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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: wlan0 not coming up/iwconfig not working
From: "Gonzalo A. de la Vega" <>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:37:50 -0000
--- In  "pgb_psu" <> wrote:
>
> Hi Gonzalo-
> 
> Thanks for the detailed instructions.  I just want to clarify one
thing before I leap into 
> using ts10 or ts9.  The script you sent looks like something one
would run under RedBoot.  
> Is that correct?  Will RedBoot execute scripts?  

It's a bash script that sends the commands to RedBoot via RS232, just
as if you typed them in minicom.

> I've done this a few times to boot into my SD card which came from
TS with the Debian 
> installation on it.  I don't have an http server handy, but I have
done this successfully from 
> a tftp server.  So provided I get the correct files onto my tftp
server, I can alter the script 
> you sent to work for my situation.  Unfortunately, I don't have a
linux box nearby, but a 
> tftp server and hyperterm on an XP laptop should work similiarly.  

I used http bacause apache was already installed. If you only have XP
then I guess you'll have to type.

> Thanks again for your detailed reply.
> p
> 
> --- In  "Gonzalo A. de la Vega"
<gadelavega@> wrote:
> >
> > Peter,
> > I couldn't get the Wi-Fi to work with ts11, nor the newer versions
> > (those ts11 with dates). Same driver sources fail for ts11 but work
> > for ts10... so it if the problem comes from the kernel, not the
> > modules (I'm not saying it is the case), I guess you will end up
> > flashing a new kernel anyway.
> > If you want to try ts9 or 10 (you'll have to build the zd.o module for
> > ts10 using the code from TS) you may flash the new kernel (I don't
> > recomend this), copy a kernel image and it's modules to the board file
> > system, and boot it with bootload, or my favorite, load a kernel via
> > http and using an NFS root. I use the following script for that, after
> >  ^C on minicom, so I don't have to write the hole thing every time
> > (you run it on a terminal on your Linux PC connected to the TS7260
> > through RS232):
> > ----------------------cut here---------------------------------
> > #!/bin/bash
> > TTY=/dev/ttyUSB0
> > TSIP=192.168.2.2
> > SERVERIP=192.168.2.1
> > ROOT=/opt/ts7260/tslinux
> > IMAGE=/vmlinux-ts10-rt
> > 
> > echo "load -v -r -b 0x00218000 -m http -h $SERVERIP $IMAGE">$TTY
> > sleep 5
> > echo "exec -c \"console=ttyAM0,115200 ip=$TSIP
> > nfsroot=$SERVERIP:$ROOT\"">$TTY
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Once you are happy with the results you may flash your working kernel.
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > 
> > Gonzalo
> > 
> > --- In  "pgb_psu" <burkett@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Tom-
> > > 
> > > I'm having the exactly the same problem as you and Patty with 2
> > brand new TS7260 cards 
> > > and IOGEAR USB wireles devices (purchased Feb 7,2007).  I haven't
> > tried Gonzalo's 
> > > suggestion of switching to ts9 yet in the hope that there's another
> > solution.  So far I've ony 
> > > been using the default boot sequence (which boots to Linux
> > 2.4.26-ts11) and I don't want 
> > > to fiddle with this if I don't have to.  How does one go about
> > booting to ts9 anyway?  I'd be 
> > > happy if I could get the two units to talk to one another.  Have you
> > solved this problem?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Peter
> > > 
> > > --- In  "Gonzalo A. de la Vega"
> > <gadelavega@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I had the same problem with my new TS-7260s. I just changed
the kernel
> > > > to ts9, and everything works fine (you have to get zd.o from the
> > > > ftp.embeddedarm.com/wireless/zd1211/r53/ directory, which has been
> > > > built for ts9)
> > > > 
> > > > Gonzalo
> >
>




 
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