installing debian on iomega iconnect
Hi, I've succesfully (using jeff's method with a dockstar) created a nice debian squeezebox server, which my nephew has now comandeered ! I've just bought a cheap secondhand kirkwood iomega iconnect,...
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Hi, Heres a guy thats managed to get debian on the iconnect, despite being a linux newbie i'm gonna have a bash when my iconnect arrives in a few days (and i source a suitable PSU for it). Being a...
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Got the iconnect and sourced a temporary psu and ..... In reflashing the device with the latest firmware, i noticed that iomega have produced a "imager" zip file (because the first batches of the...
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There seems to be a couple of problems supporting the iConnect in the current kirkwood release. There is no common arcNumber: - iomega uses 1682 - OpenWRT uses 2870 - Debian <asm/mach-types.h>...
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WernerB, hi, first of i'm a complete linux/uboot newbie, i'm only really interested in getting a squeezebox server like on my little dockstar but with more memory [much needed for mplayer/playwma]...
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Hi all, After getting my own iConnect and wanting to try this i have problems getting to a prompt. Somehow, the device won't even boot (blue led stays off) if the serial cable is connected. Only if i...
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Do a serial loopback test to check if pl2303 adapter is wired correctly. The adapter should echo whatever data is transmitted even when not connected to iconnect. By the way what pinout did you follow...
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Hi, thanks for the input dpffan! The loopback test shows everything alright, "cat /dev/ttyUSB0" and "echo 'test' > /dev/ttyUSB0" behaves as expected when bridging PIN's 2 & 3 on the Prolific....
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Hi, after googling some more there is some conflicting information out there. Some sites state that the serial pinout on the iconnect device is 0 - Kensington Lock Opening top left PIN 1 - 3.3V PIN 2...
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It could be the wrong baud rate set if garbage is received and the connections are right. Maybe you could try a different point for GND and see if noise is another cause. The TX,RX pinout exchange is...
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I experience the same problems as FredJ . Not booting with serial cable connected and just weird stuff as output on the console. Loopback test was successful. Tried several settings for the connection...
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Also tried to set up a iconnect Debian solution. Tried both PIN settings and nothing worked. Using the PL2303 it actually outputs ^BOOT: 26434601,0,0,0,24 ^RSSI: 12 and so forth. ... No garbage only...
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The problem is probably with the voltage, should be 0-3.3V, but for example mine usb to serial converter gives 0-5.5V...
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Hi, I am a complete beginner to Linux and am interested in installing Debian on my iconnect. The procedure looks straight forward enough. Just curious as to how you then install and use programs such...
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You are right, its the voltage... I got another cable which is intendet for Nokia mobile phones. You can buy it very cheap (1,40€) and follow the instructions you can find on several pages to connect...
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I just found this german page! They have created an USB-Image which is automatically booted. Its what I wanted to do... so look at it. I didnt test it yet. Debian auf der Iomega iConnect
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have actually tried the iConnect Debian Image from the german site and it works like a charm! No flickerung LEDs and no problems connecting to Fast-Ethernet-Routers as I experienced with archlinux...
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>Also tried to set up a iconnect Debian solution. >Tried both PIN settings and nothing worked. Using the PL2303 it actually outputs >^BOOT: 26434601,0,0,0,24 > >^RSSI: 12 > >and...
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Is it possible to restore the original firmware after instaling debian?
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Dennis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it possible to restore the original firmware > after instaling debian? Yes,...
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