Topic: Instalation on a Fon+ (2201) keeps failing

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Post #1

dninja

12 Oct 2008, 22:44

I've tried loads of times to get Kamikaze installed on my Fon+ but nothing has worked, hopefully someone can spot what I'm doing wrong.

I can get into redboot via ethernet fine every time and I've followed most of the install howtos I can find. All work ok but then openwrt doesn't start.

I tried this which followed the instructions in the wiki for installing on the original Fon

RedBoot>version

RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROMRAM]
OpenWrt certified release, version 1.1 - built 22:32:28, May  7 2007

Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Red Hat, Inc.

Board: FON 2201
RAM: 0x80000000-0x81000000, [0x80040290-0x80fe1000] available
FLASH: 0xa8000000 - 0xa87f0000, 128 blocks of 0x00010000 bytes each.
RedBoot> fconfig -l -n
boot_script: true
boot_script_data:
.. fis load -b 0x80100000 loader
..  go 0x80100000

boot_script_timeout: 2
bootp: false
bootp_my_gateway_ip: 0.0.0.0
bootp_my_ip: 192.168.1.1
bootp_my_ip_mask: 255.255.255.0
bootp_server_ip: 192.168.1.254
console_baud_rate: 9600
gdb_port: 9000
info_console_force: false
net_debug: false
RedBoot> fis list
Name              FLASH addr  Mem addr    Length      Entry point
RedBoot           0xA8000000  0xA8000000  0x00030000  0x00000000
vmlinux.bin.l7    0xA8030000  0x80040400  0x000C0000  0x80040400
rootfs            0xA80F0000  0x80040400  0x006F0000  0x80040400
FIS directory     0xA87E0000  0xA87E0000  0x0000F000  0x00000000
RedBoot config    0xA87EF000  0xA87EF000  0x00001000  0x00000000
RedBoot> fis init
About to initialize [format] FLASH image system - continue (y/n)? y
*** Initialize FLASH Image System
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> fis list
Name              FLASH addr  Mem addr    Length      Entry point
RedBoot           0xA8000000  0xA8000000  0x00030000  0x00000000
FIS directory     0xA87E0000  0xA87E0000  0x0000F000  0x00000000
RedBoot config    0xA87EF000  0xA87EF000  0x00001000  0x00000000
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-atheros-2.6-vmlinux.lzma
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80040400-0x801003ff, assumed entry at 0x80040400
RedBoot> fis create -e 0x80041000 -r 0x80041000 vmlinux.bin.l7
... Erase from 0xa8030000-0xa80f0000: ............
... Program from 0x80040400-0x80100400 at 0xa8030000: ............
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> fis free
  0xA80F0000 .. 0xA87E0000
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-atheros-2.6-root.squashfs
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80040400-0x801603ff, assumed entry at 0x80040400
RedBoot> fis create -l 0x6F0000 rootfs           
... Erase from 0xa80f0000-0xa87e0000: .................................................................
... Program from 0x80040400-0x80160400 at 0xa80f0000: ..................
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .

And also, after reading a post in the forum, I tried this:

RedBoot> fis init
About to initialize [format] FLASH image system - continue (y/n)? y
*** Initialize FLASH Image System
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-atheros-2.6-vmlinux.lzma
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80040400-0x801003ff, assumed entry at 0x80040400
RedBoot> fis create -e 0x80041000 -r 0x80041000 vmlinux.bin.l7
... Erase from 0xa8030000-0xa80f0000: ............
... Program from 0x80040400-0x80100400 at 0xa8030000: ............
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-atheros-root.squashfs
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Can't load 'openwrt-atheros-root.squashfs': file not found
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-atheros-2.6-root.squashfs
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80040400-0x801603ff, assumed entry at 0x80040400
RedBoot> fis create rootfs
... Erase from 0xa80f0000-0xa8210000: ..................
... Program from 0x80040400-0x80160400 at 0xa80f0000: ..................
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> reset

Which lets the final create work out the values for itself.

I'm running linux and would rather stick with that, the last time I tried the Freifunk on a vista box I got loads of errors with winpcap so gave up.

Can anyone help?

Post #2

phorn

13 Oct 2008, 00:53

When installing the AR430W which has similar hardware to the fon, I remember that I had to set a "boot script" so that it executes something automatically on startup.
http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Har … W#line-168

The important part is:

fis load -l vmlinux.bin.l7
exec

If you want, you can type those two commands in by themselves and the router should boot (after terminating your telnet session).

Basically you need to type in "fconfig" and then run that boot script automatically to load the kernel from flash and then execute it.
Make sure you put a positive boot script timeout or there is a chance you might be unable to telnet back into redboot.

Post #3

dninja

15 Oct 2008, 21:53

I've tried that and it didn't fix it, still no boot but as before redboot is still there and working fine.

Any more tips?

Post #4

dninja

15 Oct 2008, 22:55

Just to confirm what I've tried this time....

Escape character is '^]'.
RedBoot> fis list
Name              FLASH addr  Mem addr    Length      Entry point
RedBoot           0xA8000000  0xA8000000  0x00030000  0x00000000
vmlinux.bin.l7    0xA8030000  0x80041000  0x000C0000  0x80041000
rootfs            0xA80F0000  0x80040400  0x006F0000  0x80040400
FIS directory     0xA87E0000  0xA87E0000  0x0000F000  0x00000000
RedBoot config    0xA87EF000  0xA87EF000  0x00001000  0x00000000
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-atheros-2.6-vmlinux.lzma
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80040400-0x801003ff, assumed entry at 0x80040400
RedBoot> fis init
About to initialize [format] FLASH image system - continue (y/n)? y
*** Initialize FLASH Image System
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> fis create -e 0x80041000 -r 0x80041000 vmlinux.bin.l7
... Erase from 0xa8030000-0xa80f0000: ............
... Program from 0x80040400-0x80100400 at 0xa8030000: ............
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> fis free
  0xA80F0000 .. 0xA87E0000
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-atheros-2.6-root.squashfs
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80040400-0x801603ff, assumed entry at 0x80040400
RedBoot> fis create -l 0x6F0000 rootfs
... Erase from 0xa80f0000-0xa87e0000: ...............................................................................................................
... Program from 0x80040400-0x80160400 at 0xa80f0000: ..................
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> fconfig
Run script at boot: true
Boot script:    
.. fis load loader
.. go 0x80100000
Enter script, terminate with empty line
>> fis load -l vmlinux.bin.l7
>> exec         
>>              
Boot script timeout (1000ms resolution): 2
Use BOOTP for network configuration: false
Gateway IP address:
Local IP address: 192.168.1.1
Local IP address mask: 255.255.255.0
Default server IP address: 192.168.1.254
Console baud rate: 9600
GDB connection port: 9000
Force console for special debug messages: false
Network debug at boot time: false
Update RedBoot non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y
... Erase from 0xa87e0000-0xa87f0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xa87e0000: .
RedBoot> reset

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