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BIOS Bootsplash for Thinkpad (T41)

BootsplashOn thinkwiki.org I found 2 articles how to get rid of the IBM BIOS Bootsplash and your own working. One for Windows and one for Linux.

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We got some Linksys WRTSL54GS imported from US

Linksys WRTSL54GS

Don´t ask how, but we got some units to europe.

The first thing we does, was to install openwrt and to try debridge the switch to have multiple interfaces instead. We was able to remove ports from the switch, but cant create additional working vlans like on WRT54G. So at this point its useless for our purpose. But we will start exploring as son as possible we have a running serial console.

Adding Serial Mod to Linksys WRT54G (V2.0)

Today I was finally soldering the Serial Mod I got from Stephanie Lange and got the serial console working on a WRT54G V2.0 model.

Welcome to minicom 2.1

OPTIONS: History Buffer, F-key Macros, Search History Buffer, I18n
Compiled on Mar 29 2005, 09:39:09.

Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys

BusyBox v1.00 (2005.07.08-18:02+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter ‘help’ for a list of built-in commands.

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WHITE RUSSIAN (RC1) ——————————-
* 2 oz Vodka Mix the Vodka and Kahlua together
* 1 oz Kahlua over ice, then float the cream or
* 1/2oz cream milk on the top.
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root@gollum:/# AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0
/bin/ash: c1: not found
root@gollum:/# /bin/ash: AT: not found

[1] + Done(127) AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4
root@gollum:/#
root@gollum:/#
root@gollum:/# reboot The system is going down NOW !!
watchquag Sending SIGTERM to all processes.
Sending SIGKILL to all processes.
Please stand by while rebooting the system.
Restarting system.
Please stand by while rebooting the system…


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