Re: n2100/redboot/tftp timeouts

[Jon Dowland <jon+debian-arm@alcopop.org>]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 09:14:22PM +0100, Tobias Frost wrote:
> Did you specify the ip_address with
> ip_address -h <host_ip>
> ip_address -l <thecus_ip>

Hello; I did, but only when xovered directly to the device. I've got it
working by specifying the local IP and using a switch as an
intermediary. I think there were ARP table issues.

Thanks for your help!

(totally failed to get the thecus official kernel/initfs combos to boot
at all. I'm just doing an armel d-i onto a spare USB memory stick as
that's all I could get to boot!)

Interestingly, I kept hitting CTRL+X by mistake instead of C at the
redboot prompt, which kicked off some factory programmed script:

== Ctrl X script=ip_address -l 10.2.3.1 -h 10.2.3.254
load -r -h 10.2.3.254 -m tftp -b 0x00800000 ramdisk.gz
fis erase -f 0xF0040000 -l 0xD00000
fis write -f 0xF0040000 -b 0x00800000 -l 0xD00000
load -r -h 10.2.3.254 -m tftp -b 0x01600000 zImage
fis erase -f 0xF0D40000 -l 0x160000
fis write -f 0xF0D40000 -b 0x01600000 -l 0x160000
reset
 
RedBoot> ip_address -l 10.2.3.1 -h 10.2.3.254
IP: 10.2.3.1/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Default server: 10.2.3.254, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0
RedBoot> load -r -h 10.2.3.254 -m tftp -b 0x00800000 ramdisk.gz
Unable to reach host 10.2.3.254 (10.2.3.254)
RedBoot> fis erase -f 0xF0040000 -l 0xD00000
... Erase from 0xf0040000-0xf0d40000: .....................