Comments on: Running Debian on Bifferboard

By: cksolutions

cksolutions — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:09:12 +0000

downgraded to vmlinuz-2.6.30.5-bifferboard-ipipe version and seamed to solve it now am up and running again. Thanks

By: Ivan Zahariev

Ivan Zahariev — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:29:23 +0000

I can’t advise anything further, and this here is not the proper place for support questions. Use the Bifferboard mailing list instead.

By: cksolutions

cksolutions — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:09:50 +0000

I have followed settings but keep getting this

Linux version 2.6.32.20 (biff@fonzi) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 Mon Feb 7 23:21:40 1
Linux version 2.6.32.20 (biff@fonzi) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 Mon Feb 7 23:21:40 1
Linux version 2.6.32.20 (biff@fonzi) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 Mon Feb 7 23:21:40 1
Linux version 2.6.32.20 (biff@fonzi) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 Mon Feb 7 23:21:40 1
Linux version 2.6.32.20 (biff@fonzi) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 Mon Feb 7 23:21:40 1
Linux version 2.6.32.20 (biff@fonzi) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 Mon Feb 7 23:21:40 1
Linux version 2.6.32.20 (biff@fonzi) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 Mon Feb 7 23:21:40 1

Any idea how can get it to boot from usb?

Thank you

By: Steffen Hoffmann

Steffen Hoffmann — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:23:41 +0000

Thanks for sharing your prepared images. This made me jump-start into Debian. While I tried before without luck, this time was an almost instant success. +1 for mentioning the proper kernel command line – that’s what I had to fix to get it finally working.

By: Ivan Zahariev

Ivan Zahariev — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:35:27 +0000

I would suggest that you ask this question on the Bifferboard mailing list too.

By: Hue

Hue — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:14:26 +0000

Has anyone been able to install debian on the new version of this device (3rd generation)? http://www.addonics.com/products/nas/NAS30U2.asp
This unit sounds beefy, sporting gigabit ethernet and usb 3!

By: Ivan Zahariev

Ivan Zahariev — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:28:32 +0000

Make sure you’re using a 32-bit Debian “lenny” system for the kernel build.

The “.deb” files need to be installed in the rootfs (the USB drive). The easiest way to do this is to copy them to the USB drive, mount “proc” and “dev” there, chroot() there and then use “dpkg -i” to install them. I suggest that you have a serial debug cable connected to the Bifferboard if you’re about to tweak the kernel, so that you can see what failed where.

If I were you, I’d go with the two iptables lines which I suggested — they do practically the same, and you’d have forgotten that you set up them by now, instead of having to recompile kernels, etc.

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:36:59 +0000

Thanks for your help, it is very much appreciated.

I’ve compiled the kernel (2.6.30.5) with the 2 extra lines and everything seems to go OK, although the ‘vmlinuz’ file turns out smaller than the one you have compiled (900.3KB). When I flash this kernel to the board it does not boot from the USB drive.

Do I have to do anything with the generated .deb files??

By: Ivan Zahariev

Ivan Zahariev — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:14:56 +0000

I’ve investigated this more thouroughly. The REDIRECT target module is missing. In order to have it, you’d need to recompile the kernel. The compile option which I missed to enable is:

Networking support -> Networking options -> Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) -> Advanced netfilter configuration [CONFIG_NETFILTER_ADVANCED]

Then you can enable the REDIRECT target:

Networking support -> Networking options -> Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) -> IP: Netfilter Configuration -> REDIRECT target support [CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT]

Long story, short — if you’re going to use the SVN scripts to re-compile the kernel, you’d need to add the following two kernel options there:

CONFIG_NETFILTER_ADVANCED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m

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Note that you can try to use the DNAT rule, which is already available, in order to achieve the same effect as REDIRECT:

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.1:80 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d ! 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination $IP:80

The variable “$IP” must hold the primary IP address of the incoming interface (eth0).

By: Henry

Henry — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:11:40 +0000

Thanks for helping but I’ve tried executing the following in a shell script:

/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe iptable_nat
/sbin/modprobe ip_tables
/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack
/sbin/modprobe iptable_filter
/sbin/modprobe iptable_mangle
/sbin/modprobe ipt_LOG
/sbin/modprobe ipt_limit
/sbin/modprobe ipt_state
/sbin/modprobe ipt_owner
/sbin/modprobe ipt_REJECT
/sbin/modprobe ipt_MASQUERADE
/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_irc
/sbin/modprobe ip_nat_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_nat_irc

And I still get the same error message…