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Stompbox - Howto #4 - Config and Customize

April 14th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Linux, Stompbox

Configuration

By now you should have a login prompt in your serial console. Login as root, no password and run the stompbox config script, /usr/local/bin/initial-setup. The questions are pretty self explanatory. If you don’t know the answer to a question, take the default. I don’t have a camera or gpsd setup but it still asked me to configure those items. I just hit enter on the defaults to keep going. I do recommend getting a dynDNS account and entering that info. It makes it a lot easier to get to your stompbox from the real world. If you don’t want to mess with dynDNS then just enter something and we can disable it later. When the script is done you should reboot the box.

The setup script fails to update /etc/resolv.conf so you’ll need to do that before you can get along with much else. Put the box in RW mode (remountrw) and vi /etc/resolv.conf. Change the IP of the nameserver to the local wifi address (127.0.0.1 should work too). If everything went well you now have a working stompbox.

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Stompbox - Howto #3 - First Boot

April 14th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Linux, Stompbox

Boot Media

You’ll need a 128MB CF card and a card reader for your computer. I would think a larger card would work but many people say otherwise on the forums. I happened to have a 128MB card left from my last camera and a Sandisk USB reader so I didn’t have to buy either. I plan to make a 256MB verson just because the extra room might be handy in the future but I’m sure I won’t get around to it until I really need it.

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