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Stefan G. Weichinger <lists <at> xunil.at> writes: |
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> Has anyone ever managed to upgrade a HP Surestore Library C7201NB with |
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> Gentoo on the host? |
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Nope. |
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> The hp_ltt-tool is only available in binary form and for old OSs, but |
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> nothing recent and for sure not for Gentoo. |
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don't forget about possible running the old software on a gentoo box with |
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wine/vmware or such emulators....(see /usr/portage/app-emulation/*) |
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> The alternative, the Firmware-Upload via the Remote Management Card of |
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> the library doesn't work because of some missing Java class which Google |
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> and not even Sun knows about. |
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> Any ideas? |
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Well, if nobody gives you an explicit answers, here is an idea that |
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may or maynot work. |
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1. What type of interface are we talking about (rs232 serial, ethernet parallel)? |
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2. Sniff the connection to see what's on the receiving end |
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serial port ( app-misc/linuxspa it's masked but just download the sources and |
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compile as it *works great*) |
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ethernet (ethereal) |
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parallel (??? never had to do this, but I'm sure I can hack an |
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old parallel cable to talk to me) |
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etc etc |
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3. Analyze the device and see what it's asking for |
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4. Find what it is looking for or just 'dope it' (er trial and error). |
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Lots of work, but a lot of fun. The older the device the less |
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protection and obscurity the firmware folks put into the |
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product. |
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5. If you cannot find detailed information specific to this machine, |
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just look for info on a similarly aged competitor (you'd be surprise |
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how many machines of a similar venue have almost identical firmware). |
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6. If none of these work, open up the case and find a serial port, JTAG |
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or such where you just might get lucky and get raw access to the embedded |
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host processor, using step 2 or other similar techniques). |
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good hunting, |
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James |
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