[CUWiN-Dev] Cofigs for CUWiN deployments in Ghana:

[John Atkinson]

Hey guys,

My NetBSD machine kicked the bucket during a compile yesterday. I think the
power outages were corrupting my file system; building at the distribution
step began to kickback varying errors. Regardless, the power issues finally
killed this particular machine. It's probably just a power pack, but I don't
have any spares in the village just now.

I do have 11 antennas coming from Poland on Friday. Is there any means to
get a customized ISO with those network parameters I sent?

I would appreciate it greatly.

Regards,

 John Atkinson
Cblit.org <http://cblit.org/>
Wirelessghana.com <http://wirelessghana.com/>

On 10/5/05, John Atkinson <john.atkinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> I am running bootable CD-ROMs in my nodes.
>
> One configuration file is fine.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Atkinson
> Cblit.org <http://Cblit.org>
> Wirelessghana.com <http://Wirelessghana.com>
>
>
> On 10/5/05, Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org> wrote:
> >
> > FYI:
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [CUWiN-Dev] Cofigs for CUWiN deployments in Ghana:
> > Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:46:41 -0500
> > From: David Young <dyoung at pobox.com >
> > To: CUWiN Development <cu-wireless-dev at cuwireless.net>
> > References: <434293AC.4050804 at ucimc.org>
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 09:37:32AM -0500, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Great news, John Atkinson <john.atkinson at gmail.com> is deploying
> > > CUWiN-based technology in a couple locations in Ghana. He's fairly
> > > tech-savvy and just needs a bit of support from our -dev team -- in
> > > particular, he's having trouble creating configured .iso images for
> > two
> > > locations in Ghana. Could someone spend a few minutes creating the
> > .isos
> > > to these specs & let him know where he can download them?
> >
> > These configurations are identical apart from the dhcpselect mode,
> > and if John lets dhcpselect choose, he can have just one configuration.
> > John, is there any reason not to use just one configuration?
> >
> > > # cuw_config set for CBLIT's Akwapim Network: main Internet-connected
> > node$
> > > cuw_config_channel='7'
> > > cuw_config_dhcpselect_mode='client'
> > > cuw_config_hostname='acrc'
> > > cuw_config_latitude='0'
> > > cuw_config_longitude='0'
> > > cuw_config_nameservers=' 192.168.70.10 <http://192.168.70.10>
> > 192.168.230.70 <http://192.168.230.70>'
> > > cuw_config_ssid='blitc.net <http://blitc.net>'
> > >
> > > # cuw_config set for CBLIT's Akwapim Network:
> > subscriber/infrastructure
> > > node$
> > > cuw_config_channel='7'
> > > cuw_config_dhcpselect_mode='server'
> > > cuw_config_hostname='acrc'
> > > cuw_config_latitude='0'
> > > cuw_config_longitude='0'
> > > cuw_config_nameservers=' 192.168.70.10 <http://192.168.70.10>
> > 192.168.230.70 <http://192.168.230.70>'
> > > cuw_config_ssid='blitc.net <http://blitc.net>'
> > >
> > > Let me & John know if there's any questions. Also, are there
> > > easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions for creating your own .iso
> > > anywhere that I can refer people to?
> >
> > I've added brief instructions for .iso here:
> >
> >  http://svn.cuwireless.net/svn/cuw/trunk/doc/local/building
> >
> > Here is a recipe for John's ISOs:
> >
> > 1 Create an empty directory, john-extras.
> >
> > 2 Create a file under that directory, john-extras/log.
> >
> > 3 Copy the /etc/cuw_config line in trunk/src/boot-image/extras/log
> > to john-extras/log.
> >
> > 4 Copy John's configuration file to john-extras/etc/cuw_config.
> >
> > 5 Create the ISO,
> > ./buildiso -- -s [[john's netbsd sources]] -b [[scratch directory]] \
> > -E john-extras
> >
> > > If so, let me know (because I'm a bit
> > > confused by the "cuw_config_dhcpselect_mode" item and want to learn
> > more
> > > about how configuration works). Finally, are there any plans to reduce
> > the
> > > kernel size so that we can have a bootstrap floppy image again? Or is
> > this
> > > no longer doable?
> >
> > It is a rare computer, today, that cannot boot a CD-ROM. I hate to
> > spend a lot of time supporting a rare use-case. If I hear from John
> > that his equipment definitely cannot boot a CD-ROM, I will do what I
> > can to support him.
> >
> > Dave
> >
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