On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Holden Hao holdenhao@gmail.com wrote:
Hello.
I am trying to build a Coreboot v1 BIOS with an Etherboot payload for an Acer WT300 thin client. Somebody was already successful in running LinuxBIOS with etherboot on it. ( http://spritesmods.com/?art=wtcluster ). I have tried to contact the person on the website already but he has not replied to me. So I am trying out Coreboot myself.
The Acer WT300 has a board similar in specifications to a Supertek ST3WT. The chips on the board are CS5530A and PC973717.
Coreboot-v1 is VERY old, IIRC it requires gcc 2.xx to compile. Perhaps I could talk you into using coreboot-v2 instead? I see that the Axus TC320 and Bcom WinNet 100 share the same hardware as your board, so porting your board shouldn't require much work. You can find a build tutorial here: http://www.coreboot.org/AXUS_TC320#Building_a_LinuxBIOS_image and various other resources by exploring around coreboot.org. If you need a hand, let us know!
-Corey
My build system is Debian Etch and CentOS 5. I have tried building sample images using default config files but all my efforts failed. I was able to run the python script but I did not get far running make. I get the errors below:
cp /home/holden/src/coreboot-v1/src/arch/i386/config/crt0.base crt0.S gcc -x assembler-with-cpp -DASSEMBLY -E ... crt0.S > crt0.s /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `'' /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file make: *** [crt0.s] Error 2
I get the same errors in Debian and CentOS for all config files I have tried. The error above is the same as the one reported on the link below:
http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2007-June/022422.html
I hope somebody can help me with the problem. I have about 10 of the Acer WTs that I hope to use as Linux Thin Clients. The units will be used for our organization's (a LUG called DabaweGNU) computer lab.
Regards,
Holden
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