NAS dongle and web-server
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Pierre
Sep 1, 2012, 10:40:25 AM9/1/12
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Hello everyone,
I have a "NAS Dongle".
The control panel work with a Web server, but I can't use it for my website.
Today, I'm discovered that my NAS use a Bifferboard.
I would like upload a website (2 HTML files, it's very tiny) in my NAS to the HTTP server (not the FTP server).
How I can modify my Firmware for make that what I want ?
Thank for your help (and I'm very sorry for my bad english, It's hard to me because english is not my native languages
I have a "NAS Dongle".
The control panel work with a Web server, but I can't use it for my website.
Today, I'm discovered that my NAS use a Bifferboard.
I would like upload a website (2 HTML files, it's very tiny) in my NAS to the HTTP server (not the FTP server).
How I can modify my Firmware for make that what I want ?
Thank for your help (and I'm very sorry for my bad english, It's hard to me because english is not my native languages
rolf
Sep 2, 2012, 1:31:45 AM9/2/12
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Bonjour Pierre,
There are NAS-Dongles out there that look like bifferboards, but are not, at least concerning the software. First you have to look if yours is running Linux. May be you are lucky to set up a webserver.
But the crucial point is another. If your dongle is really hardware compatible to the bifferboard, you should first flash a linux kernel to it, as described on the bifferboard website. But you cannot do that unleast the dongle has a bifferboard bootloader. This you must flash first. And that cannot be done with the the normal upload procedure, but you have to do it via JTAG (I'm not shure about that, because I never tried it). I think some time ago Biff published a free bootloader, which might be useful. Have a look on on the bifferboard wiki.
Hope I did not misinterpret the situation.
Rolf
There are NAS-Dongles out there that look like bifferboards, but are not, at least concerning the software. First you have to look if yours is running Linux. May be you are lucky to set up a webserver.
But the crucial point is another. If your dongle is really hardware compatible to the bifferboard, you should first flash a linux kernel to it, as described on the bifferboard website. But you cannot do that unleast the dongle has a bifferboard bootloader. This you must flash first. And that cannot be done with the the normal upload procedure, but you have to do it via JTAG (I'm not shure about that, because I never tried it). I think some time ago Biff published a free bootloader, which might be useful. Have a look on on the bifferboard wiki.
Hope I did not misinterpret the situation.
Rolf
Andrew Scheller
Sep 2, 2012, 6:30:17 AM9/2/12
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> as described on the bifferboard website. But you cannot do that unleast the
> dongle has a bifferboard bootloader. This you must flash first. And that
> cannot be done with the the normal upload procedure, but you have to do it
> via JTAG (I'm not shure about that, because I never tried it). I think some
> time ago Biff published a free bootloader, which might be useful. Have a
Details of the free bootloader (which only works on 1MB flash devices) here:
> dongle has a bifferboard bootloader. This you must flash first. And that
> cannot be done with the the normal upload procedure, but you have to do it
> via JTAG (I'm not shure about that, because I never tried it). I think some
> time ago Biff published a free bootloader, which might be useful. Have a
https://groups.google.com/group/bifferboard/browse_thread/thread/55247cdd0dbbc896
AFAIK this never got beyond the beta-testing stage, probably due to a
lack of interest?
You may also find this thread relevant:
https://groups.google.com/group/bifferboard/browse_thread/thread/b5457c26c70be710
But to cut a long story short - unless you already have the necessary
JTAG hardware, the easiest way to get a "Bifferboard" is to just buy
one, rather than trying to modify an existing device.
Lurch
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