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| ==QR Code==
| | #REDIRECT [[Projects/Bifferboard]] |
| {{ProjectDetails|ProjectTitle=Bifferboard}}
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| ==Notes==
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| Bifferboard doesn't have working serial, so we need a distro that boots without asking.
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| Tried http://blog.famzah.net/category/bifferboard/ This can be done on Babbage (it has an autosensing ethernet card):
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| sudo ./bb_eth_upload.py eth0 00:b3:f6:00:35:c7 ../vmlinuz-2.6.30.5-bifferboard-ipipe
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| And everything else from there. Wouldn't boot:
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| VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(0,0)
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| Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
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| Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
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| Ditto for http://www.sunspot.co.uk/Projects/Bifferboard/Debian_distro.html:
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| [ 0.822178] usb usb2: Product: OHCI Host Controller
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| [ 0.827287] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.32.2-bifferboard ohci_hcd
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| [ 0.827287] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:0a.0
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| [ 0.838835] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
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| [ 0.846961] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
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| [ 0.846961] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
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| [ 0.856890] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
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| [ 0.856890] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
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| [ 0.871526] USB Mass Storage support registered.
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| [ 0.876429] VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(0,0)
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| [ 0.890057] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
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| [ 0.898733] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
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| '''Final result: Slackware works perfectly, without any trouble. Debian, does not. At all.'''
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| <strike>Not that any of this matters, as ms7821 fried the thing...</strike>
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| We now have three bifferboards (biffercluster will happen at some point)
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| === Wiring through Bus Bandit ===
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| [http://bifferos.bizhat.com/pinouts/ Bifferboard] [http://wiki.hackspace.org.uk/wiki/BusPirate Bus Pirate]
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| Connect BusPirate connector -> Black Grey Brown -> Yellow Green Black -> Bifferboard 9, 8, 7
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| (NB the blacks don't connect to each other)
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| Settings:
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| UART, 115200, 8N1, Idle 1, 3.3V
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| m 3, 9, [1], [1], [1], 2
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| (then use macro (1) to enter UART bridge mode)
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| == New attempt ==
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| http://blog.famzah.net/2009/11/20/running-debian-on-bifferboard/
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| SVN revision 238 required build-essential, libncurses5-dev (ncurses), kernel-package (make-kpkg), and took 3 hours to build on lovelace.
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| svn co https://bifferboard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bifferboard bifferboard
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| cd bifferboard/debian/
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| ./build.sh 2.6.32
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| The rootfs step requires debootstrap, and took 1 hour to build on lovelace. The root password is hackspace.
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| sudo su
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| mkdir /mnt/biffo
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| ./format-and-mount.sh /dev/sdb /mnt/biffo
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| ./install-debian.sh /mnt/biffo/ uk
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| Set up the [[BusPirate]] if you're using it:
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| screen /dev/ttyUSB2 115200
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| M
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| 3
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| 9
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| 1
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| 1
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| 1
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| 2
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| (1)
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| Space, Ctrl+A, :quit, Enter
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| And finally, burn the loader:
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| boot/bb_upload8.py /dev/ttyUSB2 /mnt/biffo/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-bifferboard
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| When booting, hit Esc, and type
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| usbroot
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| save
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| go
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| as my Bifferboard attempted to boot without a commandline otherwise.
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