jerome benoit

Hello List,

currently I have a Dell TrueMobile 1184 router
which runs with modified Linux kernel provided by Dell:
I wonder if there is a way to install Debian on such a machine
in order to update the kernel and install personnlized stuff
rather than useless do***entations:
any idea ?

Thanks,
Jerome


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jason lunz

jgmbenoit@wanadoo.fr said:


I have one of these too. I bought it after seeing talk online that it
runs linux, and one report of recompiling a kernel.

Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, that report was false. The machine
does run a linux 2.2 kernel, but I think it's one of the mmu-less
versions. Dell provides a source tarball that purports to be the kernel
source for the machine, but it's a lie. I don't know whether Dell is
aware of this.

Even if you had the source for the kernel, the bootloader is not
do***ented in any way, so I don't think there's any way to safely upload
a new kernel or recover if you botch something. One mistake and your
router is a paperweight.

I've seen a few noises about getting a tiny distro supported on these
things, but nothing substantive yet. I'd love to help out if a project
formed to work on these things.

Jason


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jerome benoit

Hi,

thank for the reply:

what about LEAF ?

http://leaf.sourceforge.net

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