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Please dont reply/comment until you see this note]Happy new year (2014) to all...
So I pulled back my dreamplug from its slumber and installed to the latest debian stable as of today...
I used a linux desktop to work, so all things are linux....
Here are the steps...
A. Upgrade u-boot
# wget
http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/u/u-boot/u-boot_2012.04.01-2_armel.deb# dpkg-deb -x u-boot_2012.04.01-2_armel.deb u-boot_2012.04.01-2_armel
# cp -r u-boot_2012.04.01-2_armel/usr/lib/u-boot/dreamplug /mnt
> usb start
> fatload usb 2 0x6400000 dreamplug/u-boot.kwb
> sf probe 0
> sf erase 0x0 0x80000
> sf write 0x6400000 0x0 0x${filesize}
> sf write 0x6400000 0x0 0x2FDEC
Modification Date File Size Hex Size md5sum
May 31, 2012, 21:19 196076 2FDEC 4312c71b98049eab73332a3f283a1c5c
B. Install Debian
usb start
fatload usb 0:1 0x00800000 /uImage
fatload usb 0:1 0x01100000 /uInitrd
setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200n8 base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy=most
bootm 0x00800000 0x01100000
setenv bootargs_console console=ttyS0,115200
setenv bootcmd_usb 'usb start; ext2load usb 0:1 0x00800000 /uImage; ext2load usb 0:1 0x01100000 /uInitrd'
setenv bootcmd 'setenv bootargs $(bootargs_console); run bootcmd_usb; bootm 0x00800000 0x01100000'
saveenv
C. Fixed u-boot env
baudrate=115200
bootdelay=-1
eth1addr=f0:ad:4e:00:XX:YY
ethact=egiga0
ethaddr=f0:ad:4e:00:XX:YY
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
x_bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200
x_bootargs_root=root=/dev/sdb2 rootdelay=10
x_bootcmd_ethernet=ping 192.168.1.1
x_bootcmd_kernel=ext2load usb 1:1 0x00800000 /uImage; ext2load usb 1:1 0x01100000 /uInitrd
x_bootcmd_kernel_img=ext2load usb 1:1 0x00800000 /uImage
x_bootcmd_kernel_ini=ext2load usb 1:1 0x01100000 /uInitrd
x_bootcmd_usb=usb start
bootcmd=setenv ethact egiga0; ${x_bootcmd_ethernet}; setenv ethact egiga1; ${x_bootcmd_ethernet}; ${x_bootcmd_usb}; ${x_bootcmd_kernel_img}; ${x_bootcmd_kernel_ini}; setenv bootargs ${x_bootargs} ${x_bootargs_root}; bootm 0x00800000 0x01100000
References/Thanks:
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/DreamPlug/Firmwarehttps://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/DreamPlug
