Sisela

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modprobe eexpress fails
by jgdsr jgdsr 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

I am very interested in this distro because the only other one I know of that is floppy based and can create an ethernet bridge is freesco (All other floppy distros for routers just router between two nics, and this is worthless for what I need). My computers have all ethernet express 8/16 adapters in them. Freesco's eexpress module only works for the etherexpress 16TP (in my experience). Now to my problem. Sisela tells me ey can only detect one network card. I have 5 ethernet express 8/16 adapters in the computer. When I try "modprobe eexpress io=0x360 irq=11" I recieve in response: insmod: eexpress.o: no modules by that name found modprobe : failed to load module eexpress I look in /lib/modules/2.4.23/ and I see nothing I recognize, expecially not modules. Was this kernel compiled without modules? How might I be able to have sisela detect more than one ethernet express 8/16 adapter?

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Updated Source Code
by MixMatch 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

Hi All, I've been checking the download section of this distro and have noticed that some of the binaries have been posted after the most recent source code. I am just wondering what the status of the source code is at this point in time. Thanks, Daniel

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Re: [sisela] Mount HD partitions
by Justin J.Hayes 12 Sep '04

12 Sep '04

At Sunday, 12 September 2004, you wrote: >Hi Roberto, > > I used sisela-0.2 to do this. I had to recompile IIRC and burn on a >1.722. Yes, you had to recompile because sisela doesn't normally have need for IDE devices so the appropriate drivers are not compiled into the kernel. Hope that helps, Justin =================================================================== EASY and FREE access to your email anywhere: http://Mailreader.com/ ===================================================================

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Mount HD partitions
by Roberto Alday 12 Sep '04

12 Sep '04

Hi all! Glad to meet you. Sisela is the only floppy-based distro that worked for my Ethernet CardBus rtl8139 on a Compaq Armada M300. Unfortunately, I cannot install anything there, because I cannot mount my HD partitions (hda1 or hda2), as they don't appear in /dev. I don't know whether it's a silly question or not, but... is there any way to do that with sisela? Regards and thanks in advance,

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compile error: busybox
by Lars Henrik Mai 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

hi! while trying to build sisela i encountered this error: coreutils/date.c: In function `date_conv_ftime': coreutils/date.c:80: error: assignment of read-only variable `t' coreutils/date.c:84: error: assignment of read-only variable `t' coreutils/date.c:88: error: assignment of read-only variable `t' coreutils/date.c:94: error: assignment of read-only variable `t' coreutils/date.c:99: error: assignment of read-only variable `t' coreutils/date.c:105: error: assignment of read-only variable `t' coreutils/date.c:113: error: assignment of read-only location make[1]: *** [coreutils/date.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/lars/wireless/sisela/busybox-1.00-pre5' make: *** [busybox-build] Error 2 anybody had that before? what would be a way of fixing this? should i maybe just update to a newer version of busybox? btw, is there a place to get the most recent sisela-sources? lots of questions, thanks a lot in advance... :lars

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Re: [sisela] ethernet 3com issue
by Justin J.Hayes 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

At Thursday, 19 August 2004, you wrote: >i tried booting with PCIFIX and that didnt really do anything, it came up >with an error message. >will be able to post the error message tomorrow or on the weekend. > >ive also got a xircom PCMCIA card with is 10base2 and 10baseT , it defaults >to 10baseT is there anyway to >switch it to 10BaseT. > >i tried executing the command ifconfig eth1 mode 10baseT and that didnt do >anything. >is there anything else that i can try to get the card in 10baseT instead of >10Base2 ? > >thanks again Perhaps ifconfig eth1 media 10baseT Justin =================================================================== EASY and FREE access to your email anywhere: http://Mailreader.com/ ===================================================================

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ethernet 3com issue
by runm0de 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

Hi, i have an old p100 IBM laptop and am running an Orinoco wireless card and a 3com pcmcia card / adapter 3C562D/3C563D. when using the 3com ethernet card i get the following error - eth1: interrupts dropped if i use the 3com wired network and ping another decide, between every second ping i receive the eth1: interrupts dropped error message. does anyone have any suggestions on how to remedy this? Thanks in advance

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Memory issues
by Tim Duffy 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

I have a pentium I class computer running at 166mhz. it has 98megs of memory in it and when booting sisela it often says out of memory system halted. how much memory is recomended to run the OS. thanks so much. -Tim _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com

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root password
by Tim Poth 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

I want to put a laptop at a remote site and use it as a wireless bridge. Because it's at a remote site I would like to be able to ssh in to it. So my question is how do I set a password for the root user (ether permanently or at boot) so that I can log in to dropbear? Thanks tim

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Plans for the next Sisela version
by Martin Ling 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

Now that I'm finished with exams for this year, I'm beginning to make serious plans for the next version of Sisela. Lots have things have been asked for, including: - New boot methods - PXE netbooting, USB memory sticks, hard drives - More support for recent wireless chipsets - PPPoE - AP mode support - Captive portal - Web administration - Wireless scanning - Various additional software Plus of course I'll make all the usual upgrades to the included software. I'm not sure yet whether it will be worth going to a 2.6 kernel - despite new space-saving options it still seems to work out bigger. Now, I can do a certain amount of this and still fit on a floppy. The HTTP server for captive portal and web admin features is already present in 0.3, it just needs appropriate accompanying scripts/pages to be written. Since I want to provide console-based admin menus too, I'm looking at producing a simple configuration engine and perhaps some micro templating system to generate web pages and config screens from this. HTTPS is probably unfeasible, but you can do secure web admin by SSH tunneling :-) I've still got some ideas for saving space which could free up enough to get a couple more drivers/programs in, and there's the option of going to a 1722k floppy format as well. It's probably also time to take out support for some of the more rare ISA cards - the space is better used for new drivers, and anyone needing to support very obscure old hardware can always build it in. Ultimately though I'm never going to be able to satisfy everyone, and modifying the source package to add what you want isn't currently that easy. So in future I'll be trying to build as many options as possible into the source package, menu-selectable in the same style as the Linux kernel configuration, so people can build in exactly what they need. This is going to take a little longer than just cramming more stuff in though, so I'm postponing it until the version after next. The Sisela roadmap, then: 0.4: Simply the most networking power ever fitted on one floppy disk. Also PXE, USB and HD-installable versions. Less ancient drivers. More new ones. Configuration menus, web management, captive portal. 0.5: A flexible source distribution allowing people to build exactly what they need onto any size or type boot media. Also 'standard' version(s) with the mostdistributed as pre-compiled images. Probably a web-based custom compilation service. 0.6 and upwards: Refinements and additions to the framework of 0.5. I'll still be trying to modularise the source package whilst working on 0.4, in preparation for a fully configurable 0.5. However, making sure all possible combinations build and work properly will be a lot of work; I don't want to stall a 0.4 release waiting for that to be ready, when there's plenty of fixes and improvements to 0.3 that can be done now. You can help by: - Telling me what you want. There have been plenty of suggestions on this list already, but more are welcome. Be clear on exactly what you need and why - don't just ask for a particular program, there may be a smaller alternative way to be able to do the same thing. - Volunteering to test beta versions. I'll announce all developments on this list, but if you mail me now and let me know what hardware you are already using with Sisela and what you have available to test on, I can make sure things are better tested. - Telling me what hardware does and doesn't work with the 0.3 version. - Submitting patches which add new features or fix bugs. - Looking at the source for more ways to save space! Lots of bits of code aren't used often, or at all - which ones can be easily got rid of? Thanks for all your support, Martin -- http://the.earth.li/~martin/

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