[Commotion-dev] Commotion-OpenBTS-Serval live image

[Alexander Chemeris]

Thanks! How much time would it take to write up? We'd love to get our
own images before we departure to 29c3.

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Dan Staples
<danstaples at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
> Yup, putting the image in a git repo turned out to be a bad idea and
> made things break. I'll upload it elsewhere and send out the link so you
> can download it.
>
> I would be glad to share the process I used to create it. I'll write it
> up and send it out to the list as well.
>
> Dan
>
> On 12/12/2012 02:25 PM, Alexander Chemeris wrote:
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> Creating a live image with OpenBTS is something we long wanted to do
>> for our version of OpenBTS. Could you please share the process you
>> used? We'd love to repeat it here.
>>
>> PS Seems that git web interface you're using is buggy. Looking at the
>> liveboot branch I don't see the ISO directory there, though it shows
>> commit log fine:
>> https://code.commotionwireless.net/projects/commotion-openbts/repository/show?rev=liveboot
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:17 PM, Dan Staples
>> <danstaples at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>>> I just put a customized Ubuntu live image into the Commotion-OpenBTS git
>>> repo that includes OpenBTS, OLSRd, and Servald. The current image was
>>> built for the RAD1 transceiver board, but I will add another version
>>> later on built for the USRP. The image can be found in the ISO directory
>>> of the liveboot branch of the repo.
>>>
>>> All the components start on boot, and it assigns itself a Serval name
>>> and DID based on the MAC address of the computer's first ethernet
>>> interface. So theoretically if it's booted up with a transceiver plugged
>>> in, it should be able to field any OpenBTS and Serval traffic on a
>>> Commotion mesh network.
>>>
>>> That said, the RAD1 transceiver software currently doesn't work, so
>>> testing is a bit difficult. If anyone has a USRP or another transceiver
>>> they'd like to test it on, please do!
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
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>>
>
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