[iConnect] USB boot and Arch install without serial cable

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('uKev', '
')Then with the new version of the script during the installation my usb drive got mounted by the system (I guess iomega services) and as a result the formatting/partitioning failed.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('igorert', '
')Hmm, the script is explicitly unmounting the drive during the installation. If you can reproduce it, I'd like to see /var/log/iconnect-install.log - copy it over after running the script, it's not preserved after reboot.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('uKev', '
')But I can say already that I unmounted the usb drive after the failed installation manually and the system remounted it five seconds later automatically...

[ZeL]

Hello again!
After several attempts I still find myself asking for your help. The installation on the USB stick is great, the script works beautifully, but once I reboot the network does not work.
I tried using DHCP or set IP/Netmask/Gateway in rc.conf. I put the USB stickin the PC to see the logs and it seemed that the boot hangs because it was not found an IPv6-compatible router.
I tried to disable IPv6 functionality by editing the file /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf but even so the network is not initialized and I have no way to access the iConnect.

Any ideas?

[uKev]

The setup should work without ipv6 and should obtain an ip adress via dhcp on default. Have you tried observing the boot process while running wireshark via lan? So you can see some dhcp requests, answers and the obtained ip address of your iconnect.
if you changed something please post your configuration files here.
Do you use default rc.conf networks or netcfg with network profiles in network.d?
Do you have your network daemon in the DAEMONS list in rc.conf or does your config activate your profile?

[bknight]

I'm stuffed

seems like eth0 wants to run faster than my network hardware allows so unless i buy a gbyte switch i can't get a working network
can't figure how to slow down eth0

[igorert]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bknight', 'c')an't figure how to slow down eth0

[stan]

Seems I got stuck at the same point, and I have a 1000MBit switch. Dmesg reports another device eth1. With 'ethtool eth0' I get

Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ MII ]
Supported link modes: Not reported
Supported pause frame use: No
Supports auto-negotiation: No
Advertised link modes: Not reported
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: No
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: MII
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: off
Link detected: no

'ethtool eth1' gives:

Settings for eth1:
Supported ports: [ TP AUI BNC MII FIBRE ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: No
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: MII
PHYAD: 11
Transceiver: external
Auto-negotiation: on
Link detected: no

I had no success setting up eth1 or eth0 via rc.conf, dhcp or static IP, setting autonegotiation on/off or setting different speeds with ethtool. Same with my 100 MBit switch. I would appreciate any help, it would be too nice to get this device running with arch. Thanks in advance an compliments for setting up the install script!

[igorert]

Hmm, I've seen reports of other people having trouble with 100Mb/s switches on iConnect sometimes but not with GigE (I just double checked mine on a fresh install, it seems to work fine for me).

What does "dmesg | grep eth" show? How about "ip addr show"? If it shows that eth0 is down, try "ip link set eth0 up" - if that brings the link up, you can launch dhcpd manually (/sbin/dhcpcd -q eth0). BTW, how did you get ethtool installed - I just realized it's not pre-installed on the Arch's rootfs image. Oh, and maybe try another cable or check if this one works on another box?

[stan]

Back from holidays - thank you for your hints, in fact I got it running now by exchanging the cable (CAT6 now) - this is very strange, as the CAT5-cable works perfectly with the original firmware, I checked that again, it is reproducible ... well, no further questions, it is running.
For the ethtool I exctracted the binary from a debian armel linux distribution (ar x ethtool_3.0-1_armel.deb) and copied it from the resulting bin dir to the usb stick.

Thanks a lot again!

Stan