From: John B. <jbr...@gm...> - 2008-08-28 19:44:16
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DL 1.3.6-2008-08-28-i686-bs Dell Vostro 200. Dual SATA hard drives and SATA CD-ROM drive. I have a usb thumb drive for the configuration. So DL boots and gets to the found empty ... media - /dev/sda1 Shall I copy .... to it? (y/n) I hit y and it gives me yy. Weird. So I let it say yy,(because hitting backspace makes them both go away) hit enter,it beeps 3 times and I get: "Would you really like to load DL without Configuration Media?" (y/n) then it drops down a line and says Please insert configuration media and press 'Enter' I can't get any farther. So, I put an older config file on the usb to see what I get and it says: checking /dev/sda1.... wrong media then it says !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! Please check your hardware! Booting will not continue, you have to reset and try again. A friend mentioned it might be a "DL doesn't like to be booted from a sata cdrom drive problem". Is that what I'm looking at or something else? -- |
From: Martin H. <ma...@ho...> - 2008-08-28 20:38:13
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Hi, try to change the SATA settings in the BIOS to something like "compatible mode" hth, #m ________________________________ Von: dev...@li... im Auftrag von John Bridleman Gesendet: Do 28.08.2008 21:44 An: dev...@li... Betreff: [Devil-Linux-discuss] SATA CDROM boot problem? DL 1.3.6-2008-08-28-i686-bs Dell Vostro 200. Dual SATA hard drives and SATA CD-ROM drive. I have a usb thumb drive for the configuration. So DL boots and gets to the found empty ... media - /dev/sda1 Shall I copy .... to it? (y/n) I hit y and it gives me yy. Weird. So I let it say yy,(because hitting backspace makes them both go away) hit enter,it beeps 3 times and I get: "Would you really like to load DL without Configuration Media?" (y/n) then it drops down a line and says Please insert configuration media and press 'Enter' I can't get any farther. So, I put an older config file on the usb to see what I get and it says: checking /dev/sda1.... wrong media then it says !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! Please check your hardware! Booting will not continue, you have to reset and try again. A friend mentioned it might be a "DL doesn't like to be booted from a sata cdrom drive problem". Is that what I'm looking at or something else? -- |
From: John B. <jbr...@gm...> - 2008-08-28 21:00:18
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The BIOS has two settings for SATA. IDE and RAID. It was set to IDE. I changed it to RAID which offered me the chance to setup raid when booting. I left it alone for now. Setting it to RAID did get rid of the double y thing but it still gives the "wrong media" error when I tell it I want the default configuration to be copied to /dev/sda1. Next I went into the raid utility and setup the drives for mirroring, rebooted and got the same error. On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Martin Hotze <ma...@ho...> wrote: > Hi, > > try to change the SATA settings in the BIOS to something like > "compatible mode" > > hth, #m > > ________________________________ > > Von: dev...@li... im Auftrag von > John Bridleman > Gesendet: Do 28.08.2008 21:44 > An: dev...@li... > Betreff: [Devil-Linux-discuss] SATA CDROM boot problem? > > > DL 1.3.6-2008-08-28-i686-bs > Dell Vostro 200. Dual SATA hard drives and SATA CD-ROM drive. > I have a usb thumb drive for the configuration. > > So DL boots and gets to the found empty ... media - /dev/sda1 > Shall I copy .... to it? (y/n) > I hit y and it gives me yy. > > Weird. So I let it say yy,(because hitting backspace makes them both > go away) hit enter,it beeps 3 times and I get: > "Would you really like to load DL without Configuration Media?" (y/n) > then it drops down a line and says > Please insert configuration media and press 'Enter' > I can't get any farther. > > > So, I put an older config file on the usb to see what I get and it > says: > > > checking /dev/sda1.... wrong media > then it says > !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! > Please check your hardware! > Booting will not continue, you have to reset and try again. > > A friend mentioned it might be a "DL doesn't like to be booted from a > sata cdrom drive problem". > > Is that what I'm looking at or something else? > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Devil-linux-discuss mailing list > Dev...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss > > -- John Bridleman |
From: Serge L. <fi...@in...> - 2008-08-28 21:49:06
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Hello, John Bridleman wrote: .. > > Next I went into the raid utility and setup the drives for mirroring, > rebooted and got the same error. Try to say "Y" for the question "Would you like to probe for SCSI controllers now?". It will load SCSI/SATA modules which is necessary for correct mounting your CDROM drives. You should do it only once, till there is no config files with the module name (/etc/sysconfig/config: INITRD_MODULES="xxxxx") which is required for preboot stage. Sometimes the loading of tons modules may cause kernel panic or oops, though... -- Serge |
From: John B. <jbr...@gm...> - 2008-08-29 17:19:36
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Thanks for your help... BIOS settings SATA mode = RAID and in the RAID settings I don't have the drives mirrored. I get the "Shall I copy the default ....." and press y (and only get a singe y) Then I get the "Would you like to probe...." which I answer y. Probing all SCSI modules ... Then I get a long list of modules found (about 4 1/2 lines) then I get Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM Search list: checking /dev/sda1 ... wrong media !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! Cannot find CD drive - try probing for SCSI controllers Wold you really like to load DL without Configuration Media? (y/n) One thing I've noticed is that with the SATA BIOS setting at RAID the boot menu lists the CD-ROM drive as P4-HL-DT-STDVD-ROM and with it set to IDE it lists it as CDROM. Clue? On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Serge Leschinsky <fi...@in...>wrote: > Hello, > > John Bridleman wrote: > .. > > > > Next I went into the raid utility and setup the drives for mirroring, > > rebooted and got the same error. > Try to say "Y" for the question "Would you like to probe for SCSI > controllers > now?". It will load SCSI/SATA modules which is necessary for correct > mounting > your CDROM drives. You should do it only once, till there is no config > files > with the module name (/etc/sysconfig/config: INITRD_MODULES="xxxxx") which > is > required for preboot stage. > > Sometimes the loading of tons modules may cause kernel panic or oops, > though... > -- John Bridleman |
From: Serge L. <fi...@in...> - 2008-09-09 21:25:33
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Hi John, I've checked in the code for correct (I hope) ata/sata/scsi hardware detection. It should help with DL booting in your case. Please sync from cvs (if you have development environment installed) or wait till the next test release will be available for downloading. Thank you for the patience :-) -- Sincerely, Serge John Bridleman wrote: > Thanks for your help... ... > > Then I get a long list of modules found (about 4 1/2 lines) then I get > Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM > Search list: > checking /dev/sda1 ... wrong media > !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! > Cannot find CD drive - try probing for SCSI controllers > Wold you really like to load DL without Configuration Media? > (y/n) ... > > Clue? |
From: John B. <jbr...@gm...> - 2008-09-10 20:17:15
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Sweet! Works great. Thank you for looking at this so quickly and thank you Bruce for building it last night! On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Serge Leschinsky <fi...@in...>wrote: > Hi John, > > I've checked in the code for correct (I hope) ata/sata/scsi hardware > detection. > It should help with DL booting in your case. Please sync from cvs (if you > have > development environment installed) or wait till the next test release will > be > available for downloading. > > Thank you for the patience :-) > > -- > Sincerely, > Serge > > John Bridleman wrote: > > > Thanks for your help... > ... > > > > Then I get a long list of modules found (about 4 1/2 lines) then I get > > Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM > > Search list: > > checking /dev/sda1 ... wrong media > > !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! > > Cannot find CD drive - try probing for SCSI controllers > > Wold you really like to load DL without Configuration Media? > > (y/n) > ... > > > > Clue? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Devil-linux-discuss mailing list > Dev...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss > -- John Bridleman |
From: Fred F. <ffr...@lo...> - 2008-09-10 20:43:25
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The problem was that agetty was not spawning on ttyS0 (remove a # from inittab). The second problem is that ttyS0 is not in the securetty file so no root longin until it is. Now I am having a problem saving the configuration to a memory stick on /dev/sda1. root@cerberus:/etc # save-config -q using device /dev/sda1 Updating file on device... Saving current configuration chmod: changing permissions of `/var/adm/mount/etc-mods.tar.bz2': Operation not permitted Configuration saved Fred Frigerio Locust USA This electronic message transmission contains information from Locust USA which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify us by telephone (305-889-5410) or by reply via electronic mail immediately. -----Original Message----- From: dev...@li... [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of John Bridleman Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:17 PM To: dev...@li... Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] SATA CDROM boot problem? Sweet! Works great. Thank you for looking at this so quickly and thank you Bruce for building it last night! On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Serge Leschinsky <fi...@in...> wrote: Hi John, I've checked in the code for correct (I hope) ata/sata/scsi hardware detection. It should help with DL booting in your case. Please sync from cvs (if you have development environment installed) or wait till the next test release will be available for downloading. Thank you for the patience :-) -- Sincerely, Serge John Bridleman wrote: > Thanks for your help... ... > > Then I get a long list of modules found (about 4 1/2 lines) then I get > Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM > Search list: > checking /dev/sda1 ... wrong media > !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! > Cannot find CD drive - try probing for SCSI controllers > Wold you really like to load DL without Configuration Media? > (y/n) ... > > Clue? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Devil-linux-discuss mailing list Dev...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss -- John Bridleman |
From: Serge L. <fi...@in...> - 2008-09-10 21:41:24
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Fred Frigerio wrote: > The problem was that agetty was not spawning on ttyS0 (remove a # from > inittab). The second problem is that ttyS0 is not in the securetty file > so no root longin until it is. I was trying to do serial console support for grub out-of-the-box. Probably, I should look into it once again if it's still not working properly > > Now I am having a problem saving the configuration to a memory stick on > /dev/sda1. > > root@cerberus:/etc # save-config -q > using device /dev/sda1 > Updating file on device... > Saving current configuration > chmod: changing permissions of `/var/adm/mount/etc-mods.tar.bz2': > Operation not > permitted > Configuration saved What file system you use for memory stick? Looks like it's FAT32... Reformat memory stick (or create additional partition and format only it) with any FS with ACL support (ext2/3, jfs, xfs etc) and the error will disappeared. -- Serge |
From: Fred F. <ffr...@lo...> - 2008-09-10 22:44:35
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I don't use grub because it never seems to do the install-to-usb correctly. The problems I had are probably there no matter what boot loader you use. Adding ttyS0 to securetty probably doesn't matter too much to have even if you are not doing a serial console. Getting agetty to listen on ttyS0 though is probably a different beast since it will give you some errors on the log and at boot up (about it spawning to rapidly). That is all I had to do besides passing the parameters to the kernel on bootup (and that is just to get the boot messages on the terminal) and adding a serial 0 9600 to the top of the syslinux.cfg when using SYSLINUX as the boot loader. Fred Frigerio Locust USA This electronic message transmission contains information from Locust USA which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify us by telephone (305-889-5410) or by reply via electronic mail immediately. -----Original Message----- From: dev...@li... [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Serge Leschinsky Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:41 PM To: dev...@li... Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] SATA CDROM boot problem? Fred Frigerio wrote: > The problem was that agetty was not spawning on ttyS0 (remove a # from > inittab). The second problem is that ttyS0 is not in the securetty > file so no root longin until it is. I was trying to do serial console support for grub out-of-the-box. Probably, I should look into it once again if it's still not working properly > > Now I am having a problem saving the configuration to a memory stick > on /dev/sda1. > > root@cerberus:/etc # save-config -q > using device /dev/sda1 > Updating file on device... > Saving current configuration > chmod: changing permissions of `/var/adm/mount/etc-mods.tar.bz2': > Operation not > permitted > Configuration saved What file system you use for memory stick? Looks like it's FAT32... Reformat memory stick (or create additional partition and format only it) with any FS with ACL support (ext2/3, jfs, xfs etc) and the error will disappeared. -- Serge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Devil-linux-discuss mailing list Dev...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss |
From: Serge L. <fi...@in...> - 2008-09-15 04:25:52
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Hi, Fred Frigerio wrote: > I don't use grub because it never seems to do the install-to-usb > correctly. Basically it works. Moreover it works very good. The only problem with install-to-usb and grub now - it's grsecurity. Hopefully we will be able to resolve it soon. > The problems I had are probably there no matter what boot > loader you use. Adding ttyS0 to securetty probably doesn't matter too > much to have even if you are not doing a serial console. Getting agetty > to listen on ttyS0 though is probably a different beast since it will > give you some errors on the log and at boot up (about it spawning to > rapidly). > Done. I also added serial console support for syslinux. Please, test it. > That is all I had to do besides passing the parameters to the kernel on > bootup (and that is just to get the boot messages on the terminal) and > adding a serial 0 9600 to the top of the syslinux.cfg when using > SYSLINUX as the boot loader. I've added tty0 and ttyS0, the last is /dev/console. Please inform me if I should change something before committing to cvs. ( error handling is far from the ideal, I know it :-) ) -- Serge |
From: Fred F. <ffr...@lo...> - 2008-09-10 20:19:59
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I just tried it on a CF card and it worked great. The only issue I had is that somehow the option to install with SYSLINUX with console support is not there, just for grub. Was it ever there? I got console support working up to the point where the console beeps which seems to disconnect it but I am just getting started with it so it may be user error. Fred Frigerio Locust USA This electronic message transmission contains information from Locust USA which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify us by telephone (305-889-5410) or by reply via electronic mail immediately. -----Original Message----- From: dev...@li... [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of John Bridleman Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:17 PM To: dev...@li... Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] SATA CDROM boot problem? Sweet! Works great. Thank you for looking at this so quickly and thank you Bruce for building it last night! On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Serge Leschinsky <fi...@in...> wrote: Hi John, I've checked in the code for correct (I hope) ata/sata/scsi hardware detection. It should help with DL booting in your case. Please sync from cvs (if you have development environment installed) or wait till the next test release will be available for downloading. Thank you for the patience :-) -- Sincerely, Serge John Bridleman wrote: > Thanks for your help... ... > > Then I get a long list of modules found (about 4 1/2 lines) then I get > Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM > Search list: > checking /dev/sda1 ... wrong media > !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! > Cannot find CD drive - try probing for SCSI controllers > Wold you really like to load DL without Configuration Media? > (y/n) ... > > Clue? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Devil-linux-discuss mailing list Dev...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss -- John Bridleman |
From: Dick M. <di...@fo...> - 2008-08-29 19:02:50
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John Bridleman wrote: > DL 1.3.6-2008-08-28-i686-bs > Dell Vostro 200. Dual SATA hard drives and SATA CD-ROM drive. > I have a usb thumb drive for the configuration. > > So DL boots and gets to the found empty ... media - /dev/sda1 > Shall I copy .... to it? (y/n) > I hit y and it gives me yy. > > Weird. So I let it say yy,(because hitting backspace makes them both go > away) hit enter,it beeps 3 times and I get: > "Would you really like to load DL without Configuration Media?" (y/n) > then it drops down a line and says > Please insert configuration media and press 'Enter' > I can't get any farther. > > So, I put an older config file on the usb to see what I get and it says: > > checking /dev/sda1.... wrong media > then it says > !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!! > Please check your hardware! > Booting will not continue, you have to reset and try again. Is it that there are 2 problems here? You have a problem finding a driver for your CDROM? You're stuck in a logical loop because you don't have a config file? There are a few funnies with the start-up script when there is no config file. I've pointed out a few in the past but they're not showstoppers and there's more interesting things to work on. The best plan is to put a config file on the USB stick before you start. If you don't want to do that you have to tell DL where you want to put your config file otherwise you get into the loop. echo device > /shm/DL_DEVICE or save-config -d device > A friend mentioned it might be a "DL doesn't like to be booted from a > sata cdrom drive problem". DL uses a recent kernel; if there's a driver for your drive it will use it. Otherwise you're stuffed! If you're using IDE the device will be /dev/hd* or /dev/scd* - I don't know what it will be with SATA - probably /dev/scd*. dmesg will tell you what's happening. To duck the problem is it possible you could use a USB stick for the ISO image? It's only about 256MB so it's not such a big deal these days. Personally I use a USB stick with one partition for the ISO and another (ext3) for the config files. If you have enough RAM you can use "copy ISO to ram" which allows you to remove the USB stick once you've booted. Dick |
From: John B. <jbr...@gm...> - 2008-08-29 20:17:23
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Dick Middleton <di...@fo...> wrote: > Is it that there are 2 problems here? You have a problem finding a driver > for > your CDROM? You're stuck in a logical loop because you don't have a > config file? > > There are a few funnies with the start-up script when there is no config > file. > I've pointed out a few in the past but they're not showstoppers and there's > more > interesting things to work on. > > The best plan is to put a config file on the USB stick before you start. > If you > don't want to do that you have to tell DL where you want to put your config > file > otherwise you get into the loop. echo device > /shm/DL_DEVICE or > save-config -d > device I did try that although it was an older (1.2) config file. It says: Pre-UnionFS config file found loading configuration Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM Search list: checking /dev/sda1 ... wrong media !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found ..... > A friend mentioned it might be a "DL doesn't like to be booted from a > > sata cdrom drive problem". > > DL uses a recent kernel; if there's a driver for your drive it will use it. > Otherwise you're stuffed! I'm beginning to feel that way! 8-) If you're using IDE the device will be /dev/hd* or /dev/scd* - I don't know > what > it will be with SATA - probably /dev/scd*. dmesg will tell you what's > happening. Scrolls by so fast .... > To duck the problem is it possible you could use a USB stick for the ISO > image? > It's only about 256MB so it's not such a big deal these days. Personally > I > use a USB stick with one partition for the ISO and another (ext3) for the > config > files. If you have enough RAM you can use "copy ISO to ram" which allows > you to > remove the USB stick once you've booted. I've only got a small stick right now so I'm off to the store this weekend. > I was able to get ubuntu working on this box but I would really rather use DL. -- John Bridleman |
From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2008-08-29 20:32:09
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How about going with a workaround if everything else fails? Can you install a plain old IDE-CDROM in the box ? Some day one of us will own a SATA CDROM too, then we can test it. Heiko From: dev...@li... [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of John Bridleman Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 3:17 PM To: di...@fo...; dev...@li... Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] SATA CDROM boot problem? On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Dick Middleton <di...@fo...> wrote: Is it that there are 2 problems here? You have a problem finding a driver for your CDROM? You're stuck in a logical loop because you don't have a config file? There are a few funnies with the start-up script when there is no config file. I've pointed out a few in the past but they're not showstoppers and there's more interesting things to work on. The best plan is to put a config file on the USB stick before you start. If you don't want to do that you have to tell DL where you want to put your config file otherwise you get into the loop. echo device > /shm/DL_DEVICE or save-config -d device I did try that although it was an older (1.2) config file. It says: Pre-UnionFS config file found loading configuration Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM Search list: checking /dev/sda1 ... wrong media !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found ..... > A friend mentioned it might be a "DL doesn't like to be booted from a > sata cdrom drive problem". DL uses a recent kernel; if there's a driver for your drive it will use it. Otherwise you're stuffed! I'm beginning to feel that way! 8-) If you're using IDE the device will be /dev/hd* or /dev/scd* - I don't know what it will be with SATA - probably /dev/scd*. dmesg will tell you what's happening. Scrolls by so fast .... To duck the problem is it possible you could use a USB stick for the ISO image? It's only about 256MB so it's not such a big deal these days. Personally I use a USB stick with one partition for the ISO and another (ext3) for the config files. If you have enough RAM you can use "copy ISO to ram" which allows you to remove the USB stick once you've booted. I've only got a small stick right now so I'm off to the store this weekend. I was able to get ubuntu working on this box but I would really rather use DL. |
From: John B. <jbr...@gm...> - 2008-08-29 21:03:37
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote: > How about going with a workaround if everything else fails? > > Can you install a plain old IDE-CDROM in the box ? > Nope. sigh. It's got a connector for a floppy on the mboard but no IDE. 8-( > Some day one of us will own a SATA CDROM too, then we can test it. > I'll see when I need to have this up and running. Maybe I'll have time to drop it off at one of the developers house. ;-) -- John Bridleman |
From: Dick M. <di...@fo...> - 2008-08-29 23:07:37
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John Bridleman wrote: > it will be with SATA - probably /dev/scd*. dmesg will tell you > what's happening. > > > Scrolls by so fast .... dmesg | more Dick |
From: John B. <jbr...@gm...> - 2008-08-30 01:50:42
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Dick Middleton <di...@fo...> wrote: > John Bridleman wrote: > > > it will be with SATA - probably /dev/scd*. dmesg will tell you > > what's happening. > > > > > > Scrolls by so fast .... > > dmesg | more If I ever got it to a prompt. Or am I missing something? -- John Bridleman |
From: Dick M. <di...@fo...> - 2008-08-30 07:06:28
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John Bridleman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Dick Middleton <di...@fo... > <mailto:di...@fo...>> wrote: > > John Bridleman wrote: > > > it will be with SATA - probably /dev/scd*. dmesg will tell you > > what's happening. > > > > > > Scrolls by so fast .... > > dmesg | more > > > If I ever got it to a prompt. Or am I missing something? good point, sorry. Dick |
From: John B. <jbr...@gm...> - 2008-08-30 13:15:01
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On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 3:06 AM, Dick Middleton <di...@fo...> wrote: > > dmesg | more > > > > > > If I ever got it to a prompt. Or am I missing something? > > good point, sorry. > No, it's OK. I'm certainly not above missing the obvious! 8-) I'll report back once I get a bigger usb drive. Thanks for all the help! -- John Bridleman |
From: Leonard T. <le...@ho...> - 2008-09-01 07:48:24
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I have installed the new version 1.2.15. It's great, thanks a lot ! Command "man" have some problems (the text looks like codes) .Because of that I use the command "--help". This problem is not present in 1.2.14 version. Could you check this? All the best ! |
From: Bruce S. <bw...@re...> - 2008-09-01 22:22:45
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> I have installed the new version 1.2.15. It's great, thanks a lot ! > > Command "man" have some problems (the text looks like codes) .Because of > that I use the command "--help". This problem is not present in 1.2.14 > version. What is your $TERM environment variable set to? - BS |
From: Leonard T. <le...@ho...> - 2008-09-02 19:30:59
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I don't know. How can I find that? I use PII - Matsonic motherboard, 266 Mhz CPU Intel Celeron. I 've installed D-L usually with configuration save on the floppy. Then I setup the network and setup a few services started on boot. I did not change nothing else. I use the sistem only for router and the problem apears under windows using Putty. Same machine haven't this problems with 1.2.14 version (same services started on boot). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Smith" <bw...@re...> To: <dev...@li...> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:22 AM Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Problem with command "man" - D-L 1.2.15 >> I have installed the new version 1.2.15. It's great, thanks a lot ! >> >> Command "man" have some problems (the text looks like codes) .Because of >> that I use the command "--help". This problem is not present in 1.2.14 >> version. > > What is your $TERM environment variable set to? > > - BS > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Devil-linux-discuss mailing list > Dev...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss > |
From: Bruce S. <bw...@re...> - 2008-09-02 20:12:51
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> I don't know. How can I find that? echo $TERM - BS |
From: Chris G. <dj_...@ti...> - 2008-08-29 21:11:12
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I'm no developer and in fact I'm almost as stuck as you, but how about trying a USB CDROM or an adapter to convert a SATA drive to a USB drive. It's just a thought, If your motherboard supports booting from USB it might allow it to boot properly. From: dev...@li... [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of John Bridleman Sent: 29 August 2008 22:04 To: dev...@li... Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] SATA CDROM boot problem? On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote: How about going with a workaround if everything else fails? Can you install a plain old IDE-CDROM in the box ? Nope. sigh. It's got a connector for a floppy on the mboard but no IDE. 8-( Some day one of us will own a SATA CDROM too, then we can test it. I'll see when I need to have this up and running. Maybe I'll have time to drop it off at one of the developers house. ;-) -- John Bridleman No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.13/1641 - Release Date: 29/08/2008 07:07 |