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  • online upgrade info for gigEnn-T3 users
  • Online updates can be done two ways:
    • from the main wansim gui ( wansimGUI->config->update )
    • manually as shown below

  • NN-plus and NN-minus users can upgrade to the current gigEnn software for a fee

Pre-Requisites
  • Drop to shell from the main wansim gui

  • Verify you have the file /..CF on your gigEnn-T3 system
      ls -la /..CF

      if /..CF does not exist, you would need to create it
      sudo touch /..CF

  • Verify you have the latest online update script ( gigEnn.update.sh )
      ls -la /usr/bin/gigEnn.update.sh
      gigEnn.update.sh -v

      latest version for gigEnn.update.sh should be 2011.1225

      if not, you would need to download the latest version
      cd /usr/bin && sudo wget -c http://gigEnn.net/Upgrade/bin/gigEnn.update.sh

gigEnn online Update Process
  • To Check for a new gigEnn image
      gigEnn.update.sh -rootfs

  • To Install the lastest gigEnn image
      gigEnn.update.sh -rootfs -install


  • To Check for a new boot kernel
      gigEnn.update.sh -kernel

  • To Install the lastest boot kernel
      gigEnn.update.sh -kernel -install


sample boot directory
  • make sure mfsroot.gz points to the gigEnn image file: 2010.0222.img.gz
  • make sure kernel points to the boot kernel directory: kernel-i586.2009.1117 
      
>  sudo mount /dev/ad0s1a /mnt/CF  
>  ls -la /mnt/CF/boot  
>  current files are in cyan  old and obsolete files are shown in yellow for reference only  
....  
-rw-r--r--  1 root        wheel  24943072 Jun 23  2009 2009.0622.img.gz  
-rw-r--r--  1 root        wheel  24945305 Nov  6 16:44 2009.1106.img.gz  
 -rw-r--r--  1 wansimuser  wheel  25459833 Feb 22 16:45 2010.0222.img.gz   
... 
 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root        wheel        23 Feb 22 16:24 kernel -> ./kernel-i586.2009.1117  
drwxr-xr-x  2 root        wheel     10240 May  4  2009 kernel-i586.2009.0504 == prev release  
 drwxr-xr-x  2 root        wheel     10240 Nov 17 15:39 kernel-i586.2009.1117   
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root        wheel        23 Feb 22 16:24 kernel.2009.0504 -> ./kernel-i586.2009.0504  
...  
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root        wheel        18 Feb 22 16:24 mfsroot.2009.0622.gz -> ./2009.0622.img.gz  
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root        wheel        18 Feb 22 16:24 mfsroot.2009.1106.gz -> ./2009.1106.img.gz  
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root        wheel        18 Feb 22 16:41 mfsroot.2010.0222.img.gz -> ./2010.0222.img.gz  
 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root        wheel        18 Feb 22 17:15 mfsroot.gz -> ./2010.0222.img.gz   
....

    > sudo umount /mnt/CF

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