* Sjoerd Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-10-12 00:08]: > * Is it possible to use access the machine's redboot via telnet. I know > that it's possible on the NSLU2, but i haven't seen reports about it on > an n2100.
No, it doesn't work because no IP address is set in the firmware. > * I digged around in d-i svn to see how the installer support was. It > seems > one can install d-i on the machine as a firmware upgrade. But i > couldn't > find the needed preseed info for it to actually enabled the > network-console, like there is for example for the glantank. Did i miss > something or is the support just not quite there yet ? oldsys-preseed is included in the netboot image (or rather, should be... I noticed it wasn't and just added it). It will read the values from your existing firmware and re-use those. > * If something fails during the install, is there some way to hard reset > the box and have it return to the original firmware. Or is redbooting > another kernel/initrd from tftp the only option in that case? In that case, you definitely have a problem, yes... you'd have to start the installer again and fix things this way. I'm not aware of a way to flash the system via the network or something like that. In any case, installations on Thecus N2100 should basically (almost) work. I added a script to flash the kernel/initrd recently but couldn't test it properly because it still had to pass NEW. Another problem is that Ethernet doesn't currently work so you'll need a USB Ethernet dongle. I'm away from my N2100 at the moment but I'll do a test installation in about 2 weeks and fix the remaining issues. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
