Successful Install on Igel 4210 LX Winestra thin client

robi

Nice discovery: On the front panel circuit board which you can see has provision for fitting another LED.

That missing LED is actually the Ethernet-link LED of the onboard NIC, it flashes at network activity.
I also changed the original high-lux blue LED with a more classical red one, the link-led is green. Looks much more domestic. A little hole needs to be created in the front panel plastic.

Clinxer

Thanks again for your answer.
sudo dd if = / home/CF1_128mb_bak_dump_dd.img of = / dev / sdd
251937 +0 records input
251937 +0 records out
128991744 bytes (129 MB) copied, 43.733 s, 2.9 MB / s
Insert the card and constantly reboots without any message.

If I create a physical partition and mark it as bootable, with sudo dd if = / home/CF1_128mb_bak_dump_dd.img of = / dev/sdd1 gives error can not write 1 block.
sudo dd if=/home/CF1_128mb_bak_dump_dd.img of=/dev/sdd1
dd: escribiendo en «/dev/sdd1»: No queda espacio en el dispositivo
251907+0 registros de entrada
251906+0 registros de salida
128975872 bytes (129 MB) copiados, 94,3489 s, 1,4 MB/s

The same with dd for windows that you have shown me.

The card should have some special format or special bootloader. I can think of nothing else.

A greeting.

robi

Try with another card.

Also check in BIOS, set it manually to CHS, LBA or Large, maybe it's wrongly auto-detected by the motherboard.
I had similar issues with a brand Kingston CF card, while a chinese noname cheapo was perfectly detected.

Clinxer

It is possible that the backup does not contain the MBR?
If I make a backup with dd if=/dev/sdd1 occupies 128991744 bytes (129 MB)
If I make a backup with dd if=/dev/sdd occupies 129024000 bytes (129 MB)
The difference coincides with the 63 boot sectors.

I've read that can be done with the following command from linux
dd if=/dev/xxx of=mbr_63.backup bs=512 count=63

Could you make a backup of the MBR of your compactflash.

Thank you very much.

och..nee

Hi,
I achieved it with an Igel 564 LX Premium.
Same specs but

pcmcia Slot
smartcard reader

2 Transent a. 1 GB DDR 400 3-3-3
are fully recognized.

The Igel: 25,- Euro via Ebay +
29,- Euro Intel PCI-X Dual 1000 GB LAN Server Card

Clinxer

I put some pictures of how I put the LED network (I have already drilled to put another led more) for what it's idea.

Picture of the front which is also where I have placed the hard drive of a laptop.
Detail of the LEDs. I put a female sockets by the distance to the front to change without weld again.
The holes on the front are the plastic outer 2mm and 4mm on the inside to fit all the LEDs.

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Best regards.

robi

@och..nee:

I achieved it with an Igel 564 LX Premium.
Same specs but

pcmcia Slot

smartcard reader

The 564 LX Premium has VIA C3 CPU, while 4210 LX Winestra has VIA C7 CPU inside.

robi

@Clinxer:

I put some pictures of how I put the LED network (I have already drilled to put another led more) for what it's idea.

Very nice work! Fantastic!

Clinxer

The third LED is to indicate the IDE port activity. It is necessary to solder two resistors and a diode to operate and the LED is connected to J2. It's a bit difficult because SMD components.

R20 = 33 OMHS
R22 = 10 Komhs
D1 = 1N4148

I have not proven to work with the compactflash. With the ide port works perfectly.

I need to backup the MBR 63 sectors of the original card IGEL to recover the original system. A full backup including the MBR also helps me. It must have 129024000 bytes. Thanks.

Best regards

robi

Alright. I dumped the CF again under native Linux:

$ sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=Igel_Winestra.img
252000+0 records in
252000+0 records out
129024000 bytes (129 MB) copied, 9.21551 s, 14.0 MB/s

I hope this time it will suit you fine. Grab it from here: CF_dump_dd_linux

och..nee

The 564 LX Premium has VIA C3 CPU, while 4210 LX Winestra has VIA C7 CPU inside.

Uups.
Sorry for that.
But in spite having a C3 it is doing his job for a little homenet
running havp + snort.

thank's for that info

robi

How have you been configured snort?
In my config, if I enable snort, cpu goes all up to 100%, and all connections die.

och..nee

I used
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/security/security-howto/31406-build-your-own-ids-firewall-with-pfsense?start=2
and
http://skear.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Set-Up-an-Intrusion-Detection-System-Using-Snort-on-pfSense-20

BY now I only have the Wan Port monitored.
For snorting the LAN I first have to understand the mirroring on my switch

Clinxer

Thank you very much, Robi.

Now starts perfectly and I can play with. I'll see if I can install new programs through the upgrade process. Now I will tell you if I make some progress.

Best regards

robi

@Clinxer:

Picture of the front which is also where I have placed the hard drive of a laptop.

Can you please share a photo which shows more precisely the way you mounted the hard drive mechanically?

Clinxer

Top view. I put it there because the IDE cable is usually short and do not cover the tabs of the plastic front. Could also be putting up the parallel port connector.
Side view. I had to put a few nuts to separate the disc and the cover has a tab.
Details of the placement of components to test the operation of port activity LED IDE. When shopping for the SMD components change and get nice ;-)

I'm waiting for the IDE-SATA adapter and a new compactflash.

Best regards

robi

Aren't you afraid that the drive will be toasted by the CPU and GPU heatsink? They can get pretty warm…
Also, unfortunately right below the HDD there are some electrolytic condensers, which don't really like warm weather. They are already too close to the heatsinks (bad placement IMHO by design), placing a HDD there would minimize the air flow, and get even warmer, wouldn't it?

I thought I'd place it under the PCI card. Where the optional PCMCIA slot would have been.

Clinxer

The hard disk touch just 1.5 cm with the cpu heatsink and coincides with a flap on the other heatsink. I do not think that affects him because heat rises and the CPU will never be below the disk. I'll tell you when I reach the parts that I need and I finish it.

A greeting.

Clinxer

Well, I can confirm that the port activity LED works correctly with the ide hard drive but does not light with both CompactFlash I've tried.

Best regards

och..nee

HI,

does anybody succeeded in doing a full install on HDD?
If I just connect a 2.5" HDD to the pins on the board and
I get Problems with dma modes.

Setting LBA mode in bios is not helpfull.
Disabling udma or dma mode in bios is not helpfull.
Disabling dma on console is not helpfull.

Thanks and regards