On Dec 27, 2012 10:12 "Stuart Winter" <m-li...@biscuit.org.uk> wrote:
> > In the Linux world anything is possible. I just finished about an > > hour > > ago using the rsynch command to retrieve the Raspberry PI stuff from > > your site Stanley (Garvey) and found it to be an interesting > > process. > > Incidentally the website mentions that the FTP site will accept > > anonymous requests, it didn't. > > I couldn't determine whether you were talking about the Slackware ARM > web > site or Stanley's. > All of the FTP sites listed here permit anonymous access. > <http://www.armedslack.org/getslack/> > There's a link on David's web site which references the old name > 'armedslack' which has been removed a while ago - but you get a 'No > such > file or directory' error which indicates successful anonymous login, > but a > failure to find the directory. Is that what you were seeing? > > I've added Stanley and FatDog.eu's URLs to the INSTALL_RASPBERRYPI.TXT > document for -current and 14.0 as they're also both great resources. > > > My only problem is that of cross compiling a kernel, especially > > since > > the host is running 13.37 and I'll probably be running 14.0 on the > > R.PI device (target). I suspect I'll need to work on how to upgrade > > the system and preserve my content....... > > It doesn't matter what version of gcc you build the kernel with > really, as > long as it's reasonably recent. You'd need a cross compiler anyway, > which is independent from the host toolchain. > > Unless you want to modify something in the kernel, it's far easier to > use > one of the pre-compiled kernels. > > Hi Gregg, Hi Stuart, > It's my site that does not do ftp, it's on my DMZ and I need to open > some ports, but I have not had the time. rsync works nicely. > I have used the RPI tools cross-complier but had unusual results > (kernel panics) and I compile on the pi if I need to. you can update > your kernel and the firmware with Hexxehs rpi-updater, it for debian > but works with slackware. > it does tend to crash on first run while performing self update. > Delete the hidden directory .rpi-firmware from the directory you ran > it from ie 'rm -r .rpi-firmware' and try again. > get it via: > rsync > stanleygarvey.co.uk::SlackBerry/packages/rpi-update-2012.07.05-noarch- > 1_sag.tgz . > > installpkg rpi-update-2012.07.05-noarch-1_sag.tgz > > as root : > rpi-update > > Kind regards > Stanley. >
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