From: <ja...@fa...> - 2007-01-07 12:47:54
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Greetings All, Newbie here... basic question: I've looked over the faq about flashing my gumstix over the net (netstix 400xm-cf), and it doesn't quite make sense... I don't get a network prompt until well after it's started booting; how will it startup the network stack before it boots? I don't really want to just "try" it (without further info) because I just got it, and don't really want to be sending it back again so soon.. :} Thanks! Jason -- |++++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe and Reboot+++ |UUCP ja...@tx... Who wills, Can. |VOICE (412) 521-2162 Who tries, Does. |LOCAL Hey, Jason! Who loves, Lives. o_. |Disclaimer: Not me! I didn't do *THAT!* <| |Local Disclaimer: I'm not here! A. McCaffrey 4 |
From: ken s. <ken...@gm...> - 2007-01-07 17:24:16
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Hi Jason, On 1/7/07, ja...@fa... <ja...@fa...> wrote: > > Greetings All, > > Newbie here... basic question: I've looked over the faq about > flashing my gumstix over the net (netstix 400xm-cf), and it > doesn't quite make sense... I don't get a network prompt until > well after it's started booting; how will it startup the network > stack before it boots? > > I don't really want to just "try" it (without further info) > because I just got it, and don't really want to be sending it > back again so soon.. :} Gumstix systems with a MMC slot or a CF slot only _need_ a reflash to update u-boot. You can test new kernels and new file systems directly from the removable meda: http://docwiki.gumstix.com/Root_filesystems You can also reflash u-boot and/or the file system with appropriate u-boot scripts. Here's an example of reflashing the file system from MMC: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.gumstix.general/16728/match=factory+script --- Ken |