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Quick Start Guide – DreamPlug page 7 / 11
File name Description Where to get it
1 Minicom Used as Board console Re-Install command: yum install minicom
note 1: Fedora9 has a built-in minicom
2. Ftdi_sio.ko FTDI device driver
module for Linux
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-downloads.aspx
3. Ftdi_sio.ko FTDI device driver
module for Linux
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-downloads.aspx
3. Setup minicom
# minicom –s
Set the Configure properties as follows:
Bits per sec field to 115200
Data bits to 8
Parity to None
Stop bit to 1
Flow Control to None
G. Basic procedures for debugging
1. Connect cables as illustrated in section D.
2. Run terminal program on Linux PC.
3. Type in # minicom –o marvell
4. Power on the DreamPlug Server.
Normally , you will see messages on screen as below˖
U-Boot 2010.06-02334-g8f495d9-dirty (Dec 21 2010 - 15:27:37)
Marvell-GuruPlug
SoC: Kirkwood 88F6281_A0
DRAM: 256M