Wyse S90 ramblings
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What is this?
Some notes on Wyse S90. The Wyse SX0 series thinclients are all very much alike and behave strangely.
Links
- http://fijam.eu.org/blog/running-linux-on-wyse-s30/ (especially useful is the part about unloading and loading IDE modules)
- http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/s10/Linux.shtml
- http://fijam.eu.org/blog/how-to-put-coreboot-on-wyse-s30s50/
- https://appservices.wyse.com/pages/serviceandsupport/support/dlOraFW.asp?which=102&model=USB%20Firmware%20Tool%28Wyse%20Imaging%20Tool%29
BIOS
- Enter with "DEL"
- Default pass is "Fireport"
OpenWRT
Installation
I used the debian squeeze installer in HARKboot for this (wheezy doesn't work). Steps:
- Go trough the installer to the point where it detects (and can't find) disks
- Unload en load modules
modprobe -r ata_generic
modprobe -r pata_amd
modprobe ata_generic all_generic_ide=1
- wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09/x86/generic/openwrt-x86-generic-combined-squashfs.img or bake your own image
- dd it to /dev/sda
Running OpenWRT
With downloaded image the kernel boots but I don't get a login screen. Network is disabled too.
NAS4Free installation
I managed to install NAS4Free 9.2.0.1 - Shigawire (revision 972) onto the IDE flash device. Steps taken.
- Use the 32 bits liveUSB download, newer 9.3 version won't work
- dd it onto a usb stick and put the stick in the Wyse
- set the Wyse into usb booting from the BIOS
- Choose safe mode (option 3) when you get the chance (very short window so be quick)
- Choose option 9 and follow directions to install from usb onto 512MB IDE flash device
- Open a shell
- Mount the filesystem on the IDE flash device somewhere:
mkdir mytempdir
mount /dev/ada0 mytempdir
- Edit loader.conf:
vi mytempdir/boot/loader.conf
- Add following lines:
hint.acpi.0.disabled=1
hint.apic.0.disabled=1
hint.kbdmux.0.disabled=1
hw.ata.ata_dma=0
hw.ata.atapi_dma=0
hw.ata.wc=0
hw.eisa_slots=0
- Exit vi
:wq
- Exit shell
exit
- Shutdown
- Remove usb key
If all is well, the Wyse will boot into NAS4Free from the IDE flash device
Moar RAM
It came with 256MB DDR SO-DIMM, but 512MB also works (2 tried, 1 success story)