<div dir="ltr"><br><div>Glad you got it working! I've used many Cyclades TS and ACS units over the years.</div><div><br></div><div>If you aren't already aware, you'll need a custom cable if you are using it as a console server for devices with Cisco-style rj45 serial port. I can send the cable instructions I have come up with, or you can also snag the adb0039 adapter dongles off of ebay.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 3:46 PM Michael Dombrowski via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Doing a lot of replying to my own posts... <br></div><div dir="ltr">I figured this one out. I was able to download a replacement firmware from Vertiv:</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.vertiv.com/en-us/support/software-download/it-management/legacy/acs-classic-advanced-console-servers-software-downloads/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ACS Classic Advanced Console Server Software Downloads</a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">My CF reader came in and I imaged the file that was on there. I simply tried writing the new firmware, but not dice. <br></div><div dir="ltr">Some poking around with a hex editor and I realized some byte swapping was needed:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-top:0.6em;margin-bottom:1.35em;color:rgb(50,55,63);font-family:Avenir,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">hexdump -v -e '1/2 "%04x"' -e '"\n"' FL0536-017.bin | xxd -r -p > test1.img</p><div dir="ltr">I was able to dd the resulting file to the CF card and linux booted right up. I was unable to log in, but realized I may need hardware flow control. A few minutes later, I had a new serial cable and was able to log in! It felt good to bring this system back from the dead. I likely could have used the recovery procedure below had my serial cable been functioning from the get go, but c'est la vie. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">[root@CAS root]# uname -a
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</span><br>relocated to: 00400020 0128B35C
<br>board data at: 01289120 0128935C
<br>relocated to: 00405240 0040547C
<br>zimage at: 00406444 00546863
<br>initrd at: 00547000 012883D0
<br>avail ram: 0128C000 08000000
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<br>Uncompressing Linux...done.<br></span><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">I found what looks to be a flash recovery process, but it requires getting that self-test process to reappear:<br></div><div><a href="https://theregime.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/avocent-acs-repair/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://theregime.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/avocent-acs-repair/</a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anyone know how to coax these machines back into functioning? I removed the dead NVRAM battery just to see if that could coax it back into functioning, but no dice. There is onboard flash, as well as a CF card. If I pull the CF card, I get no output at all from the serial console, so I wonder if the onboard flash is just the bootloader to load from the compactflash, which brings me to my second question: anyone have one of these and the ability to image the compactflash card?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">thanks</div><div dir="ltr">mike<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My first boot:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin-top:0.6em;margin-bottom:1.35em;color:rgb(50,55,63);font-family:Avenir,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Booting from Original Boot 2.0.7 (Apr/21/04)<br>Cyclades Corporation</p><p style="margin-top:0.6em;margin-bottom:1.35em;color:rgb(50,55,63);font-family:Avenir,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Testing RAM .............................. SKIPPED<br>Memory detected: 131072 Kbytes<br>Testing FLASH ............................ OK<br>Flash detected: 256 Kbytes<br>Testing Flash [Configuration] ............ OK<br>Storage Device Detected .................. OK<br>IDE HD SMC128BFD6E<br>Size: 128 Mbytes<br>Testing Storage Device [Op Code] ......... SKIPPED<br>Interface Cards Detected ................. OK<br>16-UART ports detected<br>PCMCIA Support Detected .................. OK<br>Power Supply Capability .................. SINGLE<br>Testing Ethernet ......................... NOK<br>Testing Real Time Clock .................. NOK<br>Testing Serial Number..................... OK<br>ID is 5159001100004F<br>Hardware boot.</p><p style="margin-top:0.6em;margin-bottom:1.35em;color:rgb(50,55,63);font-family:Avenir,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Entry Point = 0x00002120</p><p style="margin-top:0.6em;margin-bottom:1.35em;color:rgb(50,55,63);font-family:Avenir,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">loaded at: 00002120 00E8D45C<br>relocated to: 00400020 0128B35C<br>board data at: 01289120 0128935C<br>relocated to: 00405240 0040547C<br>zimage at: 00406444 00546863<br>initrd at: 00547000 012883D0<br>avail ram: 0128C000 08000000</p><p style="margin-top:0.6em;margin-bottom:1.35em;color:rgb(50,55,63);font-family:Avenir,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram rw<br>Uncompressing Linux...done.</p></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>rescue list - <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></div>
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