**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed Mar 21 02:59:56 2007 Mar 21 03:32:34 anyone have experience with using JTAG and NSLU2? Mar 21 03:34:38 Yes. Mar 21 03:35:50 mwester: I am having difficulties: "cable initialization failed". Mar 21 03:37:28 BIOS changed from ECP to bidir LPT, WinXP still showed ECP. Deleted device, manually added LPT, same result. Gonna try again Mar 21 03:40:49 What kind of cable is it, and what OS are you running? Mar 21 03:41:48 using LPT cable, 5" long. Dunno if buffer is required, as I didn't need it for WRT54G hacking. OS = WinXP, compiled jtag and includes in cygwin Mar 21 03:41:59 (and of course the patch - and updated wiki!) Mar 21 03:42:56 Dunno if that'll work, frankly. I've only known it to be done on Linux, with a Wiggler-style buffered cable. Mar 21 03:44:07 yeah I have the wiggler-style (unbuffered). I tried to compile the tools in Knoppix but it failed and I didn't have patience to figure out why. cygwin is supported from openwince site Mar 21 03:47:31 seems like I might indeed need to install the buffer. It seems that it is possible to slow down the JTAG through the "frequency" command but not sure if this truly slows down the interface. Mar 21 03:48:41 I've had terrible luck with device support via cygwin. It might very well be just a permissions issue or something else that doesn't work with cygwin. Mar 21 03:49:17 yeah it's possible... might be worthwhile to try a newer knoppix (based on debian) Mar 21 03:49:28 I tried 5.0.1 Mar 21 03:51:56 Why not just install Linux and dual-boot? Cygwin is cute, I use it on my work laptop, but it isn't going to do the job if you plan to do any serious work with NSLU2 firmware. Mar 21 03:52:55 interesting question... work laptop has LPT but home laptop does not. I don't even know or think USB-LPT converters work correctly in linux Mar 21 03:53:24 (I do have admin privs on work laptop_ Mar 21 03:54:29 I hear that there are some live distros (boot DVD) - that might be the best way to do it, if possible Mar 21 03:55:03 I do have a linux system but no where near hardware or LPT port (b/c it's a server) Mar 21 03:55:47 maybe I should confirm my pinout to the wiggler page just to be sure... Mar 21 03:57:30 thanks for your help... gonna confirm pinouts. Hope my soldering was good enuf (I am an EE btw) Mar 21 03:57:35 yeah, I know the problem -- native serial and parallel ports are getting scarce. Good thing I have tired old ancient hardware for my home systems! Mar 21 03:57:44 Good luck Mar 21 03:58:07 yeah no kidding... so much for legacy ports and cheap generic IO. JTAG and USB != cheap Mar 21 03:59:51 I could try an old PC - get some distro installed and do it all native linux. Do you have a distro recommendation? too new is prolly just as bad as too old. Mar 21 04:02:27 Folks around here seem to prefer debian. I run fedora core. Both work fine. Mar 21 04:03:06 ok I have centos but could do FC (more failiar to me). Thanks again for your suggestions! BBL... Mar 21 04:13:41 crap... found problem... d'oh... WRT54G JTAG LPT driver (hairydairy) pins different than NSLU2 (openwince) driver. Shoot... I matched signal names not pin numbers... d'oh!! Mar 21 04:14:33 (noting wiki page!!) Mar 21 08:28:56 I want to create a diskless nslu2 with cherokee and thttpd on it, how do I get this going? It complains about "No space left on device", obviously, but maybe there is a way? Mar 21 08:34:05 you will have to use at the very minimum a usb flash drive of some sort. Mar 21 08:35:24 so I really really do? the problem is that my slug sometimes doesn't see the usb disk, and sometimes it does. So it is not so reliable with booting from disk. Mar 21 08:36:20 hnmmm, that seems like a seperate issue altogether. what "OS" you running on the slug? Mar 21 08:38:10 openslug Mar 21 08:38:48 I even added beeps (bad beeps and good beeps) to startup scripts so I know if it booted with or without disk Mar 21 08:39:19 have you tried a different disk? ( is it a usb key? or an actual hard drive? ) Mar 21 08:40:47 I tried, with disks, but I'll try again with usb stick Mar 21 08:41:21 it may be an issue with the usb hard drive not spinning up in time for the NSLU2. Mar 21 08:41:45 the usb-key will obviously not have to spinup. and so should be more reliable. Mar 21 08:42:07 i personally use a usb key for the "OS" and a hard drive for the data. Mar 21 08:42:29 with the hard drive spinning down when its not needed. :) Mar 21 08:42:31 right. Mar 21 08:42:44 anyway, goodluck with it. Mar 21 08:42:52 thanks for the help Mar 21 08:43:00 np Mar 21 09:20:48 when I do a "turnup memstick /dev/sda1" it ends with: Mar 21 09:20:50 touch: /var/log/wtmp: No such file or directory Mar 21 09:20:52 chown: /var/log/wtmp: No such file or directory Mar 21 09:20:54 eval: 1: cannot create /dev/tty0: No such device or address Mar 21 09:20:56 chmod: /var/log/wtmp: No such file or directory Mar 21 09:20:58 eval: 1: cannot create /dev/tty0: No such device or address Mar 21 09:21:00 turnup: tmpfs will no longer be mounted on /var Mar 21 09:21:02 what is wrong with it? Mar 21 09:43:58 spikes-nslu2: I try to setup the memory stick to be my filesystem, but it keeps booting from flash. Mar 21 09:56:58 Heya =) Mar 21 09:58:26 I wanted to build OpenSlug from the master makefile but since it told me to build SlugOS instead I wondered if OpenSlug has been deprecated in favor of that - and if not, what the reason for this notice is Mar 21 10:01:42 SlugOS Big Endian is OpenSlug Mar 21 10:04:15 Oh, interesting... I didn't think it were the same since the wiki said that OpenSlug is derived from SlugOS - thanks for clarifying :) Mar 21 10:08:37 there is also SlugOS LE, which is not OpenSlug Mar 21 10:08:47 so yes, it is derived. Mar 21 10:09:12 there is some info here: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/SlugOS/HomePage Mar 21 10:10:45 Ah okay, that makes it all clear now, thanks Mar 21 21:32:07 * H4rvy is away: PUB **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed Mar 21 23:22:38 2007 **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed Mar 21 23:43:25 2007 **** ENDING LOGGING AT Thu Mar 22 02:59:58 2007