Technical Frequently Asked Questions: Installation

Please refer to our IXP425 Installation Guides, where you will find detailed instructions for replacing the rgloader.img.
Another option is using our online Evaluation Wizard where you will find guidance for any downloaded image.

To replace OpenRG's RGLoader with Redboot, follow the instructions below:
Click on one of the following links, according to your hardware, to download the redboot image file to your PC:
Coyote Redboot image
Intel® IXDPG425 Redboot image
Place the Redboot image to be burnt into the /tftpboot directory (or any directory you set the server with) on your PC.
Execute the following command from OpenRG's CLI:
Note:
This operation may take a few minutes. Download is completed after the message 'Download completed successfully' appears.
If you encounter an error message such as 'No route found by openrg to ip 192.168.1.10' -- disregard it.
Power-cycle the board. The Redboot greeting will appear on the serial modem console screen.
Execute:
This may take about 2 minutes.
Wait until the init operation is complete and then reset the board.

We would like to refer you to our download page.
By selecting the appropriate version and platform, you will be able to download the matching evaluation image. You can also view our step-by-step instructions regarding OpenRG development platforms' Installation Guides, according to the matching OpenRG version you are using.

Our IPv6 feature requires an up-to-date Flex version (2.5.31 and up). You will need to upgrade your Linux distribution with a newer flex version that could be retrieved from sourceforge.net. Download the source code package (flex-2.5.31.tar.gz), compile it and install it on your PC. This should resolve the issue.

Since the problem seems to be the running of applications that require root permissions (without changing ANY root data), a utility called fakeroot may be a possible solution.
Installing fakeroot on a debian system:
If your system is not a debian system -
Download the following tarball:
Extract the tarball:
Change directory to fakeroot_1.5.5:
Run configure:
Compile the source:
Install the application:

For compiling OpenRG, do the following -
Run a new bash with fakeroot permissions:
Change directory to the root source directory:
Compile the source tree:
Exit the shell with fakeroot permissions
NOTE: fakeroot WILL NOT allow users with no root permissions to change any files that have root permissions.

The openrg.img is used for loading via the CLI (Command Line Interface), using TFTP.
In order to load an OpenRG image via HTTP, use OpenRG's Web-based management to load the openrg.rmt file.

Please refer to our downloads section, specifically to the pre-built images section, where you will find a step-by-step procedure to guide you through burning your board with our most up-to-date evaluation images. Also, in our documentation section, you will find a handy Operational and Management Guide, which will provide you general information regarding various evaluation scenarios.

OpenRG's bootloader (rgloader.img) does not support loading to the RAM.
By executing a load command, the image will be burned to the Flash. However, most of the available evaluation platforms, such as Intel Coyote IXP425, support dual-image configuration.
This will allow you to load an image to one section, run it, and then switch back to the other section.

• Disable the 'negotiation' option in your TFTP setup.
  
• Verify the flash image file has READ permission.

If your ST MicroElectronics Mt. Ararat ADSL2+ Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) card is not working after loading the OpenRG image, make sure you are using an ATM image:

1. If you compiled an image from the SDK, the specified distribution in the 'make config' command should be MONTEJADE_ATM:
   
   make config DIST=MONTEJADE_ATM LIC=(license file path)
2. If you downloaded a pre-built image from our downloads section, the downloaded image should be the Monte Jade OpenRG ATM image.

When executing reboot from the CLI, if your image is stuck after the ATM card is up, perform a hard reset. This is a known issue of ST, the Monte Jade ATM can only be hard reset.

After burning an image, the boot process may stop to ask for the factory settings file. The factory settings can be found under:

In the case where after burning an image from RGLoader, you reboot, and OpenRG halts in RGLoader instead of running the image you have just loaded, you should restore the defaults in the RGLoader. The reason for this is a problem in consistency of the counters of each section on the flash.

In order to perform multiple installations of OpenRG on a single download, do the following:

• Install OpenRG once on one computer. The OpenRG packages will be cached in /.jpkg cache/*.ejpkg.
• Copy all the *.ejpkg files to a file server in your own network, or to a local computer to which you would like to install.
• Set JPKG SEARCH PATH to the path of the OpenRG packages:
  If the server is a WEB server:
  
  # export JPKG SEARCH PATH=[path_to_HTTP_server]
  If the server is an NFS/Samba server:
  
  # export JPKG SEARCH PATH=[path_to_file_server]
• Run install.sh to install OpenRG.