setting up the MK802 II

[battcor]

I replaced the kernel with a more updated one. I used the kernel from Patwood, 3.4.67 I believe.

Then on boot I insmod module squashfs.ko or else tinycore extensions will not load correctly.

Could anyone give a step by step procedures on these.

- how to replace TC's kernel with Patwood's 3.4.79
or
- better way to enable wifi of MK802ii

My MK802ii already managed to boot with Tiny Core 5.4 (dCore Arm V7hf) on SD card.

Now on my PC, I inserted the SD card and run the following commands:

$ mount /mnt/mmcblk0p1 (sd card)
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://dl.cubieforums.com/files/patwood/A10-kernel-3.4.79.tar.gz
$ tar xf A10-kernel-3.4.79.tar.gz -C /mnt/mmcblk0p1
$ umount /mnt/mmcblk0p1

Then on my MK802ii, I inserted the SD card and it didn't boot.

Please help, I am just new on Linux.

[fangis]

The uImage file is the kernel, usually it is a matter of just replacing this file.
If you too have 8188eu as wifi module you will need to upgrade the kernel as 3.0.42 does not seem to support it.

[vinikon]

Please see http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,18085.0.html this thread.
I posted some of my progress.

Waiting for your replies,
Vik

[fangis]

Hey there!

It's great to see someone besides me using this mini pc. I thought I was the last one!

I read you want to install to NAND, it seems not to be as easy as simply dd, because the boot files are different, even by using the cubieboard boot script I could not succeed. What finally worked for me, after searching a lot, was to use prebuilt images from a different a10 system - pcduino and pcduino2. You get the image or kernel, start from that, and then replace the rootfs files with whatever you want. I am now running from Nand, although it's not anymore TC, just a regular debian or a very small custom rootfs.
As for the X setup I will try to remember, myself i'm not using X anymore, I think you had to load some extensions and then it would work, which extensions did you get?