http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/iopener.php http://www.adamlotz.com/iopener.html At 01:03 PM 5/24/03 -0500, you wrote: >What exactly is an 'iOpener'??? > > Mike > >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >Mike Neuliep, Illiana Internet | Providing solutions in networking, >PO BOX 442, Dyer IN 46311 | security, bandwidth, colocation and >Cell 708-932-9547 mike@xxxxxxxxxxx | much more. -- Cisco Certified -- >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > >On Fri, 23 May 2003, Tom Brown wrote: > >> Lab Notes 5/22/03 >> >> Present: Mike Cook, Tom Brown; 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm >> >> :: iOpener >> >> Mike didn't bring the iOpener to the lab. He has made progress and believes >> he will have it booting off a hard drive this week. This iOpener is a late >> model and has anti-hacking measures applied by the manufacturer. Plus the >> previous owner hacked it or tried to hack it. The iOpener has a SanDisk. >> The trick is to transfer a small kernel with usb nic support to the SanDisk. >> >> A community of iOpener hackers exists. Mike has found considerable after >> market parts and hacking support on several web sites. >> >> :: IBM NetVista N2800 >> >> Mike and I spent the entire lab working on the NetVista 2800 thin client. >> We gained ground but aren't close to booting Linux on one yet. >> >> . Bios Password >> >> Mike and I solved the problem of unlocking the N2800 password protected >> bios. After searching the IBM support site for quite a while we got ideas. >> IBM's instructions are cryptic and include empty documents and missing >> diagrams. But it was enough to formulate some theories. The first few >> didn't work. Then Mike fell upon the right combination of jumper settings >> to unlock the bios. >> >> . Hard Drive >> >> We discovered the bios supports hard drives. Mike figures that an odd >> square plug mounted on the mobo is the power connector for a hard drive or >> cdrom drive. But will the N2800 boot from a local hard drive? Neither of us >> has a power cord with the oddball connector. We couldn't find a reference >> to the connector, the part or a hard drive at IBM. >> >> . Token Ring Obstruction >> >> Mike and I adjusted the bios to use dhcp. I installed an ethernet nic with >> a bootrom. The N2800 recognized it and the nic tried to communicate with >> the network. However the ethernet nic couldn't establish a conversation >> with Boris the boot server. Boris' system logs don't even reflect an >> attempt at dhcp from the N2800, so foreign was the protocol the N2800 >> spoke. Unless we can find a way to turn off token ring, we can't boot a >> N2800-TUS from an ethernet card. >> >> . Flash >> >> The N2800 has a flash chip. We suppose the bios is on the flash chip and >> can be rewritten. If we try and fail, hello N2800 doorstop. >> >> . CompactFlash >> >> The most likely method to boot Linux on the N2800 is the CompactFlash (CF). >> Mike found prices for various sizes of CF. The least expensive are under >> $10.00. If we can put a Linux kernel with ethernet support on a CF, we may >> be able to netboot from an LTSP server. When I got home from the lab, I >> discovered Jay done the same research and sent a list of CF sizes and prices. >> >> . IBM Hacks the N2800 >> >> Mike and I ran a searches on Google and came up with one thread advising >> folks that N2800's won't work with LTSP. However the writer mentioned a >> method of net booting Linux that IBM devised. With better search terms I >> found a reference to a Linux boot kit for the N2800 on IBM's site. IBM >> warns that it is designed folks who want to "build-your-own" thin client >> solution. Turns out that Jay had found the same page independently and >> mailed the same page url to the list. >> >> The kit includes all the files necessary to boot a N2800 or N2200 from >> TurboLinux 6.0 or RedHat 7.1 server. The method is not the same as LTSP. >> IBM proprietary software is involved. So the N2800 thin client network will >> require its own server. And the hack probably won't get us around the token >> ring problem. The tar.gz file from IBM is 36 mb and the total install is >> 1.6 gb including RH rpms. >> >> Tom >> >> >> >> To post to the list send email to <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at <//www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana> >> > > > >To post to the list send email to <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at <//www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana> > To post to the list send email to <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at <//www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana>