[leaf-user] Trying to upgrade to Bering-uClibc 4.x

2012-04-11 Thread Brad Klinghagen
I am trying to upgrade my current firewall which is using LEAF Bering uClibc 3.x something. I'm taking things cautiously because I had read information about changes with the 4.x version, especially around Shorewall, so I wanted to take things slowly and not put myself into huge hole of

Re: [leaf-user] Trying to upgrade to Bering-uClibc 4.x

2012-04-11 Thread Victor McAllister
On 4/11/2012 7:32 AM, Brad Klinghagen wrote: I am trying to upgrade my current firewall which is using LEAF Bering uClibc 3.x something. I'm taking things cautiously because I had read information about changes with the 4.x version, especially around Shorewall, so I wanted to take things

Re: [leaf-user] Trying to upgrade to Bering-uClibc 4.x

2012-04-11 Thread n22e113
I downloaded the file Bering-uClibc_4.1_geode_syslinux_ser.tar. The above tar file will redirect all output to /dev/ttyS0 (aka COM1:DB-9) serial ports (See page 12 of your AR-B1554 User's Guide). You need to use a null modem cable and attach the other end to a Linux console using minicom or

Re: [leaf-user] Trying to upgrade to Bering-uClibc 4.x

2012-04-11 Thread david M brooke
On 11 Apr 2012, at 19:12, n22e113 wrote: I downloaded the file Bering-uClibc_4.1_geode_syslinux_ser.tar. The above tar file will redirect all output to /dev/ttyS0 (aka COM1:DB-9) serial ports (See page 12 of your AR-B1554 User's Guide). You need to use a null modem cable and attach the

Re: [leaf-user] Trying to upgrade to Bering-uClibc 4.x

2012-04-11 Thread Brad Klinghagen
Well at least I know I was trying the right things. Thank you for your contributions. I really do appreciate the assistance. Each of the suggestions by David, Kwon, and Victor were the things I tried; thinking similar to what you indicated in your emails. I tried the serial connection first;

Re: [leaf-user] Trying to upgrade to Bering-uClibc 4.x

2012-04-11 Thread Brad Klinghagen
Okay, I just tried another attempt. I kept the Geode based initrd.lrp, but removed the part of the APPEND line indicating the serial port, REMOVED the configdb.lrp file, and then added the libata.dma=3 into the APPEND statement. It boots up. Thanks again. Now that it is booting, can I just

Re: [leaf-user] Trying to upgrade to Bering-uClibc 4.x

2012-04-11 Thread n22e113
On 4/11/2012 19:16, Brad Klinghagen wrote: Now that it is booting, can I just copy the moddb.lrp and configdb.lrp from my existing production device (BuC 3.x) to this test device to establish the configuration (wanted to keep the same setup). I assume, even if I copy those *.lrp files, I'll