First thing I did was download the "stager.bin and "upgrade.bin. Then I checked to ensure the MD5 matched, which they did. Then I changed the dip switches to 11110 while it was powered off. I then set my eth0 ip to 192.168.1.2 on my laptop. Turned on the pineapple ensuring that the ethernet was connected to the pineapple and my laptop. Then pretty much right after powering up, the pineapple shows solid green, solid amber, solid blue, and a blinking red.I waited 5 seconds, then 10 then, 5 minutes. The browser just kept timing out. I tried powering off the pineapple setting the dip switches to reset, powering back on. Then powering off and setting it back to 11110 and powering on. I was not able to connect via the browser to the pineapple, it times out. I tried via ssh and could could not connect either. I double checked ifconfig to ensure eth0 was set to the correct ip which it was. From my understanding in order to flash the "stager.bin" it needs to be uploaded via the browser unless I am reading it wrong.
Oh I left the microsd card in the pineapple while doing this. just wanted to put more info out here in case it helps.
Thanks for the help!