linuxgeek: Re: [nslu2-linux] Trying to install debian on an NSLU2

On 26 April 2010 14:33, Mike Westerhof <mwester@dls.net> wrote:

Don Sharp wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am trying to upgrade an NSLU2 with unslung firmware following the
> suggestions on http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/unpack.html.
>
> The NSLU2 was some time ago flashed with the unslung firmware and has
> no external storage.
>
> Under the heading "Boot the system" I put the slug into upgrade mode
> and tried writing the lenny firmware with the command
>
> # upslug2 -i nslu2debfirmware_sda2-2.6.26-19
> [no NSLU2 machines found in upgrade mode]
>
>

The message is telling the truth :) So either your network cable is
damaged, or the NSLU2 is not on the same network as your host (the
upgrade protocol will not pass through firewalls or through routers
(this means *through* a router, it passes freely between the various
ports on the switch built into the typical home router/firewall
appliance)) -- or your NSLU2 is not, in fact, in upgrade mode.

How did you enter upgrade mode?
-Mike (mwester)

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The two machines are attached to different interconnected switches. This may be at the core of the problem and I will investigate this as soon as I get a chance.

Thank you very much for the information. I'll update the list as soon as I get the chance to try both machines on the same switch.

TVM

Don Sharp

> I then try
>
> # upslug2 --target="00:0F:66:7F:95:31" \
> -i nslu2debfirmware_sda2-2.6.26-19
> Upgrading LKG7F9531 00:0f:66:7f:95:31
> . original flash contents * packet timed out
> ! being erased - erased
> u being upgraded U upgraded
> v being verified V verified
>
> Display:
> <status> <address completed>+<bytes transmitted but not completed>
> Status:
> * timeout occured + sequence error detected
>
> * 0+000000 ........................................................
>
> Hangs with above message on screen. I left the process running for 15
> minutes and the slug's ethernet light was gaily flashing away, so a
> conversation was in progress. I am assuming that there was an infinite
> retry sequence in progress. When power-cycled the slug happily boots
> into its unslung linux.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions as to what to try next. The message
> that I am seeing is not the one shown on
> http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/install.html
> The zero offset is probably trying to tell me something but I would
> appreciate some help in making progress.
>
> Is jffs2 perhaps a factor here?
>
> I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer.
>
> TIA
>
> Don Sharp
>
>