Re: pppoe problems
"Bruce D. Lightner" <lightner-2huV/[email protected]>
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John, > I would like to try to copy the binary to flash so that I do not have to > load it from an nfs mount. I attempted to add my binary to the > romdisk.img and reflash, this always results in a doorstop modem (thanks > to the usb cable hack I am able to recover) Any ideas on how to > accomplish this? I'm not sure why simply adding a file to romdisk image > is hosing the boot loader. -John Can you describe exactly how you are modifying the ROM file system (romdisk.img) *and* where you got a copy of "romdisk.img" to modify. This Wiki page talks about one way to do this... http://www.embeddedlinuxinterfacing.com/wiki.php/ActiontecGplReleaseHowto I entered this game late and therefore all the Actiontec modems I own have the "new", stripped-down kernel and ROM file system. There is no NFS (or "vi") included. I therefore tend to test new application programs using TELNET and TFTP. You clearly have the "old" Actiontec firmware because NFS works for you. Are you building your application program using the "new" source code release from Actiontec? Mixing differeing kernels and application code builds under uClinux *can be* a problem, in my experience anyway. However, given that you tested using NFS, what you are describing does not make sense unless this is some kind of boot-up "scripting" problem. How are you loading your modified ROM file system? Can we assume that you using BOOTP to install the kernel and the modified ROM file system? Console port output sure would be nice, to see exactly what's going on. The important question is this a "door stop" of the form that will not even BOOTP anymore? Or are you using the USB cable recovery "trick" just because it's convenient? The form of "door stop" that won't BOOTP indicates a bad "kernel" which is corrupting the modem's flash. (I've made plenty of these!) If, on the other hand, you simply are not getting the PPP functionality that you expected because some shell script was not quite right, you have a very different problem. Out of curiosity, what "flavor" of Linux are you using? Best regards, Bruce -- Bruce D. Lightner Lightner Engineering La Jolla, California Voice: +1-858-551-4011 FAX: +1-858-551-0777 Email: lightner-2huV/[email protected] URL: http://www.lightner.net/lightner/bruce/ __ ActionHack Mailing List - ActionHack-W7/[email protected] http://www.express.org/mailman/listinfo/actionhack http://www.embeddedlinuxinterfacing.com/wiki.php/ActiontecDualModem