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Re: Howto: Build a new Debian kernel with LED support - 14 years ago
dethl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wouldn't it be possible to compile a kernel right > on the Dockstar itself and save some hassle of > having to mess with a cross-compiler or is the > 1.2Ghz ARM proc in the Dockstar too slow? It's certainly possible. I'd recommend an NFS-mounted chroot for this -- plenty of space for installiby ecc - Debian
Re: Howto: Build a new Debian kernel with LED support - 14 years ago
Jeff Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's possible that the 'heartbeat' command requires an > additional definition or was added in a later kernel revision. On my system it's compiled as a module (ledtrig-heartbeat) which must be loaded first. Similarly for ledtrig-timer to get the 'timer' mode. And here's how to uby ecc - Debian
Re: new kernel package ready to use - 14 years ago
Here's how to cross-compile a kernel package for installation on your DockStar. It assumes you have an armel cross-toolchain available in your PATH as arm-linux-gnu-{gcc,as,ld,...}. 1. Install the "kernel-package" Debian package on your build (desktop) machine. 2. Fetch the kernel source and apply the patches you want. 3. Run make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnu- menucby ecc - Debian
Re: Install of Package failed. How do I clean up? - 14 years ago
Hendrik Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't really need this update, I suppose. But > how do I clean up the "mess"? > The disk is now >90% full, whereas before it was > around 80% (I'm using the NAND install). I suggest moving /var/cache/apt and /var/cache/lib to a USB disk, and making symlinks to them. Then rerun &qby ecc - Debian
Re: Building a patched Debian kernel - 14 years ago
I was pleased to see that uboot handles symlinks correctly when booting from ubifs root. So I've started making versioned uImage-NNN and uInitrd-NNN files with mkimage, and then keeping uImage and uInitrd as symlinks to those. There is a Debian proposal for a new hook directory that mkinitramfs will use, so eventually the initrd -> uInitrd conversion can be automated. And there is alby ecc - Debian
Re: Dockstar stuck on boot - 14 years ago
Can you please post the earlier portion of the kernel boot log? Does it say "initializing usb storage" or something equivalent? If so, double-check that your USB stick was correctly set up with 1 partition, formatted as ext2 or ext3 (not VFAT), or try preparing another USB stick and boot with that. The original u-boot should be OK for this, because you are loading the kernel via TFTPby ecc - Debian
Re: Back-up USB question - 14 years ago
twinclouds Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ........................ > > If you're switching between multiple dockstars, > > watch out for the udev init scripts. It will > > notice that the network adapters have different > > MAC addresses aby ecc - Debian
Re: uBoot with Pogoplug v2 Ping(Memory problem) - 14 years ago
Jeff Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If any enterprising individual wants to take a > stab at compiling a Pink Pogoplug uBoot, the file > in question is probably > 'board/Marvell/sheevaplug/kwbimage.cfg' I'm not > sure what the correct values would be. I ran into this issue "in reverse": I compiled my own uBoot withby ecc - uBoot
Re: 8/30 - New uBoot with LED support - 14 years ago
twinclouds Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How I can delete these changes, mainly the > statements: if_connected='ping ${active_host}' and > 'run if_connected bootcmd_usb; run bootcmd_original'? You can delete u-boot environment variables by using setenv with a variable name but no value. I.e., setenv if_connected saveenv frby ecc - uBoot
Re: nand install, installing other packages to usb drive - 14 years ago
hyena Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > [...] i'm trying to work out how to direct > its install to the usb drive using apt (as im > going to need to do this when i get round to > emdebian'ing the dockstar. Apt doesn't allow you to change where to install packages -- the "Debian way" is for the package maintainer to deterby ecc - Debian
Re: Install readonly embdebian on NAND - 14 years ago
Hendrik Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Result: > root@debian:~# flash_eraseall /dev/mtd3 > flash_eraseall: /dev/mtd3: No such file or > directory > root@debian:~# flash_eraseall /dev/mtd3 > flash_eraseall: /dev/mtd3: No such file or > directory Your kernel doesn't think there is an mtd3 partition, probably because the mtdpartsby ecc - Debian
Re: Install readonly embdebian on NAND - 14 years ago
Jeff Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's not a typo, it's a script that the installer > creates. The script has a few workarounds to fix > some app compatibility in the read-only > environment. Ah, thanks for the correction. What compatibility issues does it solve? I'm using a vanilla Debian squeeze system (rather than emdebiby ecc - Debian
Re: Install readonly embdebian on NAND - 14 years ago
Jörn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- After thinking hard > for some time how to avoid the serial cable, I > figured out that the init=/sbin/init-ro bootarg is > missing. Isn't this just a typo? I think it should be: init=/sbin/init ro (I've never come across an "/sbin/init-ro" binary before, and "ro" is a commoby ecc - Debian
Re: debian & spindown of ext hdd - 14 years ago
I haven't used any of these on my DockStar, but all of these packages contain utilities that should be able to spin down a SCSI disk (and therefore a USB drive): scsitools sdparm sg3-tools The Google turns up a few daemon-based approaches as well.by ecc - Debian
Re: Install readonly embdebian on NAND - 14 years ago
Hendrik Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have two questions: > How much space is Left on the internal Memory, After the install? I'm running Debian on the internal NAND of my DockStar. I didn't use Jeff's method -- I started from debootstrap and just tweaked it until it worked. My installation currently uses about 60M. > What doby ecc - Debian
Re: 8/25 - new mtd0 uBoot with better USB support - 14 years ago
I'm not able to run this version of u-boot from RAM -- should I be able to? The CPU resets as soon as I use the "go" command: CE>> tftpboot 0x800000 uboot.mtd0.kwb Using egiga0 device TFTP from server 10.0.0.20; our IP address is 10.0.0.250 Filename 'uboot.mtd0.kwb'. Load address: 0x800000 Loading: ############################################################by ecc - uBoot
Re: Debian Squeeze installed successfully but USB wifi dongle issues - 14 years ago
dragulesq Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > there is no lsusb on the dockstar squeeze? any > suggestions how to troubleshoot this? # apt-get install usbutils or look in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/{manufacturer,product} etc.by ecc - Debian