fvdw-sl-console for ms windows install without removing HDD

[fvdw]

good night

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The modem/ router does not report any new devices on the dhcp pool...

why not ? (is it full...)

No, it's not. It's just a problem between my providers modem/ router and the LaCie NIC.
I'll try loading the firmware using a wire. And if that's not working, I'll use another switch to create a temporary network.
When I succeed in loading the firmware, I'll use the web interface to change the network settings to run in my regular home network...

[fvdw]

ok if that doesn't work we can load a standalone kernel that has net console support to see on the u-boot command window what it is happening when the kernel is starting and were it stops.

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If you use the installer again first delete the partition table

Is there a Marvell command to erase the partition table?
Or should I load the kernel and use fdisk?

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ok if that doesn't work we can load a standalone kernel that has net console support to see on the u-boot command window what it is happening when the kernel is starting and were it stops.

I would like a standalone kernel with net console...
I have connected the NWSP2 to another modem/ router. After loading the kernel I can't connect to it using telnet. So I would like to see what happens after boot and how the net interface is configured and if it's able to obtain an ip address.

Would it be possible to configure a static ip address using the net console?

[fvdw]

If you use the installer again first delete the partition table

Is there a Marvell command to erase the partition table?
Or should I load the kernel and use fdisk?

No there is no Marvell>> command in U-boot console to erase partition table you must use fdisk (assuming it is ms-dos partition table)

[fvdw]

I would like a standalone kernel with net console...
I have connected the NWSP2 to another modem/ router. After loading the kernel I can't connect to it using telnet. So I would like to see what happens after boot and how the net interface is configured and if it's able to obtain an ip address.

Would it be possible to configure a static ip address using the net console?

If you loaded the kernel from sda6 then indeed you will not have telnet access. The standalone kernel has a telnet server build in, the standard firmware kernel not.
But if we fire up the standalone kernel and contact with telnet we could write a default database to your disk with a static ip address setting, let me know which ip address you want to set

[favroom]

If you use the installer again first delete the partition table

Is there a Marvell command to erase the partition table?
Or should I load the kernel and use fdisk?

No there is no Marvell>> command in U-boot console to erase partition table you must use fdisk (assuming it is ms-dos partition table)

So that means loading the kernel using tftp and then access the NWSP2 using telnet?
Because of the ip address issue, I can't get telnet access yet...

I tried using the dhcp command from the marvell prompt, but that seems to stall.

[favroom]

I would like a standalone kernel with net console...
I have connected the NWSP2 to another modem/ router. After loading the kernel I can't connect to it using telnet. So I would like to see what happens after boot and how the net interface is configured and if it's able to obtain an ip address.

Would it be possible to configure a static ip address using the net console?

If you loaded the kernel from sda6 then indeed you will not have telnet access. The standalone kernel has a telnet server build in, the standard firmware kernel not.
But if we fire up the standalone kernel and contact with telnet we could write a default database to your disk with a static ip address setting, let me know which ip address you want to set

No, I did not load it from sda6. I loaded it from tftp and started it with mboot.
I would like an ip address in the 192.168.2.x range. Something like: 192.168.2.15...

[fvdw]

will be this evening
I have some family visiting us right now