Hello!

Below are a few download links, the main ones are an ongoing experiment to flash generic x86 hardware with a port of robin.  Please look at the instructions loaded in the zip files carefully.  Best to use the most recent version. We have on test at the moment compaq intel boxes both as gateways and repeaters meshing with fons/merakis running robin. However nodogsplash is broken  in robix and we hope someone can help find the required flags or problem, note it may be related to an imq device issue.

 Robix / x86robin

 -- First -- This is not intended to be a fork of Antonio's and others great work, mearly an attempt to get it working on generic x86 hardware with atheros wifi cards using as few a changes as possible.
-- second -- Thanks to Antonio for being so open with his work such that my meager efforts can come to something; and in case you didn't know Antonio's web site is:- http://www.blogin.it/

The numbers in the file names indicate what robin version or svn checkout they were based on.  This means that the latest is now olsr capable, and like the robin  version it's based on defaults to this protocol.

 

Files

Loaded by Size Dated
phil_intel_robin_files.tar.gz

Philip G 4.0 MB 11 Jan 2008
phil_intel_robin_files_r2-c323.tar.gz

Philip G 4.5 MB 23 Jan 2008
phil_x86robin_files_r2-c470.tar.gz

Philip G 5.4 MB 22 Feb 2008
phil_x86robin_files_r2-c477.tar.gz

Philip G 5.6 MB 24 Feb 2008
phil_x86robin_files_t_c491.tar.gz

Philip G 6.0 MB 29 Feb 2008
phil_robix_files_t_c891.tar.gz

Philip G
 5.9MB
 6 July 2008
phil_robix_files_t_c965.tar.gz

Philip G
 5.9MB
 1 Aug 2008
phil_robix_files_r1319.tar.gz

Philip G
 6.1MB
 8 Oct 2008

 

The robix live install cd (15.6MB & not pretty) is the easiest way to install.  Booting the intended robinx machine (min 44MB RAM) from the cd you can either install directly the earlier (now old) image on the install cd or download and install the latest version by typing x86flash or x86flash-latest respectively.  Note that x86flash-latest requires that the machine is first connected via ethernet to an internet enable lan with correctly configured dhcp prior to booting the robix live install cd.  My thanks go to Matthew Franz & co for ubuntutrinux on which this robix live cd is heavily based.

If you know what you are doing latest.gz (5.6MB) is the hd image required for manual robinx install via the linux command dd:-

 gunzip -c latest.gz | dd of=/dev/<hd_of_you_choice>

Be warned that the above dd command and install cd commands will DESTROY all data on the target device (currently only hda on the install cd).

If you are only able to boot from floppy then Smart Boot Manager or the Bootable CD Loader v1.50Z will in turn boot cdroms.

 Meraki-mini flashing

*****You may also want to find document on how to flash a unit such as a meraki/fonero/accton using linux, our prefered platform. This works... we hope! The windows version unfortunately drops out on many occasions, visit http://www.opensourcemesh.org/flashdocument.htm *****

Cheers,

Richie, Ian, Andrew, Guy, Philip, Ted and the rest of this newly formed team!

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