card
> in the adaptor and would like to attempt
> this
Unfortunately, there is no mmc command supported by this OpenWrt u-boot 2020.04!!!
Commands starts with m
md - memory display mdio - MDIO utility commands mii - MII utility commands mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing address) mtdparts - define flash/nand partitions mw - memory write (fill)
So on the rare chance that like the Dreamplug, it is recognized as USB device in u-boot, power up, interrupt serial console countdown and
usb resetor
ubs start
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 13, 2023 05:25PM |
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shame about the lack of support for mmc booting directly - i will try this over the weekend with a properly created SD card and feedback if we are fortunate in this respect....
elsewise i will fallback to booting off a usb stick and swop to the mmc to complete the boot.....bit of a fiddle and would be a tad of a nuisance to write up in the howto... but hey :)) when did things that are a nuisance ever stop us tinkerers :) :))
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elsewise i will fallback to booting off a usb stick and swop to the mmc to complete the boot.....bit of a fiddle and would be a tad of a nuisance to write up in the howto... but hey :)) when did things that are a nuisance ever stop us tinkerers :) :))
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 13, 2023 11:57PM |
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 14, 2023 12:03AM |
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On another front, my research tells me there is an unused Expresscard 34 slot on that board. If this is active, expansion options may include USB 3.0 and SATA cards which are relatively cheap. Anybody know if this slot is active? Keep in mind there is a cutout for it in the front of the enclosure which has a blank in it.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 14, 2023 12:19AM |
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The DTB file enables power for the Expresscard 34 slot so it should be functional. I'm not aware of any reports of anyone actually testing yet and my 3 versions are currently buried underneath more recent acquisitions. I'll try to make time to dig them out this weekend and test the slot as I have an eSATA card and a 2-port USB 3 card I can test with.
Ray
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 14, 2023 12:23AM |
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rayknight Wrote:
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> The DTB file enables power for the Expresscard 34
> slot so it should be functional. I'm not aware of
> any reports of anyone actually testing yet and my
> 3 versions are currently buried underneath more
> recent acquisitions. I'll try to make time to
> dig them out this weekend and test the slot as I
> have an eSATA card and a 2-port USB 3 card I can
> test with.
>
> Ray
You the man!
If it works, great board now like Swiss army knife.
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> The DTB file enables power for the Expresscard 34
> slot so it should be functional. I'm not aware of
> any reports of anyone actually testing yet and my
> 3 versions are currently buried underneath more
> recent acquisitions. I'll try to make time to
> dig them out this weekend and test the slot as I
> have an eSATA card and a 2-port USB 3 card I can
> test with.
>
> Ray
You the man!
If it works, great board now like Swiss army knife.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 14, 2023 01:10AM |
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> If it works, great board now like Swiss army
> knife.
Indeed! as Ray said, on paper, looks like that Express card should work.
You guy made me want to empty out my old drawer of old gadgets to see if I can find one :)
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> knife.
Indeed! as Ray said, on paper, looks like that Express card should work.
You guy made me want to empty out my old drawer of old gadgets to see if I can find one :)
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 14, 2023 03:42AM |
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 22, 2023 09:47AM |
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i have another L-50 with Wlan and ADSL being delivered... i also found an ssd in M2 form factor kicking around in my box of bits... ill feedback on how successful or not these are at being utilised...
@Leggo... if you are in the UK, i can send you the basest of base model to play with if you cover the cost of postage... P.M. me if your interested
Caio for now
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@Leggo... if you are in the UK, i can send you the basest of base model to play with if you cover the cost of postage... P.M. me if your interested
Caio for now
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 22, 2023 12:58PM |
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Alas Gravelrash, I am on the other side of the pond (popularly known as the Atlantic Ocean lol) so shipping would be kinda pricey but I do appreciate your offer. Waiting for a little extra in the slush fund before I pull the trigger on one (thinks about gluttony of having 15 Pogoplugs, 7 Kace M300, 2 Dreamplug, 2 Cisco On100, 2 Guruplugs, 1 Sheevaplug, 1 Akitio, 4 Raspberry Pis and several Thin Clients)
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 30, 2023 05:06PM |
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Finally got my hands on another L-50 with wifi and adsl onboard....
ive upgraded the wifi to a dual band and the atheros drivers recognised it and it starts on boot - still got to work out how to have both radios working and showing... but thats for another time
the focus of this post really is to highlight i have another one and will see if the kernel and associated drivers work well enough with the out of the box rootfs+kernel - - to drive the wifi / sdcard reader / adsl
I'll probably have to hunt the adsl down somewhere - note to self - before you flatten a box look for interesting firmware lurking somewhere on the board :-)
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ive upgraded the wifi to a dual band and the atheros drivers recognised it and it starts on boot - still got to work out how to have both radios working and showing... but thats for another time
the focus of this post really is to highlight i have another one and will see if the kernel and associated drivers work well enough with the out of the box rootfs+kernel - - to drive the wifi / sdcard reader / adsl
I'll probably have to hunt the adsl down somewhere - note to self - before you flatten a box look for interesting firmware lurking somewhere on the board :-)
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 30, 2023 05:15PM |
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Gravelrash,
Wifi should work. But sorry but ASDL will not work. We don't have support for that yet. Might take a bit of works to research this topic.
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the focus of this post really is to highlight i have another one and will see if the kernel and associated drivers work well enough with the out of the box rootfs+kernel - - to drive the wifi / sdcard reader / adsl
Wifi should work. But sorry but ASDL will not work. We don't have support for that yet. Might take a bit of works to research this topic.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 April 30, 2023 05:20PM |
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Thanks @Bodhi - you saved me many frustrated google-fu sessions there already - yes the wifi absolutely does work. :)
i can ditch the adsl - i have no need for it - others may. If you find time to take on the challenge on the adsl front - let me know and i'll happily sacrifice a unit to the cause.
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:- toddles off to do silly things to wifi slots and M2 ssd's
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i can ditch the adsl - i have no need for it - others may. If you find time to take on the challenge on the adsl front - let me know and i'll happily sacrifice a unit to the cause.
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Re: Debian on Checkpoint L-50 July 14, 2024 06:10PM |
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All,
I have a pair of Check Point L-50W boxes I'd like to put OpenWRT and/or Debian on, and I'm having a problem getting the console port working.
My setup is a RPi using direct connections on the serial pins (no intermediary devices or wiring) to the devices, and have successfully connected to the serial ports on multiple NAS320, Kace M300, and Pogo V4, but can't make it work on these.
I've read many things online that tell me the RJ-45 pinouts on this box are:
3 - TXD
4+5 - GND
6 - RXD
so I've wired my connections to that, using 115200 8N1 on minicom, and all I get is gibberish when I apply power. It has a small spit to the screen, pauses, then spews more after that, so I know it's trying to display the boot and not constant errors like I'd hooked it up wrong.
I've fought with this for a few days now, and have come up with nothing that works.
Anybody got any clues for me? Thanks in advance.
I have a pair of Check Point L-50W boxes I'd like to put OpenWRT and/or Debian on, and I'm having a problem getting the console port working.
My setup is a RPi using direct connections on the serial pins (no intermediary devices or wiring) to the devices, and have successfully connected to the serial ports on multiple NAS320, Kace M300, and Pogo V4, but can't make it work on these.
I've read many things online that tell me the RJ-45 pinouts on this box are:
3 - TXD
4+5 - GND
6 - RXD
so I've wired my connections to that, using 115200 8N1 on minicom, and all I get is gibberish when I apply power. It has a small spit to the screen, pauses, then spews more after that, so I know it's trying to display the boot and not constant errors like I'd hooked it up wrong.
I've fought with this for a few days now, and have come up with nothing that works.
Anybody got any clues for me? Thanks in advance.
