From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:33:24 +0100 (BST) Received: from mx1.wp.pl ([212.77.101.5]:15991 "EHLO mx1.wp.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20025628AbZD1SdS (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:33:18 +0100 Received: (wp-smtpd smtp.wp.pl 14849 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2009 20:33:14 +0200 Received: from abag138.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl (HELO [192.168.2.5]) (laurentp@[83.6.170.138]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.wp.pl (WP-SMTPD) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 28 Apr 2009 20:33:14 +0200 Message-ID: <49F74BE9.30004@wp.pl> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:33:13 +0200 From: "W.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; pl-PL; rv:1.8.1.17) Gecko/20080829 SeaMonkey/1.1.12 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Linux on Linksys PSUS4? References: <200904281501.37811.florian@openwrt.org> <49F749FE.8050808@wp.pl> In-Reply-To: <49F749FE.8050808@wp.pl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-WP-AV: skaner antywirusowy poczty Wirtualnej Polski S. A. X-WP-SPAM: NO 0000000 [0bNE] Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 22523 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: laurentp@wp.pl Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Użytkownik W.P. napisał: > Użytkownik Andrew Wiley napisał: > >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Florian Fainelli > > wrote: >> >> Le Tuesday 28 April 2009 13:58:38 Andrew Wiley, vous avez écrit : >> > I stumbled onto this website while doing some research on a Linksys >> > printserver I retired a while back (the firmware kept crashing, >> but I don't >> > think it was a hardware problem), and I'm wondering if it would >> be possible >> > to install Linux on it. It has an ADM5120P, and the hardware >> seems to be >> > supported, but how would I go about installing anything? Is >> there a serial >> > port header that I need to use? Would using it equate to >> soldering a serial >> > port to it? >> >> Soldering a seria port is not an option if you want to do >> something serious >> with it. >> >> >> Then how would it normally be done? I'm hoping to do this more for the >> experience than for the final product, if only because there's a >> chance that the reboot problem is hardware related, and the whole box >> is fairly useless right now. >> >> >> >> >> > Is it even feasible to have a linux system running on 1MB of >> flash and 4 MB >> > of RAM? >> >> That's too small you would need at least 2MB Flash and 8MB RAM. >> >> >> Could 2MB hold a full kernel? If I can compile in the right USB >> drivers, I can put the rootfs on a flash drive in the USB port (this >> is a printserver, so it has one), right? >> >> >> Andrew Wiley >> >> > Look for "midge" distribution (midge.vlad.org.ua), especially forum. > Look for "Bifferos" posts, he has "squidge" Linux for 2MB USB print server. > > W.P. > > Forgot: squidge has approx 800kB footprint (kernel+drivers, rootfs on USB stick). You may try to load it on your device. (but don't know if 2.6 kernel will work on 4M RAM). W.P.