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New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1
A Jailbait V6 Image with many updates

New MessageNew Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Go to http://php2.chek.com/~rasmus for a new image based on Jailbait V6 but updated to include all the latest USB-Ethernet drivers. The kernel is 2.4.17rc1 with rml's preempt patches so it is nice and responsive. I have also put what I believe to be the right sound drivers in this one. I haven't tested the sound yet, so if someone could play with it and let me know if it works, I would appreciate it.

My main issue right now, which was also a problem with all the other images I have tried is the fact that non-root users can start rxvt in X due to a problem creating the pseudo-tty I think. And I also can't su to root from a non-root user. Not sure why that is since root can log in fine on the console. Please try out this image and let me know if you fix something so I can include your fixes in the next image I roll. You can reach me directly at rasmus@php.net

12-16-2001 17:18:31

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Root
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Mind you, the files isn't there ©©©

12-16-2001 17:31:46

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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What do you mean? The files are all there.
12-16-2001 17:33:25

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Carbon
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Then your link must be bad.
All I see is "Nothing to see here - go away".
Later,
Carbon
12-16-2001 17:46:12

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Hrm.. Try http://php2.chek.com/~rasmus/index2.php then. Might have been some weird Squid cacheing going on. I have restarted Squid as well, so check to see if http://php2.chek.com/~rasmus/ is working now. It really should as my logs tell me that it is definitively working for people. There have been a number of downloads of the image already.
12-16-2001 18:05:01

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) plook
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So does the Linksys 100TX with the Peagasus2 chip work alright now? I'm interested because I would like to buy one of these at the local store. Thanks.
12-16-2001 18:53:09

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Yup, works fine with this image. I have a Linksys 100TX Ver: B1 working perfectly. Well, I still don't get any blinking lights, but this message is posted from my IA-1.
12-16-2001 18:56:22

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) plook
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Does anyone know what other adapters use the Peagasus2 chipset. The linksys is $49 around here, and I would like to find something cheaper.
12-16-2001 19:02:32

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) keith721
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the pegasus.o included in this image works well with my 3Com 3C460B PegasusII adapter. get one here from TigerDirect for $19.95 USD, Lonny Paul once said they have 'thousands' in stock
12-16-2001 19:44:23

New MessageKernel Panic (modified 0 times) RatBastard
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Thanks for the image; certainly seems like what a lot of us want.

I flashed it to a CF and booted from it, but I'm getting a Kernel Panic:

"Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel."

I'm not great with low-level linux, but I tried setting the init to /bin/sh and it did the same thing.

I'm assuming that this image is designed for the internal flash (since the lilo name is "internal" but I'm not sure.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Thanks.

12-16-2001 20:05:07

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Yes, it is designed to be dollyed onto the internal flash. You won't be able to boot it from the external flash slot without modifying lilo.conf and running /sbin/lilo on it.
12-16-2001 20:22:45

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) RatBastard
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Bummer.

I can't get the partition tool to work (says can't get configuration for disc) so I can't do the traditional dos/dolly way.

I'll explore other options.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

12-16-2001 20:49:03

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) mshowman
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The image works beautifully with the usb100tx. Nice work!! :)
12-16-2001 22:41:36

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) bobulooo
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Is there another link to this file or anything because I've tried downloading it a number of times now on both a WinME machine and a Win2k machine with both IE and Netscape, but every time I get a file error when I open it up with WinZIP, saying that it's either of an unknown format or damaged.. Any suggestions?
12-17-2001 03:14:48

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 1 times) Rasmus
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I bet IE was simply trying to be helpful and uncompressed it for you without telling you, of course. What is the size of the file you have? The raw linux-2.img file is 16023552 bytes. If that is your file size just name it linux-2.img and continue on (while swearing loudly at that M$ crud, of course)
I will put up an uncompressed version of the file, just in case.
12-17-2001 04:22:28

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Carbon
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Thanks!
The linux-1.img booted right up and works with a SMC 2102 USB adapter.
What is the change between linux-1 ans linux-2?
Thanks again for posting these fine images.
Later,
Carbon
12-17-2001 05:47:36

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Stele
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AWESOME Rasmus - worked perfectly!!

Can someone walk me through what I need to do to run clients from my Linux server? And listen to MP3 streams on the web?

12-17-2001 09:01:09

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Carbon, well, check the ChangeLog section of http://php2.chek.com/~rasmus it says right there. ;) But the main change is enabling TMPFS in the kernel so /var/shm will work. Not all that crucial. If you installed linux-1.img you could simply grab the kernel file http://php2.chek.com/~rasmus/vmlinuz-2.4.17-rc1_ia and copy that overtop of the old kernel. Don't forget to run lilo after doing so.
12-17-2001 09:24:59

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) bballctaulbee
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hmmm... here we go again w/dolly, etc... perhaps someone has a working approach? i tried:

1) created DOS bootable 32MB CF (it boots as an external on the IA-1)
2) the CF has dolly and part on it, along with an uncompressed linux-2 img file
3) attempting:

dolly linux2.img hd128:

results in "Unable to read sector 192, ***ERROR: Read error" - my attempt is to flash it to the internal drive, correct?

perhaps the copy of the image is corrupted? it is (DOS reports) 16,023,552 bytes in size...

has someone tried "cat linux2.img >/dev/hda" using an NFS-mounted directory and a buttmonkey image?

i'd appreciate any input or a working step-by-step...

tia,

bball

12-17-2001 09:42:20

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) mshowman
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hd129: will flash to the internal SanDisk in the IA-1. hd128: will try to overwrite your CF card since the IA-1 treats the external card as the C: drive when it boots from it.
12-17-2001 09:59:12

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) bballctaulbee
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OK! i'm up...

gawd, how i *hate* Microsoft operating systems and software!

urk! on my first try, i meant hd129: (why does the instruction page say "hde129"?)... anyway, a second attempt, starting from scratch on fdisk'ing the 32MB CF worked fine... (the startup script is a bit squirrelly, and loads the pegasus.o module whether you want it or not, but this is easily fixed)...

next up:

- building the usbide.o kernel module for the vmlinuz-2.4.17-rc1_ia kernel... (this module does not require the usbstorage.o module)... this module will allow us to use compugeek's $29 'no-name' USB 2.5" drive caddy with the IA-1! [the caddy actually uses the same ATAPI-IDE chipset used in the Buslink USB caddy]... this will mean native development

Rasmus, would you like me to send/and or post the module?

p.s. thanks for your work...

12-17-2001 10:40:04

New MessageUp and running! Thanks Rasmus! (modified 0 times) RatBastard
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I'm finally running.

It looks great. Thanks for the thoughtful config script at the beginning.

Next time you compile, can you add support for USB keyboards/mice? The mice would be higher priority, IMO.

If I'm able to accomplish this, I'll let you know, but if you happen to be hacking, and you think it will fit, can you throw it in there?

Thanks.

12-17-2001 10:51:01

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Stele
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USB Mouse support would be wonderful. I hate those little mouse-pad thingies.

How much effort would it be to get a SMB client and X mp3 player working? I'd like to be able to stream MP3s off my Linux server. Or, is there a better solution? I also note that I can't play "ASX" streams off the web. Is this a proprietary MS format?

12-17-2001 11:20:28

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) keith721
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bball: don't blame MickeySquish for the C:/D: hd128:/hd129: swap thingy on the IA-1. that appears to be the kraftwerk of the proprietary bios wizards(?!) at Compaq. i never could figure out why dolly.exe uses that numbering convention, though. :-?

stele: yup -- ASX is another of those flavor of the month proprietary formats from MickeySquish. it just seems that those decrepit old WAV and MP3 formats don't include any sort of restrictions and licensing, so they had to dream up something 'better' [blechh!]

rasmus: a big THANK YOU for the newer kernel build, network drivers, and initial config script. i couldn't ever get the pegasus utils to reset the VID and PID on my 3Com 3C460B adapter, and was just beginning to attempt a similar project, when your post appeared. thanks, again!

keith721

12-17-2001 13:06:39

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) bballctaulbee
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btw, sound works fine... i'm playing the Rippingtons via an NFS-mounted directory (looks like /mnt/a was created by default?):

mount -t nfs my_remote_host:/music /mnt/a

i'm having some trouble locating a valid 2.4.17 tree... or should i assume patch 2.4.16 to bring up to 2.4.17-rc1? (found the 2.4.17-rcl patch)...

on to the build!

12-17-2001 13:25:26

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 1 times) Stele
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Hmm - running mount says "mount version older than kernel". Huh? But it seems to have mounted. cool!

But, I can only mount as root and I can't "su" to become root because of the root password bug. After mounting it and then becoming "me", I can't access the mounted directory. How do I give access to the mounted dir to all users? Is it just a matter of directory permissions?

12-17-2001 13:37:25

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) nazareth
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Rasmus,

I've been able to compile my own kernel, but I've wanted to create my own CF
image that boots my kernel and I've been unable to do that. I grabbed the
config file from the jailbait site, and compiled a 2.4.10 (my RH-7.2 distro)
kernel.

I tried to mount the CF card on my linux laptop, but was unable to run lilo
on the CF (hde). I then tried to boot my IA-1 with my old CF card, mount
the CF in read/write mode, and then ftp my new kernel image. That seemed to
work fine, but when I went to run lilo, I got some sort of image too large
error message.

Can give a step-by-step instruction on how to build a "bootable" external CF
linux image?

Thanks,

Sean

12-17-2001 14:03:07

New MessageSUCCESS! External 2.5" USB drive on IA-1 w/2.4.17-rc1_ia (modified 0 times) bballctaulbee
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whoo hoo! i now have an external multi-gigabyte USB drive attached, running, and mounted using Linux on my IA-1!

the drive caddy (an el-cheapo $29 unit from compugeek that uses a chipset used in the Buslink caddy) has a spare laptop hard drive...

i downloaded 2.4.16, applied the two required patches, the kernel config and then the usbide driver source available at:

http://bravin.home.cern.ch/bravin/usbide.html

then did: menuconfig ; make dep ; make modules SUBDIRS=drivers/usb

next, ftp'd the usbide.o module to /tmp on the IA-1, mounted / as rw, attached the external USB drive and performed:

mknod /dev/pda1 b 45 1

insmod -f usbide.o

mount -t ext2 /dev/pda1 /tmp

(the drive had been formatted as ext2, although one could use vfat [ackpht!] if desired)

yahoo!

bball

p.s. many thanks to all IA-1 hackers!

p.s.s. just want the usbide.o kernel module? go to: http://www.tux.org/~bball/ia1/

12-17-2001 14:05:39

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) ameyerstein
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Hey, guys. I'm completely new to any form of linux. I loaded this image fine onto IA-1 thanks to the great detailed instructions everywhere. When I first rebooted, I got the kernel panic VFS error. Then I followed the instructions at /http://www.geocities.com/ranman/ipaq/ipaq.txt, which has brought me to new errors. What was I supposed to do after dollying this v6 image onto the IA-1?

Thanks for the handholding.

12-17-2001 16:39:31

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) bballctaulbee
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btw, the drive caddy is from compgeeks.com (i don't work for 'em)...

if you use this approach for external storage (NFS is good too, mind you), mount / as read-write, then:

1. copy the usbide.o module to /lib/modules

2. insert:

usbide

in /etc/modules

3. insert:

/bin/mknod /dev/pda1 b 45 1

in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh

4. create a mount point under /mnt (or wherever)...

5. umount /

reboot with the drive attached... the driver will automagically load, and you can then:

mount -t ext2_or_msdos_or_vfat /dev/pda1 /mnt/your_mount_point

hope this helps...

bball

12-17-2001 16:51:20

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) mmenke
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Well, my IA-1 arrived today, and I have loaded the image onto the internal flash, and started playing around with it. Everything is good so far, except the ethernet.

dmesg shows -
kern.debug kaweth.c: kaweth_control()
<7>kaweth.c: in_interrupt()
<3>kaweth.c: Failed to set Rx mode: -16
kern.info NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
<4>kaweth.c: eth0: Ts timed out. Resetting.
<7>kaweth.c: eth0: TX status -2.

Anyone have and ideas? The adapter is a netgear ea101, that works under win2k.

-Mark

12-17-2001 19:41:30

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) bballctaulbee
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did you try rebooting the unit with the adapter plugged in? the EA101 i use comes up, but the first time didn't... this happened with the original 'hacked' jailbait flyingbuttmonkey image and the latest 2.4.17 pre-emptive kernel kaweth.o module - but it works!

let us know...

12-17-2001 20:24:40

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) ameyerstein
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bballctaulbee,

I don't know if you were replying to me or not. If so, thanks. Unfortunately I'm not in the market for your external arrangement. I was just hoping to be pointed in the right direction for what to do with this image now that I've copied it onto the internal Sandisk (never used linux before).

Thanks.

12-17-2001 23:14:04

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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I am on the road, but will get to updating the image with the various requests over the next couple of days. Sounds like USB mouse, keyboard and the other usb storage thing should go in if I can find some space. Otherwise I will just put them up as options.
12-17-2001 23:43:44

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Root
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Hey Rasmus

here is a quick "X-Mas Wishlist" for ia-1 jailbait ©©© i will also start working on some of these, as soon as Finals are over ©©©

1¤ Decent Keyboard mapping ¥for those of us too cheap for a USB keyboard¤©
2¤ Power managment , ¥so we can shut it off without pulling the plug©©¤
3¤ Mozzila Browser/mail
4¤ a working user account, so we can lunch a kiosk without root permissions©©
5¤ USB Mouse/Keyboard support©©
6¤ scripts for a Web kiosk, modification list to disable login prompt, extra ttys, unwanted runlevels, etc©

Ohh well©©

root©

12-18-2001 08:05:57

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Someone just posted some key mappings, so I will try to integrate that. And yes, your other items are definitely at the top of my list as well. I am building this thing as a xmas present for my parents, so it needs to be *extremely* idiot-proof and I want to make sure it stays small enough to fit on the internal 16M. I will update the online wishlist for it.
12-18-2001 08:40:16

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) foresto
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Has anyone thought about using Konqueror instead of Netscape or Mozilla? Konq is my favorite linux browser, so if I ever get around to it, I'm going to try getting it to work on the IA-1. (Probably no time soon though... I don't even have a compactflash card yet.)

Here's a link to the Konqueror/Embedded project: http://www.konqueror.org/embedded.html

12-18-2001 13:10:01

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) ameyerstein
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Rasmus,

If you're trying to make it extremely idiot-proof, have you found a way to have a robust GUI environment from turning the unit on to off? I have similar needs, and command-line won't cut it...

12-18-2001 15:42:09

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) wireless
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Since I am not in front of an Appliance right now, I can't remember if this is supported by the Jailbait's initd (busybox?).

Some /etc/inittab's have a line in it as follows:

# What to do at the "3 finger salute".
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -rf now

It got me thinking... man inittab


From inittab man page...
kbrequest
The process will be executed when init receives a signal from the keyboard handler that a special key combination was pressed on the console keyboard.

The documentation for this function is not complete yet; more documentation can be found in the kbd-x.xx packages (most recent was kbd-0.94 at the time of this writing). Basically you want to map some keyboard combination to the "KeyboardSignal" action. For example, to map Alt-Uparrow for this purpose use the following in your keymaps file:

alt keycode 103 = KeyboardSignal


See the Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-7.html

kb::kbrequest:/sbin/shutdown -h now

in /etc/inittab, and

control alt keycode 79 = KeyboardSignal
control alt keycode 107 = KeyboardSignal

in their keymap. Now Ctrl-Alt-End will do a system shutdown.


Ok maybe combining the line using the "kbrequest" action and using the info under "Useful keyboard remapping under Linux" http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=MSNCompanion&Post=178&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session= may allow one of the special keys to do the shutdown.

12-18-2001 16:25:37

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) jakgoff
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I am having pretty significant problems with this image. I've successfully dolly'd it to the internal SanDisk, and LILO does its thing properly. It's a little later on that the trouble starts: During Jailbait's automated configuration process a variety of errors occur, not the least of which is an unknown command error when attempting to establish passwords for either root or the basic user account. Then, after putting in the relevant data for IP address, netmask, and DNS, the system just dumps out a quick series of error messages and then presents a blank prompt. While I can type whatever I want (and hit enter) nothing ever happens. I have the original JAILBAIT image up and running, but since I am having problems making my D-link connect I'd rather use this image. The IA-1 is my first brush with linux, so detailed explanations are greatly appreciated.

-Jack Goff

12-20-2001 16:07:24

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) keith721
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if you do a Google search for Linux on Compaq laptop systems, you can find some information that may help make more sense of the IA-1's hardware, and how to best use it. the most recent example i've found is: http://www.et.com.mx/mgb/linux/1277.html from César Rincón. hope it helps keith721
12-21-2001 09:42:12

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) EmbeddedMan
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Rasmus,
I just got a Xircom PGENET10 USB-Ethernet adaptor, which uses the Kawasaki chip. However, the Kawath.o module that's in your current image does not support this adaptor. (In fact it hangs at boot if I have the PGENET10 pluged in.) The really good news is that there is an updated kaweth.c file on SourceForge under the Kaweth driver project that will correctly detect the PGENET10. It's at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=445138&group_id=23395&atid=378476 and only needs to be compiled into the kaweth.o module. The bad news is that I don't have a working Linux system to do the compile. Would somebody who can do this compile pretty please build the module? Then we can all use this $10 adaptor with Jailbait!

*Brian

12-21-2001 11:09:16

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Where can I find this adapter for $10? I'll grab one and make sure this driver works. I am still on the road though and won't really be back and active until after Jan.7. I'm hoping to get a linux-3.img done with a whole bunch of fixes before then though. People have been sending me good hints and I have been keeping http://php2.chek.com/~rasmus up to date with the fixes.
With the loopback mounting and now being able to easily run vmware from the CF card on my Linux box, the job of building konqueror-embedded or perhaps Mozilla doesn't seem anywhere near as daunting. We really do need a more stable browser. The current Netscape 4.7 in Jailbait dies after a little while with an out of memory error.
12-21-2001 21:07:28

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) EmbeddedMan
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Rasmus,
It is available from our very favorite TigerDirect at http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=X13-0054%20P
so pick one up today! If you can get this guy to work with Jailbait, it may be the best solution (as it is so cheap). Anyway, I am eagerly awaiting any work you do on the next Jailbait image - your work so far is very much appreciated by us poor folk that have never used Linux before. Thanks for allowing us to be introduced to the future with so little pain. :)

*Brian

12-21-2001 21:49:38

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) EmbeddedMan
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Rasmus,
It is available from our very favorite TigerDirect at http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=X13-0054%20P
so pick one up today! If you can get this guy to work with Jailbait, it may be the best solution (as it is so cheap). Anyway, I am eagerly awaiting any work you do on the next Jailbait image - your work so far is very much appreciated by us poor folk that have never used Linux before. Thanks for allowing us to be introduced to the future with so little pain. :)

*Brian

12-21-2001 21:49:44

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Ah, I think I already have one of those. Mine says Entrega on it and U1-E45 on the back of it. I did notice this one didn't work with the Kaweth driver. I'll try with that modified driver.
12-22-2001 07:25:41

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Ah, never mind. It has a different id.
12-22-2001 08:55:00

New MessageUnable to boot error? (modified 0 times) Coldwar
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Hello-
Thanks first of all for your work on this, Rasmus! Is anyone unable to boot off of this image? I have booted multiple images from my IA-1, so I think I have the process down, and the unit working - I can book my dos formatted external CF card, I dolly'd the generic Jailbait image to the internal and booted that, but with this image the IA-1 just won't boot. I take my CF out after using dolly to move linux-2.img interal, and no deal. I changed the boot order in the BIOS just in case, but same deal. Hmm. I don't have to set any boot flags with fdisk, do I? I figure that info is inherited with the disk image...

Thanks!

-cw

12-22-2001 23:56:16

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Root
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Hey Rasmus!

Two questions:

1¤ Now that i have more free time, what can i do to help?
¥generaly i intend to start crossing things off the wishlist, atleast the ones my skills allow me to¤

2¤ Can you post an update image with the multi user fixes ? i'd like to start working on a kiosk version, but i rather not
spend time fixing things that have allready been fixed©©©

Happy holidays,

Root©

12-23-2001 05:16:28

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Root
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** News flash **

Rasmus has justed posted a new image (linux-3) on his website, as well as a LOT of
compiled drivers!

Thanks Rasmus !!

Root.

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Changlog (quoted from website)

Dec.23/01 linux-3.img
- Fix all su and pty problems
- Map first two grey buttons to F1 and F2
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12-23-2001 20:27:09

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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Could someone please verify that this image works? I got an email report from someone saying that linux-2.img (which is still online, just change the link) worked, but linux-3.img did not. It seems to work for me, so I am not sure what is wrong. I did fiddle with the /bin cramfs replacing tinylogin with a newer version and cramfs fiddling is rather nasty, but I don't think I messed it up.
12-23-2001 20:42:23

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) AirMan
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The linux-3 image worked perfectly on my hackable IA-1. Thanks for making it available.
12-23-2001 20:53:51

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Root
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worked like a champ for me too..

Thanks, once again.

Root.

12-23-2001 20:55:08

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) mactabilis
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Worked for me . Netscape is constantly complaining though, and sometimes is just closes out. What I want is a more functional linux for a 64 meg CF, thatd be great.
12-23-2001 21:11:44

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Rasmus
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How about a combination Linux? Put the base OS on the internal flash so in a pinch you can boot without the external and use the external flash for user apps. That way you could also make different external flash images depending on what sort of personality you wanted to give your appliance. That's the direction I am aiming for.

And yes, Netscape on there sucks. It leaks memory which is why it occasionally dies on you. I want to pull it completely off the image along with the ishmail crap and stick all the useful drivers on it instead and then see if either Mozilla or Konqueror-embedded would do the job on the external flash. Probably on a 64M one since they are going for about $30 these days.

I am also very tempted to get rid of all these little partitions on the internal image and just have a single cramfs for the read-only binaries or perhaps go with something else that isn't as difficult to manipulate.

12-23-2001 21:22:35

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) mactabilis
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That sounds great Rasmus. You're awesome
12-23-2001 23:56:41

New Messageproblem with disk image? (modified 0 times) Coldwar
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Hello all-
An update to my post a few messages back - I can boot find from my dos 128mb CF. I can dolly images onto the internal Flash. I can dolly a dos image I made, or the original MSN image I backed up, or the plain jailbait images I downloaded. When I blast them onto the internal flash, I can start Ranish part.exe (with -d 2) or dos' fdisk and verify what landed on the 16mb sandisk, and then boot them fine.

But, when I dolly Rasmus' images (either linux-2 or linux-3) fdisk shows nothing, and Ranish shows a corrupt FAT-12 partition in spot 2, in red text, and with some bizarre numbers (cyl 8,847,040??) Moving onto this partition shows "partition out of range" which makes sense, given these numbers. Not having function keys doesn't make Ranish any easier to use.

Is anyone else seeing this? Can I tell dolly to put the image in a particular place instead of the default? Are my images just corrupt? My file size for the linux-3.img file is 16,085,877 (in DOS.)

Everyone else is having fun without me...any help appreciated!

-cw

12-24-2001 02:29:05

New Messageimage trouble update (modified 0 times) Coldwar
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Update to above message:

I re-downloaded the linux-3.img file on the actual machine (laptop running 98) with the PCMCIA-CF adapter, instead of downloading from my NT box then copying it over, and found the filesize to be slightly smaller this time. Now the images writes to the SanDisk just fine.

Wierd. Much too late in the AM to figure out how this happened.

-cw

12-24-2001 03:00:28

New MessageImage Trouble Concurrence (modified 0 times) shorn
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I also had the problem of the downloaded .img files being too big and creating nonsensical partitions on the internal flash. I was DLing them to my Win98 laptop using Netscape 4.77. When I switched to IE for the download, I got files of the correct size that installed fine.

Weird, I've not seem download problems with Netscape before. Been using it for years.

Rasmus, thanks very much for sharing the fruits of your handiwork. I like the idea of using the internal flash for a full-featured OS core and the external for user apps. And I definitely like the idea of using Mozilla instead of Netscape.

12-24-2001 16:07:32

New Messagelinux-3.img with d-link 650-TX (modified 0 times) Coldwar
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Yeah, it may have been a netscape/IE issue. Funny, it's usually IE that mangles files, or tries to uncompress something without telling me, etc. It was pretty late and I was determined to get this working, so I don't even remember what I did last :)

I should report that this image worked *straightaway* with my D-Link 650-TX USB-ethernet adapter. It was a beautiful sight at 4am. I understand there may be two versions of this adapter - if anyone can tell me how to determine what one I have, I can report it.

-cw

12-24-2001 23:44:08

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Root
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any news on getting the xircom adapter working under jailbait?

root.

12-25-2001 11:48:37

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) EmbeddedMan
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When you boot with it connected, it says a Kawath interface was created on eth0, but then after that no packets flow forth. I think that the new kawath.c file has not been compiled yet into the driver to support this adaptor. Maybe sometime soon somebody will do it? (I can't since I don't have a Linux system that's able to compile. Jailbait is my first!)

*Brian

12-25-2001 12:28:25

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 1 times) ito6809
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The linux-3 image worked perfectly. Thanks.
12-25-2001 16:07:26

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) markskinner
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Concerning CF flash images that seem to get corrupted...


I have been able to follow the walk through to get a 32 meg (toshiba) CF flash formatted and partitioned with part.exe
but when the IA-1 tries to boot,
Unable to access Harddrive. message shows up.

then I look at the cf in my win98 pc (usb reader) and now Ranish shows that 3 new partions are there and they are all scrambled with junk information.

is it possible to boot dos from a 32 meg CF? should i get a pcmcia/CF reader for my laptop and try the same steps there?


ALSO I will PAY money to get ether a usb wireless linksys (ver2.5) or dlink dwl-120 working on jailbait.
Plus I will offer a bounty to anyone that can get opera running as well.

Mark

12-25-2001 17:27:46

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) squale
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Re: Mark's post

I would also like to see Oprea in Jailbit and am wondering about the size of Netscape, ... It looks like Oprea V.5.0 for Linux is about 2.7 mb while the version of Netscape which is on Jailbit (Netscape Navigator 4.73) is about 7.5 mb(?). I'm just trying to see if it would be possible to free up some room on the SanDisk and get a more stable (and in my opinion superior) browser in the process.


-ben pasquale
12-25-2001 19:03:14

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 1 times) Gondola
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I've noticed that there is an smbfs.o module posted on Rasmus' site. Has anyone gotten SMB mounting working using his image? How about NFS? If either, please post some quick instructions..

Thanks!
G

12-25-2001 21:12:54

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) gborden1
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a stupid question:

how to start netscape from jailbait? I'm sort of linux-ignorant. If I try to start it from the command line, I just get "Can't open display", and if I do startx, none of the keys seem to do anything at all. In x, I get a cursor which responds, and a little blue rectangle at the bottom which says "Workspace1", a few little arrows, and the time. The time updates and the cursor responds, so it's not dead. I'm logged in as root, and can ping from the command line. Funny I've gotten this far and get stuck with something that seems quite silly...

12-28-2001 09:22:13

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) rman
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If all is well with your install, a right mouse click on the desktop should get you a launch menu.
12-28-2001 09:58:52

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) gborden1
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Yup, that was it, thanks. I guess with the funky keyboard I hit every button but that one. Everything works now--thanks for your efforts!
12-28-2001 11:50:08

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) Curious
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Image worked great and recognized my D-link 650, but "link not established". I want to change my network settings, but know very little of Linux. What command would I use to re-configure my network settings. Thanks
12-28-2001 22:53:10

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) keith721
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Curious:

take a look at the original Jailbait FAQ, at http://jailbait.sourceforge.net/faq.html section 3. tells how to use the ifconfig command. for DHCP, i believe the pump command does most of the work.

12-29-2001 07:53:18

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) chriscook
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Actually, the dlink DSB-650 gives that error message and the lights refuse to blink (or light at all) but the adapter works just fine... ifconfig will show that the link status is up. Just ignore the error message
12-30-2001 19:55:24

New MessageOkay, new inclusion suggestion (modified 0 times) erroneus
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We already know that graphic power and speed might be a performance issue on this IA-1 device and that's okay... but if you just HAVE to play games, how about THIS one! :

http://www.jfedor.org/aaquake2/

It's text-screen quake2 for Linux. I wonder if that can be packed in with the rest of the goodies? Then Q3 later on ... I can hardly wait 'til my first death match on my IA-1...

12-30-2001 21:53:06

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) ScottSurovich
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Great Image - Works great!

I have 2 questions though :

I have no sound - Any ideas how to get it?

2nd... I like to use Live365.com for streaming radio. When I use netscape, I go to a station and it just stops?

and last, I changed the / to RW and I get a ton of netscape errors Like bookmark errors, etc...

Thanks!
Scott

01-01-2002 19:57:34

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) robpattondotcom
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Anyone have any luck with this image file and a 3Com 3C19250 (Audrey usb net card) It kinda act like it works, but cant get any traffic... It shows as a kawasaki chipset, just didnt know if this version really supported it.

Anyone?

01-01-2002 23:25:47

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) sjstein
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I also have had no luck with this new JB image and the 3COM 19250 (Audrey) adapter.

After jb boots, the lights on the adapter blink back and forth. "Network not available" messages when attempting ping...

Also, does anyone know how to configure this disto for DHCP? I'd like to boot off my internal mini firewall...

01-05-2002 08:26:06

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) debrcmj
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sjstein,

To set it up for DHCP, you need to remount / as read-write, then create a file called /etc/config/pump.

Do:

1) mount / -o remount,rw
2) touch /etc/config/pump
3) mount / -o remount,ro (set it to r ead-only again)

Good luck!

01-05-2002 10:00:38

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) sjstein
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Wow - that simple! Things are working now - both the USB adapter and DHCP. Thanks for the help!

Now, another question - when X is running, and goes into the screen saver, half of the screen shows vertical lines (botton) and the other is blank (top). Do other people get this?

01-05-2002 12:31:26

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) erroneus
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I have nothing new to add here except that I didn't want this thread to be forgotten -- it's the most significant one so far!

Rasmus? Have you forgotten us? :)

01-15-2002 23:18:03

New MessageRE:New Jailbait V6 Image for IA-1 (modified 0 times) keith721
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he's not forgotten anyone -- in another message thread, rasmus mentioned traveling around the U.S. and abroad for several weeks...
01-16-2002 18:33:13

New MessageRE:New easy way to copy image to flash w/linux! (modified 0 times) jerryn
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I've got linux, so I had to load it on my comapny assigned laptop. All you need to do to copy an image to flash with linux use the pcmcia or usb cf adpater and get it configured. On my mandrake 8.1 installation the Sandisk comes up as /dev/hde.

So all you need to do is:
dd if=sourceimage of=destinationdevice
for example:
dd if=/home/jerryn/ia1image.img of=/dev/hde
This is an image so no need to partition the drive or format. piece of cake!

01-18-2002 06:59:26

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