Brainstorm

Two days after my fonera arrived, i already messed up the init.d section and had to reflash with RedBoot, as there is currently no .fon image available to flash via the webinterface.
After hours of testing with gnome-console (where the ctrl-c does not work) I got crazy but thanks to the irc-channel I became finally able to unbrick the tiny device…

The procedure:

• install tftpd and putty: sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa tftp-hpa putty
• copy the image to /var/lib/tftpboot and rename it to i.e. alfred.image
• start the tftp server: sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd start
• test your tftpd: tftp localhost -c get /alfred.image
  the image should now be loaded to the current directory
• get into redboot:
  sudo su
  ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.254;while true; do fping -t 100 192.168.1.1 && break; done;putty telnet://192.168.1.1:9000
• you should end up in a telnet session and see the boot promt RedBoot>
• type:
  fis del image -> confirm with y
  load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-fonera2.imag
  fis create image -> wait about 20min, drink some tea
  reset -> wait about 3 min -> unplug and replug the fonera
  Be happy…

Any comments are welcome…