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Howto use Fonera 2.0 as a Last.fm Webradio station

Idea

When I start my computer in order to listen to lastfm internet radio I’m always tempted to do whatever on the computerr instead of concentrating on my non-computer tasks…
Thus i got to think about a device that might replace a conventional computer as music player…
When i heared about the new fonera with USB 2.0 and openwrt as operating system and last but not least the price of about 50 € including shipping i got the idea to use the tiny device as a cellphone controlled music player.

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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…

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