Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-14 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Hi Xan On 5/14/07, Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Clear me. I understand that after I installed debian with the debian installer for passing new parameters to the kernel I have to: 1) do what with [1]. And how? 2) Run apexctl? 3) Reboot? The instructions are on the wiki page: To replace t

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-14 Thread Xan
En/na Gordon Farquharson ha escrit: Hi Xan On 5/10/07, Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: En/na Gordon Farquharson ha escrit: > On 5/9/07, Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> En/na Rod Whitby ha escrit: >> > Note that Apex should build out of the box for Debian/NSLU2 just like >> > any other normal

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-13 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Hi Xan On 5/10/07, Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: En/na Gordon Farquharson ha escrit: > On 5/9/07, Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> En/na Rod Whitby ha escrit: >> > Note that Apex should build out of the box for Debian/NSLU2 just like >> > any other normal Debian package. >> So, how affects it

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-10 Thread Xan
En/na Gordon Farquharson ha escrit: On 5/9/07, Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: En/na Rod Whitby ha escrit: > Slugimage *always* pads with 0xffs. It's a script in debian-installer > nslu2 support which used to pad with zeros (I presume that's been fixed > by now). > Can someone confirm it? It l

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-09 Thread Steve Gane
Gordon Farquharson wrote: On 5/9/07, Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: En/na Rod Whitby ha escrit: > Slugimage *always* pads with 0xffs. It's a script in debian-installer > nslu2 support which used to pad with zeros (I presume that's been fixed > by now). > Can someone confirm it? It looks lik

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-09 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Hi Steve On 5/9/07, Steve Gane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The instructions on http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Debian/CompileApex still need to be followed when building your own apex from source. I wrote a little python script that does all of the stages from make output to mtdblock image: prep

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-09 Thread Gordon Farquharson
On 5/9/07, Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: En/na Rod Whitby ha escrit: > Slugimage *always* pads with 0xffs. It's a script in debian-installer > nslu2 support which used to pad with zeros (I presume that's been fixed > by now). > Can someone confirm it? It looks like it is still padded with zer

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-09 Thread Xan
En/na Rod Whitby ha escrit: Gordon Farquharson wrote: I don't, but Phil Endecott wrote some instruction for building Apex [1]. You'll have to figure out how to pad the mtdblock with 0xffs though (I'm not sure if the latest slugimage does this - Rod Whitby would probably know). Slugimage *alway

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-08 Thread Rod Whitby
Gordon Farquharson wrote: > I don't, but Phil Endecott wrote some instruction for building Apex > [1]. You'll have to figure out how to pad the mtdblock with 0xffs > though (I'm not sure if the latest slugimage does this - Rod Whitby > would probably know). Slugimage *always* pads with 0xffs. It'

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-07 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Hi Steve On 5/7/07, Steve Gane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here's the question. What version of Apex is in Martin Michlmayr's "etch-modified-mtdblock2.bin"? It contains 1.4.15 which is the version that ships with etch. Or has anyone got a pre-built mtdblock2, padded with 0xff and containing

Re: How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-05-07 Thread Steve Gane
Useful Wiki page, Gordon. I've just been updating my FatSlug from an old bootstrapped SlogOS/LE to a proper Debian/NSLU2. I had a little trouble in that Apex crashed with my hacked (64M RAM) Redboot, so I had to remove my hack. Now I need to play with the Apex environment to reinstate the fatn

How to change the kernel command line for the NSLU2

2007-04-27 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Hi All I have updated the NSLU2-Linux Wiki page [1] on how to change the kernel command line that is stored in APEX (the second stage bootloader). Please let me know if you find any problems. Gordon [1] http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Debian/ChangeKernelCommandLine -- Gordon Farquharson -- T