From dba6cdf3a9e6e813dc5ac1aa7b6a8e26d628cecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggleton Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 15:26:26 +0100 Subject: README.hardware: tweak edgerouter instructions * You need a rollover cable for the serial port * Some minor grammar / typo / formatting fixes (From meta-yocto rev: 79f01604e672ce0eb7af787c27ec561063222796) Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- README.hardware | 32 ++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.hardware') diff --git a/README.hardware b/README.hardware index 3cdb7a2459..7d2b0f8801 100644 --- a/README.hardware +++ b/README.hardware @@ -240,11 +240,12 @@ Load the kernel and dtb (device tree blob), and boot the system as follows: => bootm 1000000 - 2000000 -EdgeRouter Lite(edgerouter) -===================================== +Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter Lite (edgerouter) +============================================== -The EdgeRouter Lite is part of the EdgeMax series. It is an MIPS64 router(Cavium Octeon) -with 512MB of RAM, which uses a USB pendrive for storage. +The EdgeRouter Lite is part of the EdgeMax series. It is a MIPS64 router +(based on the Cavium Octeon processor) with 512MB of RAM, which uses an +internal USB pendrive for storage. Setup instructions ------------------ @@ -252,8 +253,8 @@ Setup instructions You will need the following: * NFS root setup on your workstation * TFTP server installed on your workstation -* Straight-thru 9-conductor serial cable (DB9, M/F) connected from your - PC to UART1 +* RJ45 -> serial ("rollover") cable connected from your PC to the CONSOLE + port on the board * Ethernet connected to the first ethernet port on the board --- Preparation --- @@ -290,16 +291,17 @@ Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows: --- Booting from USB root --- -NOTE: Since the USB disk is inside the edgerouter box, its inconvenient for us to - plug and unplug the USB disk. So in the following instructions I assume that - you already boot the box from NFS. Additionally, since vmlinux is not installed - to core-minal-image-xxx by default, so its neccessary for us to copy it to USB - disk. +NOTE: Since the USB disk is inside the edgerouter box, it's inconvenient to + plug and unplug the USB disk. So in the following instructions it is + assumed that you have already booted the device from NFS. Additionally, + since vmlinux is not contained in core-image-xxx by default, it is + necessary to copy it to the USB disk separately. Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows: - 1. Booting from NFS root - 2. Mount usb disk partition 2 and then extract the contens of + 1. Boot from NFS root + + 2. Mount the USB disk partition 2 and then extract the contents of tmp/deploy/core-image-XXXX.tar.bz2 into it. Before starting, copy core-image-minimal-xxx.tar.bz2 and vmlinux into @@ -314,10 +316,12 @@ Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows: # reboot 3. Reboot the board and press a key on the terminal when prompted to get to the U-Boot - command line + command line: + # reboot 4. Load the kernel and boot: => ext2load usb 0:2 $loadaddr boot/vmlinux => bootoctlinux $loadaddr coremask=0x3 root=/dev/sda2 rw rootwait mtdparts=phys_mapped_flash:512k(boot0),512k(boot1),64k@3072k(eeprom) + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf