Wyse S90 ramblings

What is this?

Some notes on Wyse S90. The Wyse SX0 series 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

Findings

• Debian wheezy installer from HARKboot doesn't work, squeeze does!

BIOS

• Enter with "DEL"
• Default pass is "Fireport"

OpenWRT installation

I used the debian squeese installer for this. 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

At this point the kernel boots but I don't get a login screen. Network is disabled too.

Moar RAM

It came with 256MB DDR SO-DIMM, but 512MB also works (2 tried, 1 success story)