Updating Debian

Now that we have the TS7200 booting Debian linux from the compact flash we can install the development tools that we need.

The first step is to update debian using the apt-get functionality:

apt-get update

To boot from the compact flash card of the TS-7200 the following steps were executed:

Partition the compact flash card

Put the Flash card in the USB reader and insert it into a linux desktop PC.

Instructions as documented in the Linux for ARM on TS-72xx User's Guide)

Recap
The last week was able to simply copy files from the host PC to the CF via a USB card reader. Then after placing that CF back in the TS-7200 and re-booting it, I was able to copy over that file to the Linux root structure.

Expectations

File Transferring - Wrap Up

Recap
Over the past week the system was connect and Linux was able to boot off the embedded board. The console, via the serial port, was accessed with HyperTerminal on a desktop. The network configuration was also setup with Apache and the board was working as a web server. After navigating to the /www/apache/htdocs/ folder, the index.html file was altered with meta tags that would re-direct any client to the Scimatic Software Homepage.

Expectations