Wyse S90 ramblings: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:24, 19 December 2014

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)

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 With downloaded image the kernel boots but I don't get a login screen. Network is disabled too.
-== NAS4Free ==
+== NAS4Free installation ==
-I managed to boot NAS4Free 9.2.0.1 - Shigawire (revision 972).
+I managed to install NAS4Free 9.2.0.1 - Shigawire (revision 972) onto the IDE flash device. Steps taken.
-* Use the 32 bits embedded download
+* 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 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:
+<code><pre>
+mkdir mytempdir
+mount /dev/ada0 mytempdir
+</pre></code>
+* Edit loader.conf:
+<code><pre>
+vi mytempdir/boot/loader.conf
+</pre></code>
+* Add following lines:
+<code><pre>
+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
+</pre></code>
+* Exit vi
+<code><pre>
+:wq
+</pre></code>
+* Exit shell
+<code><pre>
+exit
+</pre></code>
+* 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)