Updating the Soekris firmware

Prepare the Soekris

Get/Build a null modem cable

Signal	DE-9	DE-9	Signal
FG (Frame Ground)	-	-	FG
TD (Transmit Data)	2	3	RD
RD (Receive Data)	3	2	TD
RTS (Request To Send)	7	8	CTS
CTS (Clear To Send)	8	7	RTS
SG (Signal Ground)	5	5	SG
DSR (Data Set Ready)	6	4	DTR
DTR (Data Terminal Ready)	4	6	DSR

Setting up minicom for Soekris serial

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| A - Serial Device : /dev/ttyS0 |

| B - Lockfile Location : /var/lock |

| C - Callin Program : |

| D - Callout Program : |

| E - Bps/Par/Bits : 57600 8N1 |

| F - Hardware Flow Control : No |

| G - Software Flow Control : No |

| |

| Change which setting? |

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Sample flash update and reboot process - bios

comBIOS ver. 1.33c 20080626 Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Soekris Engineering.

net5501

0512 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz

Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFH2-002G LBA Xlt 992-64-63 2001 Mbyte

Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int

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0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10

0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11

0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05

0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09

0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12

0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101

0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000

0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15

0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15

4 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.

comBIOS Monitor. Press ? for help.

> ?

comBIOS Monitor Commands

boot [drive][:partition] INT19 Boot

reboot cold boot

download download a file using XMODEM/CRC

flashupdate update flash BIOS with downloaded file

time [HH:MM:SS] show or set time

date [YYYY/MM/DD] show or set date

d[b|w|d] [adr] dump memory bytes/words/dwords

e[b|w|d] adr value [...] enter bytes/words/dwords

i[b|w|d] port input from 8/16/32-bit port

o[b|w|d] port value output to 8/16/32-bit port

run adr execute code at adr

cmosread [adr] read CMOS RAM data

cmoswrite adr byte [...] write CMOS RAM data

cmoschecksum update CMOS RAM Checksum

set parameter=value set system parameter to value

show [parameter] show one or all system parameters

?/help show this help

>

> download -

Start sending file using XMODEM/CRC protocol.

File downloaded succesfully, size 784 Blocks.

> flashupdate

Updating BIOS Flash ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,.... Done.

> reboot

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