R: Some help needed to install Lenny on the Intel SS4000-E nas
I have a SS4000 nas running since last November
I have:
Linux storage01 2.6.25.1 #6 PREEMPT Fri Nov 21 11:47:14 CET 2008 armv5tel GNU/Linux
on this storage I have NFS server, Samba Server, Webmin.
I upgraded it to the limit of 512 MB RAM
I am still concerned about speed, becouse I am not able to go further about 4,3 MB/sec via nfs
I write on this storage about 100 GB per Day, mainly from vmware server backups
following is a (caothic) list of what I did:
I followed these link to succed:
cfr: http://em7210.kwaak.net
cfr per samba:
http://wiki.professionalconcept.eu/doku.php?id=debian:realizzato:debianactivedirectory
as sources:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main
---
download kernel ( linux-2.6.25.1 )
download arm compiler
download patches
---
then symlink linux-2.6 to linux-2.6.25.1
make of arm kernel :
directory structure:
kernel-->
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 194 Nov 5 17:13 env
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Nov 5 15:49 linux-2.6 -> linux-2.6.25.1
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Nov 6 10:04 linux-2.6.25.1
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 6 10:02 patches
to execute patches
go to kernel/linux and
patch -p1 <../patches/compiler.patch
....
and so on as suggested in file patches/series
then:
copy .config arm (defconfig) into .config
cp arch/arm/configs/em7210_defconfig .config
execute the .env before compiling !!!!
make menuconfig
exit without doing anything
make
then:
cp /ss4000e/kernel/linux-2.6/arch/arm/boot/zImage /ss4000e/boot
then start storage with correct serial cable and CTRL+C
at this point I destoyed anything and so I have no more network support and other: if you want to folow me,
do:
(
ref: http://www.fonboard.nl/wiki/FAQ_Foneraplus_unbricking/it
ref: http://ecos.sourceware.org/docs-latest/redboot/fis-create-command.html
BEFORE int, I had:
Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point
RedBoot 0xF0000000 0xF0000000 0x00040000 0x00000000
RedBoot config 0xF1FC0000 0xF1FC0000 0x00001000 0x00000000
FIS directory 0xF1FE0000 0xF1FE0000 0x00020000 0x00000000
rammode 0xF0060000 0x00200000 0x00040000 0x00200000
log 0xF0040000 0xF0040000 0x00020000 0x00000000
naskey 0xF00A0000 0xF00A0000 0x00020000 0x01008000
zImage 0xF00C0000 0x01008000 0x00200000 0x01008000
ramdisk.gz 0xF02C0000 0x01800000 0x00400000 0x01800000
vendor 0xF06C0000 0xF06C0000 0x01880000 0x01800000
wmdata 0xF1F40000 0xF1F40000 0x00080000 0x01800000
)
fis init
(format all the flash apart from redboot
fis create -f 0xF00C0000 -l 0x00400000 -r 0x01008000 zImage
(I do it (4MB) twice it was (2MB)
load -v -r -b 0x01008000 -m ymodem zImage
it start outputting "C"; with hyperterminal send zImage via xmodem:
fis unlock -f 0xf00c0000 -l 0x00400000
fis create -f 0xF00C0000 -l 0x00400000 -r 0x01008000 zImage
now
exec
I am not a linux expert at all
so it costs me a lot of fighting, especially to get the "right" serial cable and to "arrange" the SS4000 envelope in order to make
available an external serial connector.
if you need any further information feel free to ask me
Andrea
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Wouter Verhelst [mailto:w@uter.be]
> Inviato: martedì 28 luglio 2009 13.28
> A: Martin Michlmayr
> Cc: JF Straeten; debian-arm@lists.debian.org
> Oggetto: Re: Some help needed to install Lenny on the Intel SS4000-E
> nas
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 08:50:41PM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > * JF Straeten <jfstraeten@scarlet.be> [2009-07-27 02:25]:
> > > I'm new to this list, lurking for some time now, because I'm also
> > > totaly new to the ARM plateform.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to install Lenny on the Intel SS4000-E nas, thanks to
> the
> > > writings of a lot of people (especially Ard Van Bremen, Tobias
> Frost
> > > and Martin Michlmayr - many, many thanks to you, by the way, you've
> > > helped me a lot, even without knowing it !).
> >
> > Wouter Verhelst (CCed) has just finished porting the debian-installer
> > to this device, so he should be able to help.
>
> Indeed.
>
> To be able to run Linux on this NAS device, you need a kernel 2.6.28 or
> later; in Debian, that currently means unstable (testing still has the
> same kernel as stable for now). This also means that (for now) you can
> only install from the very unreliable daily images (they may sometimes
> work, they may sometimes not work, they may sometimes leave a smoking
> hole). Since this is where development happens, bugs unrelated to the
> SS-4000E may crop up at any time in the dailies.
>
> Note that you'd be the first person to test after I wrote this support,
> so there may still be bugs in the SS4000-E support. One area where this
> may especially be true is in the generation of the firmware image; the
> rest has been quite well tested and should be reasonably bug-free.
>
> If you feel uncomfortable in testing something like that, then it may
> be
> better to wait until the first alpha release of the installer (which I
> hear is upcoming); in any case, however, getting some feedback on how
> my
> patches work out would be *very* welcome.
>
> Having said all that,
>
> Unfortunately, due to some strangeness of the original firmware on this
> device, it is not possible to install Debian without a serial console.
> Luckily you don't have to solder anything; there's a normal serial
> connector on the mainboard already. All you need is a ribbon cable and
> a
> serial nullmodem -- and, of course, a computer with a serial port. If
> you don't have such things, this should not cost more than
> approximately
> €15 (or whatever that is in your local currency). If you don't have a
> computer with a serial port, you can use a USB-to-serial convertor.
>
> I updated the installation manual to explain how it is supposed to
> work;
> you can view the relevant section of the manual at
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.armel/ch05s01.html#boot-
> firmware-ss4000e
>
> If you want to give it a shot, the daily armel d-i images can be found
> at <http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/armel/images/>. Please try the
> images under the 'daily' link first; if they don't work, try one of the
> dated directories, which contain older images.
>
> --
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> headquarters
> works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is
> trying to fool the system.
> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
>
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