[BL] installing BL via network

[sindi keesan]

HP Omnibook 5500CT, 133MHz, upped to 64MB RAM and 3GB hard drive (from a
166MHz that failed - very strange memory) and 3GB

I used PQMagic to format the hard drive (fat32, ext2, ext2 - 3GB total).
sys c:. Made it active with fdisk in BL3.

I booted to BL3 floppy (both disks worked but there was an error 0x10
booting the first one)

I can then
mount /dev/fd0 (/etc/fstab mounts it to /fd)

I edited /etc/fstab to add a line similar to the one for fd substituting
/dev/hda1 for /dev/fd0 and /hd for /fd and can
mount /dev/hda1 (to /hd)

(For some reason mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /hd did not work before that).

I then got online with a cisco aironet 340 (no encryption) having edited
the pcmcia config file.

cd /etc/pcmcia

Using e3pi (commands similar to pico) I added the lines in device section

device "airo_cs"
class "network" module "misc/8390", "airo", "airo_cs"

I then edited

card "Network Card"
function "network_adaptor"

I changed pcnet_cs to airo_cs

To start pcmcia services (from /etc/pcmcia)

start

Then

udhcpc -q (or just dhcp)

which assigned IP number and default gw and I am online.
I could also have used pcnet_cs wired card (simpler).

I can now run mini_httpd or pure_fttpd (see archives) on another linux
computer and copy a working version of BL3 or BL2 to a partition. Or
download and install BL3 loop.

The computer has nice sound and is going to be an internet radio. I posted
at http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl a new set of scripts to listen to about
38 classical radio stations with mplayer. I compiled and posted an
mplayer for P54C (early pentium) that worked on a 120MHz computer.

Scripts are radio2014.tgz and you need to add mplayer (to hard drive).

Sindi Keesan

[sindi keesan]

I tried for several hours to get OSS CS4232 sound working. Works with
Puppy Linux ALSA and I used the same IRQ etc. Any ideas? It does SB Pro
emulation but mplayer/mp3 requires SB (16-bit). CS4236 works as sb.

Puppy Linux does not detect any pcmcia cards so cannot be used online.
(No USB or onboard network). Turbopup version uses 60MB booted entirely
into RAM (I have 64MB total) or about 10M booted 'full' not 'frugal'.

ALSA sound also works on a 475MHz Compaq Presario 1200 but not OSS (Via
82cxxx chip). On a 300MHz Winbook XLi OSS sound works but not ALSA (yet),
and Xorg works but not BL2 X. Makes a nice internet radio.

Post by sindi keesan
HP Omnibook 5500CT, 133MHz, upped to 64MB RAM and 3GB hard drive (from a
166MHz that failed - very strange memory) and 3GB
The computer has nice sound and is going to be an internet radio. I posted
at http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl a new set of scripts to listen to about
38 classical radio stations with mplayer. I compiled and posted an
mplayer for P54C (early pentium) that worked on a 120MHz computer.
Scripts are radio2014.tgz and you need to add mplayer (to hard drive).

Sindi Keesan

[sindi keesan]

Post by sindi keesan
I tried for several hours to get OSS CS4232 sound working. Works with
Puppy Linux ALSA and I used the same IRQ etc. Any ideas? It does SB Pro
emulation but mplayer/mp3 requires SB (16-bit). CS4236 works as sb.

The key was changing dma2 from 0 to 3.
Kernel 2.4.31

insmod soundcore
insmod sound
insmod uart401
insmod ad1848
insmod opl3 io=0x388
insmod v_midi
insmod cs4232 io=0x0534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=3
# mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9

The last line was not needed to use timidity, play, and mplayer
to play midi wav and mp3 files.

The sound is very weak, which can be fixed with mplayer or timidity
controls or by installing aumix. (I compiled a non-ncurses version for
glibc 2.2.5). aumix -v +50

David M's mplayer does not support P54C streaming audio (it does work
offline). I compiled mplayer for P54C with glibc 2.3.6 (Slackware 11) so
now I only need to upgrade glibc, which I forgot how to do.

http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/SW11libs.tgz - main glibc 2.3.6 libs

I do not want the entire huge package with gconv etc, just the libraries
in /lib, so no 'pkg libc*tgz' from Slackware.

I think bl3 runs with libc5 (and uclibc), so there should be no risk if I
copy the files to /lib and run ldconfig - is this correct? I have glibc
2.2.5 already (for use with Opera 8).

This was not easy - BL3 floppy, downloaded BL3 loop, transfered my BL3-HD
image file via ethernet. To get ALSA sound working installed puppy linux
and the large main file would not copy correctly via ethernet (kept
crashing 1/4 of the way through) or wifi (copied but corrupt) so had to be
copied via CD-ROM (after remaking /dev/hdc on my newer laptop). Turbopup
used 59 out of 60.5MB memory (booting itself into RAM - I could have
installed it to a partition to use only 10MB). Ran the sound wizard and
looked at /proc (dma, irq, ioports) for correct numbers. When Win95
was working (hard drive died) it probably contained the correct settings.

BL3 is perfect for this age computer. No USB, no cardbus, and pcmcia
probably too old to be supported by a 2009 linux. (The 2005 puppys would
not load). 1996.

[Ron Clarke]

Hi Folks,

Post by sindi keesan
David M's mplayer does not support P54C streaming audio (it does work
offline). I compiled mplayer for P54C with glibc 2.3.6 (Slackware 11) so
now I only need to upgrade glibc, which I forgot how to do.

Or you could try a static build MPlayer (compiled in SW 9.1)
http://www.ausreg.com/bl/misc/mplayer5

It works for me from SW7 to SW14 - as is !

Ron Clarke
AUSREG Consultancy http://www.ausreg.com
Tadpole Tunes http://www.tadpoletunes.com
Sna Keo Il http://www.tadpoletunes.com/sna_keo_il/
-- This mail was written by a user of the Arachne Browser -
http://www.glennmcc.org/

DOS: For IQs higher than 7, 8, 95, 98 or 2000.

[sindi keesan]

Post by Ron Clarke
Hi Folks,

Post by sindi keesan
David M's mplayer does not support P54C streaming audio (it does work
offline). I compiled mplayer for P54C with glibc 2.3.6 (Slackware 11) so
now I only need to upgrade glibc, which I forgot how to do.

Or you could try a static build MPlayer (compiled in SW 9.1)
http://www.ausreg.com/bl/misc/mplayer5
It works for me from SW7 to SW14 - as is !

I notice it is 13MB, not 2.7MB like mine.
Does it work on a PI from 1996?

The IRQ situation here is apparently screwed up.

I can only turn off the computer by pulling power plug and battery
(or waiting 30 sec for it to run out of power).

If I reboot, sound no longer works.

Power off, boot into BL3, sound works with mplayer, for a while, then
suddenly IRQ/DRQ problem and I need to power off and then pull the plug
and reboot and it works again. Since the total process takes a minute
(pull battery and power plug, wait for DOS, boot BL3 in 20 sec) this is
only a minor annoyance.

There is no irq information in /proc/ (like there is if I boot into puppy
linux and install sound modules). I am missing something important.

[Ron Clarke]

Hi Sindi,

Post by sindi keesan
I notice it is 13MB, not 2.7MB like mine.

Yes, it is big. Static builds ARE big, because they contain all the
libraries they require. This means that it will run in distros that don't
already have those libraries.

Post by sindi keesan
Does it work on a PI from 1996?

No idea. I have never even seen a PI.

Ron Clarke
AUSREG Consultancy http://www.ausreg.com
Tadpole Tunes http://www.tadpoletunes.com
Sna Keo Il http://www.tadpoletunes.com/sna_keo_il/
-- This mail was written by a user of the Arachne Browser - http://www.glennmcc.org/

DOS: For IQs higher than 7, 8, 95, 98 or 2000.

[sindi keesan]

Post by Ron Clarke
Hi Sindi,

Post by sindi keesan
I notice it is 13MB, not 2.7MB like mine.

Yes, it is big. Static builds ARE big, because they contain all the
libraries they require. This means that it will run in distros that don't
already have those libraries.

David Moberg's static build used uclibc and is about 7MB because uclibc is
smaller than glibc.

Post by Ron Clarke

Post by sindi keesan
Does it work on a PI from 1996?

No idea. I have never even seen a PI.

If you use anything under 233MHz you have seen a Pentium I.