Hi I've the same problem and any solution like you.
did you find a solution or something or did you pass in waranty the card ???? thanks Laurent --- In [email protected], "Geert Vancompernolle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your French accent is quite OK, certainly with this Halloween season > (you used "witch" in your text... got it?... [:D] ) At least > understandable... [;;)] > > One more thing you could try: connect to a serial port. Did you try > this already? > > In this case, there's no hassle (yet) with ports, ethernet cables, > switches, IP addresses, etc... And you can also communicate with your > FoxBoard. > > At least, if this succeeds, you have a means to check things such as > network connection and so on in your RFS. > > Just try and see what the outcome is... > > Regarding your observations: > > > * Green led indicates the power, this one must always light up > > > * Red led: flashes if the MAC address is still the default one. Once > you have changed the MAC address to your own unique MAC address, the LED > won't flash any more > > > * Documentation: I didn't see any documentation at all when the board > was ordered, but who cares? There's plenty of documentation on the inet > (surf to www.acmesystems.it and you will find tons of info). And it's > good for the environment too: less paper consumption... > > > * Flashing the board: that's not normal it wasn't flashed. It should > at least contain a pre-flashed kernel and RFS. > I too had the wrong image flashed into the board, but at least it was > flashed and it worked half-half. I later on rebuilt the whole kernel > (switched to 2.6) and re-flashed the board without any problems. > > > * I see that you switch off your board before executing the > boot_image command. You shouldn't do this! > First execute the boot_image command, then when you see on your terminal > screen there's no progress any more (after a very short time), only then > switch off your Fox board, short J8 and re-power it again. > You should see the progress on your terminal. > > > > Best rgds, > > --Geert > > --- In [email protected], "e_cocquerez" <e_cocquerez@> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > First, sorry for my very good french accent :-) > > I'm very dissapointed by this card. After waiting 2 month for this > > card, I receive it this morning. Just take 5 seconds to read the most > > cheaped documentation I never seen, and I connect the power. > > The green led (DL3) switch ON, and the 2 leds DL1 and DL2 flash. I try > > to acces the web server, nothing. I try an ssh connection, nothing. > > Ping also bad. > > I take a look on internet and it seems that I have to flash this card. > > First, I take a look at my switch, the led port on witch the fox is > > connected isn't "On". > > I switch the port with a good one, same result. I take another eternet > > cable, same result. > > I download VMPlayer and the debian, Install it and try flashing the > > fox card throught my switch, nothing happen. > > I also try to connect directly the fox card on my Linux station ( with > > all SDK installed) with a crossed network cable, nothing happen. I try > > with a normal cable, nothing happen. > > Every time, I follow the procedure describe on Internet : Switch off > > the Fox, strap J8, start the boot_linux -F and power up the fox. > > > > What can I do ? smoke it ? cry ? > > >
