Re: UNS: Re: Update APEX for fatted nslu2 (FatSlug)

2009-01-19 Thread Asier
El Martes 20 Enero 2009, Marc Singer escribió: > First of all, you don't need APEX 1.5.14 to use a fatslug. I'm using > 1.5.8 and it works just fine. > > You can download the /dev/mtdblock2 image that I'm using from > ftp://ftp.buici.com/pub/apex/apex-1.5.8-slug-mtdblock2.bin. Note that > it has

Re: UNS: Re: Update APEX for fatted nslu2 (FatSlug)

2009-01-19 Thread Rod Whitby
Asier wrote: > There's something I'm worring about. This morning I've made a backup of the > flash: > > # cat /dev/mtdblock* >nslu2-backup.bin > > I have reflashed the nslu2 a few times with it without any problem. But if > I "explode" the backup with > > # slugimage -u -i ../nslu2-backup.bi

Re: UNS: Re: Update APEX for fatted nslu2 (FatSlug)

2009-01-19 Thread Marc Singer
First of all, you don't need APEX 1.5.14 to use a fatslug. I'm using 1.5.8 and it works just fine. You can download the /dev/mtdblock2 image that I'm using from ftp://ftp.buici.com/pub/apex/apex-1.5.8-slug-mtdblock2.bin. Note that it has both the APEX image as well as my environment. As for the

Re: UNS: Re: Update APEX for fatted nslu2 (FatSlug)

2009-01-19 Thread Asier
El Lunes 19 Enero 2009, Marc Singer escribió: > > After reboot the nslu2 gets stucked and I must reflash it. > > A console will help a lot. Have you tried plying your solder-capable > pal with beer? Thanks, I'll try :DD > > There are binaries of APEX in ftp://ftp.buici.com:/pub/apex/apex-1.5.14

Re: UNS: Re: Update APEX for fatted nslu2 (FatSlug)

2009-01-19 Thread Marc Singer
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:43:12PM +0100, Asier wrote: > El Lunes 19 Enero 2009, Marc Singer escribió: > > > I'm not positive, but I thought that the Debian released version of > > APEX supported memory detection. > > If I add the commands via apex-env with the apex shipped by debian: > > $ sudo

Re: UNS: Re: Update APEX for fatted nslu2 (FatSlug)

2009-01-19 Thread Asier
El Lunes 19 Enero 2009, Marc Singer escribió: > I'm not positive, but I thought that the Debian released version of > APEX supported memory detection. If I add the commands via apex-env with the apex shipped by debian: $ sudo apex-env bootaddr *= 0x8000 cmdline *= console=ttyS0,115200 rtc-x1

Linux perf bug massively affects NAS performance

2009-01-19 Thread Public Mailing Lists
Hi folks, lately, there has been an article on Slashdot about a serious perf bug in Linux 2.6: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/15/049201 (brief summary: kernel 2.6 sucks at high disk IO loads) My impression is that debian-arm is affected by this problem A LOT. I've got a NSLU2 and

Re: Update APEX for fatted nslu2 (FatSlug)

2009-01-19 Thread Rod Whitby
Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Asier [2009-01-19 07:31]: >> Great! How can I backup ths nslu2 flash memory? >> >> # cat /dev/mtd0 > RedBoot > ... > > Yes Actually, if you want to be able to reflash the image, or unpack it with slugimage (so that you can repack it with a new Apex), then you need to

Re: Update APEX for fatted nslu2 (FatSlug)

2009-01-19 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Asier [2009-01-19 07:31]: > Great! How can I backup ths nslu2 flash memory? > > # cat /dev/mtd0 > RedBoot ... Yes -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.de