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| 17:45.57 | Wampyre | Hello :) |
| 17:49.17 | Wampyre | I thought I'd be able to use the 'bootlist' utility to change the boot device on my machine. apt-get tells me powerpc-utils is already at the latest version, but 'bootlist' is not available. So I thought I'd install from the latest source. When I run configure, I get an error stating that install.sh could not be found. Am I being daft? |
| 18:20.20 | pahartik | Wampyre: Still figuring out that "Limebook Z9"? |
| 18:20.31 | Wampyre | yup :) |
| 18:21.16 | pahartik | Wampyre: Is it new device? |
| 18:21.58 | Wampyre | I've had it for about 6 months |
| 18:52.04 | Wampyre | I've now downloaded a newer source tarball for powerpc-utils. It fails on librtas.h. So I've downloaded the source for librtas, but that seems to be only applicable for ppc64. |
| 18:52.08 | Wampyre | is confused |
| 19:18.25 | simonrvn | aptitude build-dep powerpc-utils then apt-get build source powerpc-utils somewhere convenient for building |
| 19:19.06 | simonrvn | might want to change aptitude to apt-get if you're on wheezy |
| 19:22.20 | Wampyre | You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list |
| 19:22.30 | Wampyre | Googling for source uri's :) |
| 19:22.50 | simonrvn | yes, cp those and put deb-src instead of deb |
| 19:23.17 | Wampyre | Ah, ok. Thanks |
| 19:24.34 | Wampyre | Do you think this plan will work? To be able to change the boot device? |
| 19:25.35 | simonrvn | dunno what the plan is |
| 19:26.16 | Wampyre | The plan is to install the latest powerpc-utils, then use the bootlist utility to change the boot device. |
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| 19:51.31 | Wampyre | The second command gives me 'E: Invalid operation build' |
| 19:52.02 | simonrvn | ah woops; man apt-get but i meant -b not build |
| 19:52.10 | Wampyre | apt 0.8.10.3 for powerpc compiled on Jan 25 2011 11:27:57 |
| 19:52.14 | Wampyre | Ah, ok. |
| 19:52.16 | Wampyre | Thanks |
| 19:53.37 | simonrvn | might want to run fakeroot in front of that too if you're not root in that terminal |
| 19:54.04 | Wampyre | It's installing 1.1.3, but the source which I downloaded earlier is 1.2.7 |
| 19:54.08 | simonrvn | (better to use fakeroot anyway, and not be root when building stuff) |
| 19:54.17 | Wampyre | I'm root |
| 19:54.18 | Wampyre | :p |
| 19:54.41 | simonrvn | you can apply the debian .diff against that and see if it applies cleanly with --dry-run |
| 19:55.02 | simonrvn | then chmod +x debian/rules, etc. if it does |
| 19:55.24 | simonrvn | has been doing this for years and can practically do it asleep |
| 19:55.52 | Wampyre | :) |
| 19:56.04 | Wampyre | How do I apply the .diff? |
| 19:56.35 | simonrvn | with patch |
| 19:57.40 | simonrvn | e.g. cat ../debian.diff | patch -p1 --dry-run or patch -p1 --dry-run ../debian.diff |
| 19:57.50 | simonrvn | er |
| 19:57.57 | simonrvn | patch -p1 --dry-run < ../debian.diff |
| 19:58.31 | Wampyre | there is no debian.diff |
| 19:58.55 | simonrvn | i know, the file with '.diff' |
| 19:59.16 | Wampyre | There's none |
| 19:59.21 | simonrvn | see the little e.g. there? :) |
| 19:59.37 | simonrvn | didn't you do apt-get source powerprc-utils ? |
| 19:59.46 | Wampyre | I did |
| 19:59.59 | Wampyre | except, I had a -b in |
| 20:00.08 | simonrvn | should be there anyway |
| 20:00.20 | Wampyre | "find -name *.diff" returns nothing |
| 20:00.31 | simonrvn | in .. too? |
| 20:00.46 | simonrvn | um, ls ? :) |
| 20:01.03 | Wampyre | in .., nothing |
| 20:01.39 | Wampyre | from / "find -name *.diff" returns nothing. |
| 20:01.46 | simonrvn | weird. should be there. anyway, you can always get it again, without the -b |
| 20:02.15 | Wampyre | ok, trying that. |
| 20:02.36 | Wampyre | But the source should be intact, whehter it's built or not. Right? |
| 20:03.20 | simonrvn | if you did that, the debian one will have that diff applied |
| 20:04.42 | Wampyre | Ok, now I see. |
| 20:04.51 | Wampyre | The diff is in its own tarball |
| 20:05.54 | Wampyre | but that's still only 1.1.3-24, where the one I got from sourceforge is 1.2.7 |
| 20:07.39 | simonrvn | that's ok, you'll be editing that changelog so it says 1.2.7-0.1 instead of 1.1.3-24 |
| 20:07.48 | simonrvn | debian/changelog i mean |
| 20:08.00 | Wampyre | Which is still failing ./configure at Cannot find librtas.h |
| 20:08.09 | simonrvn | then not only is it that version, but you get a .deb out of it |
| 20:08.14 | Wampyre | You've lost me again |
| 20:08.55 | simonrvn | that header files isn't even in debian |
| 20:08.59 | simonrvn | file* |
| 20:09.18 | simonrvn | !nmg |
| 20:09.21 | ravenbird | <reply>Debian New Maintainers' Guide, Debian Policy Manual and Debian Developer's Reference are the documents you need to read, in that order, to make packages for the Debian project. http://www.debian.org/devel/ |
| 20:09.57 | Wampyre | It's in the librtas package, which is make by the same guys that made powerpc-utils |
| 20:10.15 | Wampyre | I have the source for it, but it's also failing to build. |
| 20:10.30 | simonrvn | ok, hold, lemme see what's going on. |
| 20:10.41 | simonrvn | of course i checked on an x86 box.. doh |
| 20:11.27 | Wampyre | http://librtas.ozlabs.org/ |
| 20:11.40 | Wampyre | Librtas provides a set of libraries for user-space access to the Run-Time Abstraction Services (RTAS) on the ppc64 architecture. |
| 20:12.07 | Wampyre | Which confuses me, because I don't think the Z9 is ppc64... |
| 20:12.57 | simonrvn | yeh but projects support more than just your machine ;) |
| 20:14.01 | simonrvn | apt-get install librtas-dev |
| 20:14.30 | Wampyre | E: Unable to locate package librtas-dev |
| 20:14.44 | Wampyre | I think I'm missing a source |
| 20:15.31 | simonrvn | was worth a try ;) |
| 20:16.21 | Wampyre | make on the librtas source fails with "sed: can't read /librtas-ppc64.spec.in: No such file or directory" |
| 20:16.26 | simonrvn | well, did it on on ppc box, and apt-file can't find it |
| 20:16.45 | simonrvn | you probably have to do ./autogen.sh |
| 20:16.51 | simonrvn | first |
| 20:17.55 | Wampyre | there is no autogen |
| 20:18.12 | Wampyre | no configure. |
| 20:18.21 | Wampyre | Readme says make, then make install |
| 20:18.47 | simonrvn | ok; it's just a Makefile |
| 20:19.07 | simonrvn | the build script expects bash |
| 20:19.23 | Wampyre | Odd, though, that it's looking for /librtas-ppc64.spec.in |
| 20:20.11 | Wampyre | hehe |
| 20:20.24 | Wampyre | ln /root/librtas-1.3.5/librtas-ppc64.spec.in /librtas-ppc64.spec.in |
| 20:21.02 | Wampyre | That got me through the make and the make install :D |
| 20:21.14 | Wampyre | now trying the powerpc-utils again |
| 20:21.17 | simonrvn | 2 options |
| 20:21.38 | Wampyre | It has passes the librtas.h test. |
| 20:22.30 | Wampyre | ./configure succeeded |
| 20:22.35 | simonrvn | make /bin/sh symlink to /bin/bash or edit rules.mk |
| 20:23.03 | Wampyre | Now running make on powerpc-utils |
| 20:23.25 | simonrvn | brb, need to get food |
| 20:23.31 | Wampyre | Enjoy :) |
| 20:54.12 | simonrvn | re |
| 20:54.55 | Wampyre | wb |
| 20:55.08 | Wampyre | I'm an idior. |
| 20:55.11 | Wampyre | *idiot |
| 20:55.18 | Wampyre | LoL, point proven. |
| 20:56.06 | Wampyre | I just needed to search for the bootlist command. It's in powerpc-ibm-utils |
| 20:56.23 | Wampyre | Which I found when I searched for 'nvram' |
| 20:57.19 | simonrvn | ah |
| 20:57.56 | Wampyre | How I understand it now, in order to access and change OF settings via the OS, the kernel needs nvram support. Either built in or via a module. insmod nvram returns 'insmod: can't read 'nvram': No such device' |
| 20:58.25 | Wampyre | lsmod, does not list nvram either |
| 20:59.03 | Wampyre | bootlist calls the nvram command, which came back and said it could not open /dev/nvram, no such device |
| 20:59.09 | simonrvn | ppc nvram is different |
| 20:59.12 | Wampyre | So I used mknod to create it, and it still says it's not there. |
| 20:59.43 | Wampyre | so I probably had the wrong major, minor numbers? |
| 21:00.36 | simonrvn | sec |
| 21:00.53 | simonrvn | l /dev/nvram |
| 21:00.58 | simonrvn | crw-r----- 1 root kmem 10, 144 17 fév 20:39 /dev/nvram |
| 21:01.14 | Wampyre | crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 144 Feb 26 22:50 nvram |
| 21:01.22 | simonrvn | powerpc-utils: /sbin/nvsetenv |
| 21:02.08 | Wampyre | Couldn't open nvram device: No such file or directory |
| 21:02.50 | simonrvn | ,--8<- |
| 21:02.50 | simonrvn | |CONFIG_GENERIC_NVRAM=y |
| 21:02.51 | simonrvn | |# CONFIG_MMIO_NVRAM is not set |
| 21:02.51 | simonrvn | `-->8- |
| 21:02.51 | simonrvn | CONFIG_NVRAM=y |
| 21:03.38 | simonrvn | i meant the hw not sw |
| 21:07.40 | adb | simonrvn, ton systeme est en francais ? |
| 21:07.41 | Wampyre | What does it mean that nvsetenv cannot access nvram, after I've created the device? |
| 21:09.14 | simonrvn | adb: j'ai quelques settings de locales en francais oui |
| 21:09.45 | simonrvn | means it's not there. either because missing support in kernel or missing hardware |
| 21:10.05 | adb | simonrvn, cool , merci |
| 21:10.10 | Wampyre | And the kernel is the more likely suspect? |
| 21:10.55 | simonrvn | your box is an unknown factor, but likely has OF; the kernel can be sussed out |
| 21:11.15 | simonrvn | grep NVRAM /boot/config-$(uname -r) |
| 21:12.06 | Wampyre | grep: /boot/config-2.6.24.6: No such file or directory |
| 21:12.42 | simonrvn | is there any config there at all? |
| 21:12.48 | adb | Wampyre, that's an ubuntu kernel ? |
| 21:12.59 | Wampyre | config-2.6.32-5-powerpc |
| 21:13.05 | simonrvn | it's an ubuntu-like system he has. |
| 21:13.11 | Wampyre | Which is of the new kernel which I've not been able to activate yet. |
| 21:13.17 | simonrvn | ok; you haven't rebooted yet... forgot |
| 21:13.29 | Wampyre | I have rebooted |
| 21:13.33 | Wampyre | But not with the new kernel. |
| 21:13.37 | simonrvn | to the new one |
| 21:13.40 | simonrvn | yeh |
| 21:13.53 | Wampyre | I can't find how to change the current boot loader. Don't even know what it is. |
| 21:14.12 | simonrvn | um, check for /proc/config.gz |
| 21:14.17 | Wampyre | I can install yaboot, but if it does not work, my device will be bricked |
| 21:15.04 | Wampyre | config.gz not found |
| 21:15.21 | simonrvn | damn them |
| 21:15.34 | Wampyre | What does that mean? |
| 21:15.39 | simonrvn | leave you with a half-crippled system ffs |
| 21:15.56 | simonrvn | no nvram support (we suspect) in a ppc kernel |
| 21:16.13 | Wampyre | Which is why I'm trying to get a real OS on here. |
| 21:16.27 | simonrvn | challenge =) |
| 21:16.31 | Wampyre | The console at least is somewhat more useful already. I can install and compile stuff. |
| 21:16.42 | simonrvn | i noticed =) |
| 21:16.45 | Wampyre | I just have no mouse, touchpad or USB support. |
| 21:17.07 | adb | CONFIG_NVRAM=m here on 2.6.32-5-powerpc |
| 21:17.28 | Wampyre | As a dumb terminal/ssh client it would work now :) |
| 21:18.06 | Wampyre | Except, that the terminal still runs inside a window. They even disabled the consoles on tty1-6 |
| 21:18.06 | simonrvn | well, you could try to do what you said, and mv the kernels around, but the debian kernels expect initrds... |
| 21:18.21 | simonrvn | doh |
| 21:18.24 | Wampyre | And if it fails, I have a brick. |
| 21:19.02 | simonrvn | it will fail, as there doesn't seem to be a way to configure the bootloader |
| 21:19.31 | simonrvn | and you said the drie has some sort of zif connector to the mobo? wtf |
| 21:19.32 | Wampyre | Any ideas on how to identify the bootloader? |
| 21:19.35 | simonrvn | drive* |
| 21:19.40 | Wampyre | yup |
| 21:19.51 | simonrvn | would be easier if i could the thing |
| 21:19.56 | simonrvn | could see |
| 21:21.16 | Wampyre | lemme get some pics up for you |
| 21:23.00 | adb | ok, seems my G5 is limited to 500 GB hard drive (it 'see' only 500 GB on 1 TB disk) , any idea how to bypass this ? |
| 21:23.43 | adb | (workaround) |
| 21:24.26 | simonrvn | what 'sees' that? linuxhas no such limitation TMK |
| 21:24.43 | adb | fdisk says so |
| 21:25.11 | simonrvn | bah; probably kernel again |
| 21:25.28 | adb | ah ... |
| 21:26.07 | simonrvn | google it ;) |
| 21:26.58 | simonrvn | Wampyre: well, just installing yaboot won't make the thing a brick, espcially if you have no bootstrap partition |
| 21:27.05 | simonrvn | adb: try using mac-fdisk |
| 21:27.07 | adb | yeah, disk are inside of mdadm (as /dev/dm0) |
| 21:27.18 | adb | well was mac-fdisk |
| 21:27.26 | simonrvn | ok |
| 21:27.43 | simonrvn | could be mac-fdisk too. the ppc utils area bit neglected |
| 21:27.48 | simonrvn | are a * |
| 21:28.10 | adb | (second) ah ... |
| 21:28.13 | simonrvn | like nvsetenv choking on a large nvramrc ... |
| 21:28.28 | simonrvn | file bug, and gets ignored |
| 21:28.48 | adb | i see |
| 21:28.50 | simonrvn | (absentee DDs are never fun) |
| 21:29.32 | adb | no comments |
| 21:32.13 | adb | what about is i make 2 partitions off 500 GB on i386, and readd disks to ppc , sound silly ? |
| 21:32.31 | adb | s/ is i/ if I |
| 21:32.46 | simonrvn | try it |
| 21:33.04 | simonrvn | i suspect a mac-fdisk problem. file a bug too |
| 21:33.34 | adb | theoretic sound ok , sure about bug |
| 21:39.49 | adb | as I need some raids ,how is better practice , use two partitions on same drive or on separate drives ? |
| 21:40.31 | Wampyre | I'd say separate drives. It's pretty pointless having them on the same drive. |
| 21:40.31 | simonrvn | do what you need to do. personally i'd split them up |
| 21:40.47 | simonrvn | oh, the raid? separate drives of course |
| 21:41.50 | Wampyre | photos uploading. |
| 21:41.56 | Wampyre | The net is extra slow here tonight. |
| 21:43.42 | adb | cool, thanks |
| 21:45.05 | Wampyre | picasaweb.google.com/115987511499319131323/Z9Limebook# |
| 21:47.16 | simonrvn | no getty nor login installed? weird. |
| 21:47.48 | simonrvn | brb |
| 21:48.03 | Wampyre | both getty and login are there |
| 21:48.51 | simonrvn | you need a working inittab then |
| 21:50.41 | Wampyre | I did look at it. It seems to have the lines to enable the consoles, but they're non-functional |
| 21:51.23 | Wampyre | 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 |
| 21:51.49 | Wampyre | And for tty2-6 it has the same line, but only for runlevel 2 & 3 |
| 21:53.53 | simonrvn | should work then. wth |
| 21:54.54 | simonrvn | ,--8<- |
| 21:54.54 | simonrvn | |1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 |
| 21:54.55 | simonrvn | |2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 |
| 21:54.55 | simonrvn | |3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 |
| 21:54.55 | simonrvn | |4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 |
| 21:54.57 | simonrvn | |5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 |
| 21:55.00 | simonrvn | `-->8- |
| 21:55.02 | simonrvn | 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 |
| 21:55.15 | simonrvn | what's runlevel say? |
| 21:55.56 | Wampyre | # The default runlevel. |
| 21:55.57 | Wampyre | id:2:initdefault: |
| 21:56.14 | Wampyre | runlevel: N 2 |
| 21:57.07 | simonrvn | seems normal |
| 21:57.17 | Wampyre | I have a file, /boot/hard_disk_start_config.txt |
| 21:57.20 | Wampyre | It contains one line... |
| 21:57.44 | Wampyre | setenv bootargs root=/dev/hda1 ro rootfstype=ext3 console=tty6 quiet splash;readfile $kernel_hard_name $kernel_load_addr;readfile $fdt_hard_name $fdt_load_addr;bootm $kernel_load_addr - $fdt_load_addr |
| 21:58.03 | simonrvn | hmmm :) |
| 21:58.31 | Wampyre | Then there's mpc5121-limebook-z9.dtb and vmlinuz-limebook-z9.bin |
| 21:59.14 | simonrvn | dtb i have no idea, but the bin is obviously the kernel. the dtb could be firmware or could be an initrd (i doubt it's the latter) |
| 22:00.44 | Wampyre | It's a binary file, but there's a lot of plain text in it. Quite a small file. |
| 22:00.51 | Wampyre | I can make out the names of hardware devices. |
| 22:01.11 | simonrvn | hmm |
| 22:01.26 | Wampyre | The string mpc5121 is repeated often |
| 22:01.47 | Wampyre | seems to be a freescale device. |
| 22:02.59 | Wampyre | Then there's /boot/initrd which has 3 files; usplash_fifo, usplash_outfifo and symlink to . |
| 22:03.39 | Wampyre | lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Feb 23 13:32 initrd -> /boot/initrd |
| 22:03.40 | Wampyre | prw-r----- 1 root root 0 Feb 23 13:33 usplash_fifo |
| 22:03.40 | Wampyre | prw-r----- 1 root root 0 Nov 21 2009 usplash_outfifo |
| 22:04.17 | Wampyre | -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20000 Oct 23 2009 mpc5121-limebook-z9.dtb |
| 22:04.27 | Wampyre | That last file size is interesting... |
| 22:04.56 | Wampyre | "MPC5121e 32-bit Embedded Processors" |
| 22:05.03 | simonrvn | ah, ok |
| 22:05.15 | simonrvn | finding some juicy stuff |
| 22:05.33 | Wampyre | Is this info meaning anything to you? |
| 22:05.53 | adb | cat /proc/cpuinfo says ? |
| 22:05.57 | Wampyre | That sounds promising |
| 22:06.10 | simonrvn | wel, some of that file you can edit to get a more functional console |
| 22:06.15 | simonrvn | well |
| 22:06.25 | Wampyre | processor: 0 |
| 22:06.25 | simonrvn | the /boot/hard_disk_start_config.txt |
| 22:06.26 | Wampyre | cpu: e300c4 |
| 22:06.26 | Wampyre | clock: 391.874992MHz |
| 22:06.26 | Wampyre | revision: 1.0 (pvr 8086 2010) |
| 22:06.26 | Wampyre | bogomips: 97.79 |
| 22:06.26 | Wampyre | timebase: 48984374 |
| 22:06.27 | Wampyre | platform: MPC5121 ADS |
| 22:06.57 | simonrvn | the #mklinux people might know more they work with mpc machines a lot |
| 22:10.41 | Wampyre | so where it says console=tty6, that's what's blocking my consoles? |
| 22:14.23 | simonrvn | that i'm not sure, but it seems to be interfering yes. i suspect you could tweak that a bit and get some consoles. i have no suggestions WRT that. turning off splash would let you see boot messages |
| 22:14.40 | simonrvn | i.e. s,splash,nosplash, |
| 22:15.23 | simonrvn | the bootargs might change if you use the debian kernel : s,hd,sd, |
| 22:15.29 | Wampyre | I'm following a lead, I think the bootloader might be U-Boot |
| 22:15.59 | simonrvn | the load_addr stuff i would not touch one bit unless directed by an expert |
| 22:16.09 | simonrvn | possible |
| 22:16.28 | adb | nah, bootloader is >> - Boot from NOR Flash |
| 22:16.56 | simonrvn | ok |
| 22:17.00 | adb | so don't touch if you donb't know what you are doing |
| 22:17.16 | adb | <PROTECTED> |
| 22:17.44 | simonrvn | indeed, like the load_addr stuff; that's telling the BL where to load the various files |
| 22:18.05 | *** join/#debianppc netman_ (~jaci@99.181.216.87.static.jazztel.es) |
| 22:18.16 | Wampyre | NOR Flash? |
| 22:18.38 | simonrvn | wikipedia covers it |
| 22:18.48 | adb | it's an embedded device so read things as : http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/88334 |
| 22:18.51 | simonrvn | it'sa type of flash storage |
| 22:19.08 | Wampyre | It seems that u-boot can run from NOR Flash |
| 22:19.27 | Wampyre | u-boot uses the hard_disk_start_config.txt file |
| 22:19.47 | simonrvn | well, if it's an embedded board, you might want to look at emdebian |
| 22:19.56 | simonrvn | emdebian.org |
| 22:20.28 | simonrvn | they cover this sort of thing a lot ;). they have a channel IIRC on OFTC network, #emdebian IIRC |
| 22:20.37 | simonrvn | acronym day! |
| 22:20.48 | Wampyre | :s |
| 22:20.57 | Wampyre | My brain is about to explode |
| 22:21.14 | simonrvn | i don't doubt that |
| 22:21.23 | Wampyre | No matter which OS I choose, I will face the same challenges that I face right now. |
| 22:21.34 | simonrvn | emdebian *is* debian |
| 22:21.49 | simonrvn | just specialised for embedded devices |
| 22:21.53 | Wampyre | Yeah, but for embedded devices. |
| 22:22.00 | Wampyre | I'd still need to replace the kernel |
| 22:22.10 | simonrvn | they'll know more |
| 22:22.11 | Wampyre | Which means I'd still need to configure or replace the bootloader |
| 22:22.31 | simonrvn | you probably -maybe even have to - keep that one you have now |
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| 22:23.41 | simonrvn | but it seems to might have a somewhat "real" hdd, or ssd, so you might be able to use full fledged debian packages, but with an embedded device bootloader |
| 22:23.51 | simonrvn | s,to might,you might, |
| 22:24.08 | simonrvn | see what i'm getting at? |
| 22:24.25 | Wampyre | 16GB |
| 22:25.01 | adb | Wampyre, keep in mind , one fault step and your device is brake for ever , so better let is as it is if you don't know |
| 22:25.04 | simonrvn | see, that's not bad at all. you can't go downloading the internet with that, but certainly usable |
| 22:25.22 | simonrvn | yeh. do some research, talk to people who know first |
| 22:25.35 | Wampyre | With this device, there's nobody that knows :( |
| 22:26.33 | adb | Wampyre, see mailing lists , as one above , or freescale one |
| 22:27.50 | Wampyre | If only I could connect this drive to another pc, or boot from another device, I'd have freedom to do as I please. |
| 22:28.52 | simonrvn | ,--8<- |
| 22:28.52 | simonrvn | |i don't bdoubt others have worked with this thing |
| 22:28.52 | simonrvn | | ah c'mon irssi |
| 22:28.52 | simonrvn | `-->8- |
| 22:29.10 | simonrvn | <PROTECTED> |
| 22:29.51 | Wampyre | Everything I've done so far, I can undo. If I press U during boot-up, it takes me into a recovery mode where I can recover back to factory state. |
| 22:30.36 | simonrvn | so it has some sort of storage area that has that somewhere |
| 22:30.51 | adb | on flash .... |
| 22:31.06 | simonrvn | yeh |
| 22:31.54 | adb | same system as on programmable routers |
| 22:31.55 | Wampyre | /dev/hda3 |
| 22:33.29 | Wampyre | I seem to have a better, less cripple shell on the recovery mode, once I exit the script |
| 22:33.50 | Wampyre | It has option to update system from usb, local drive or exit |
| 22:34.01 | simonrvn | nice |
| 22:34.13 | Wampyre | Now, possibly, I could create an OS image, put that on USB, and that script would install it. |
| 22:34.22 | Wampyre | But I'd need to have the format exact. |
| 22:34.28 | simonrvn | possibly - you read my mind |
| 22:35.49 | Wampyre | I think this environment boots from a different initrd, and never mounts /dev/hda1 as / |
| 22:36.45 | Wampyre | Has no network support |
| 22:36.49 | Wampyre | no /boot |
| 22:39.18 | adb | df -h , says ? |
| 22:40.37 | simonrvn | might even be busybox |
| 22:41.43 | adb | OpenWrt:~# df -h |
| 22:41.43 | adb | Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on |
| 22:41.43 | adb | /dev/root 3.1M 3.1M 0 100% /rom |
| 22:41.43 | adb | tmpfs 30.3M 72.0K 30.3M 0% /tmp |
| 22:41.43 | adb | tmpfs 512.0K 0 512.0K 0% /dev |
| 22:41.44 | adb | /dev/mtdblock4 3.4M 280.0K 3.1M 8% /overlay |
| 22:41.45 | adb | mini_fo:/overlay 3.1M 3.1M 0 100% / |
| 22:42.08 | adb | on my router |
| 22:42.43 | adb | all system is on 3.1M on flash |
| 22:43.32 | adb | - mips processor - |
| 22:44.23 | adb | <PROTECTED> |
| 22:44.48 | simonrvn | s,OT,OPW, :P |
| 22:45.14 | simonrvn | interesting nonetheless, ty |
| 22:45.27 | adb | yw |
| 22:46.40 | Wampyre | It is busybox |
| 22:47.31 | simonrvn | ok |
| 22:48.48 | Wampyre | /dev/ram0 14.5M 12.0M 1.8M 87% / |
| 22:48.49 | Wampyre | rwfs 512.0k 0 512.0k 0% /mnt/rwfs |
| 22:48.49 | Wampyre | shm 119.5M 0 119.5M 0% /dev/shm |
| 22:49.24 | Wampyre | How would I find out what the script is that it runs when it starts? |
| 22:50.26 | adb | ask your vendor ... |
| 22:50.27 | simonrvn | hmm. look for scripts until you find one? :P no idea. |
| 22:51.10 | Wampyre | <PROTECTED> |
| 22:51.53 | adb | we too, bc it's not debian system |
| 22:54.18 | simonrvn | it is, sorta ;P |
| 22:54.33 | adb | nah |
| 22:55.01 | Wampyre | :p |
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| 23:03.21 | Wampyre | I'm restoring it now. |
| 23:03.37 | Wampyre | At least then the all the devices work. |
| 23:03.56 | Wampyre | And I'm gonna go sleep. It's 1am here already. |
| 23:04.10 | Wampyre | Thanks for the assistance. As always, much appreciated. |
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