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Hi,

I'm testing a x86 ebox 4300. I've created the boot CF but I have a problem when booting from the CF.
It says some errors as:

PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at e0000000 is not E820-reserved
8139cp 0000:00:08.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip
8139cp Try the "8139too" driver instead.
Configuring network interfaces..ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device
Could not confuigure driver to use managed mode

And then it has some other problems, network does not work as it does not get a DHCP IP address.

Any ideas?


Thank you

How did you setup the CF card? With booting from a prepared USB-stick? This is necessary as ebox-4300 sees CF card as hdc instead of hda like all the other systems. The installation via USB stick takes care of this.

8139cp 0000:00:08.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip
8139cp Try the "8139too" driver instead.

That is ok, just ignore it.

Actual image seems to have a problem setting up IP for the first time. When you login via console (user "root", password "meteohub") you can set IP manually by "ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10" to a fixed IP. Done that you will be able to browse to this IP and to change network settings as you like. I suggest to start with just setting normal LAN things. If things you enter seem not to be accepted don't worry. Just set them, press "save" and reboot. After that things should be as expected.

Yes, I've prepared a USB-stick and then booted with it and with the CF card. It has prepared the CF card without problems.
Then I booted with the CF.
I'll try to manual change IP config.
(I do not know anything about linux! )

Thank you!

gpfoto wrote:(I do not know anything about linux! )

If you know a bit about Windows[1], you can note the IP that the eBox has been given, temporarily change the IP of one of the other computers to a compatible value, then use that computer to access the ebox via Meteohub's http interface, change the Meteohub's IP settings on the Network page to values on your normal network, 'Save' that page (don't be worried if the values don't seem to "stick" ) , then reboot Meteohub and reinstate the IP settings of the other computer.

That's what I did when setting up my ALIX 1D, as described here.

[1] Though, since this approach is browser based it is actually OS independent of course.

Yes, I've done this and all works fine.

Thank you!