There are a few ways round this. I think this way is the simplest because you don't have to tackle connectivity, bootloader upgrade, file system creation or other sysadmin tasks.
* I use Nick's latest FreedomBox image (https://www.betweennowhere.net/tracker/freedombox-unstable.tar.bz2) to create a pre-loaded SD card. * I test it on a dreamplug with factory-supplied settings. If the tests pass, * I mail that SD card to you (If I use a micro-SD card with a full size adapter, you can use either the dreamplug's external SD slot or open it up to get at the internal slot). * we tackle any glitches with your new system Would that help you? Or would you rather get stuck into the system administration? Nick Hardiman [email protected] @intmachines On 30 Jan 2013, at 19:11, Jack Wilborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, thanks for the response.... I don't know if I can exactly > answer that question. The problem I have is I've had a dreamplug (DP) > for about 3 weeks and can only boot and run the manufacture installed > software. I wish to get to work with the Freedom Box stuff and see > what I can do. I would like to install the new bootloader so I can > use the current images. > > I can get on the Internet, but it's flaky and only with a Windows PC. > My Linux box doesn't see my WiFi card and I only have an iPhone 4 with > a USB or WiFi and neither work on my Linux box. > > What I would like to do is be able to make the SD and the USB into the > proper configuration or FS for the Linux to read the images off. > First I guess I'll have to replace the bootloader, I'm pretty > technical, and I like to understand what I'm doing before the action > so I don't brick the device. > > SO I need to be able to make the installation of both the bootloader > and the images to be read off the USB stick. I can read and write the > USB stick with my Linux box if need be. But I can't access the SD > card from anything but a laptop that only has windows on it. > > Does what I'm asking for make sense? > > I hope you have an answer.. > > Thanks for your time... > > Jack > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Nick Hardiman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Jack, >> >> Do you want >> * a pre-installed SD card, that boots Debian and works without upgrading the >> Dreamplug bootloader? >> >> Or do you want >> * a method of upgrading the bootloader that does not involve the Internet, >> and >> * an SD card with all the FreedomBox development environment on it? >> >> >> >> >> >> Many thanks, >> Nick >> Nick Hardiman >> [email protected] >> @intmachines >> >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2013, at 14:47, Jack Wilborn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, I am new with the DreamPlug (which I have and am running in >>> it's original state) and am not a Linux wizard. I posed a couple of >>> these questions to Nick D. On his suggestion I am posting them here >>> for assistance from users that have a working DP. >>> >>> The basic problem here is that I don't have a good Internet connection >>> and NO Internet to my Linux box. I have a dual boot Windows 8/Debian >>> Linux on a quad core 386 (i5-3450) with 32G of memory and a Atheros >>> WiFi card that is not detected by Debian, and works under Windows. So >>> some of the parts of creating an image is not applicable to my venue >>> and others as I've found out. >>> >>> I have a couple of questions, first can you create the proper FS on a >>> USB memory stick to install the current with the original bootloader? >>> I understand this is probably a negative, so can I create the proper >>> FS on the USB stick or SD (when I get the proper hardware) via the >>> Dreamplug original software? If all else fails, then does someone >>> know the proper steps to create the bootloader on a USB stick to >>> update the bootloader without turning my DP into a brick. >>> >>> The following is the original note to Nick... >>> >>> >>>> Nick, one of the problems I have now is that they want me to format >>>> the SD card to a fat partition (with mkdosfs) and then to build a >>>> partition with ext3 (I would change it to ext2 based on your >>>> suggestion), but I have no way to interface with the SD on my Linux >>>> box. >>>> >>>> Can this be done under dos? At least the initial format. Or better >>>> yet, how about using the DP to format this properly, is the software >>>> on the DP usable to build this file system? I do have it up, blinking >>>> and talking via it's Linux. I can find the SD card or the USB card >>>> OK. >>> >>> Any assistance would be of great value to me. Also any information >>> will be gathered for other in the same boat. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Jack >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
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