Re: [Astlinux-users] new installation from Mac OSX Lion

[Shamus R. <sh...@sr...>]

Darrick, Michael, Lonnie:

I was using a video console, and do not have persistent storage installed
or configured. My "production" version of AstLinux is based entirely off of
a single CF card; no additional cards/sticks present. What I was attempting
to do was to try a fresh (brand new) install with Asterisk v1.8 from a new
CF card.

I downloaded the i586 beta image (astlinux-1.0-5224-asterisk-1.8.7.1.img,
video consol) and it worked!

My system is based on the Jetway J7F4K1G2E; a VIA C7 based board. The
system seemed to hang following POST and a list of the various modules. It
would hang after printing the text "SYSLINUX 3.86 0x4da50dc8 EBIOS". This
seems to be the beginning of a longer piece of text that I see on the
now successful boot of AstLinux v1.0.

Please let me know if there is any further testing I can help with... not
an expert but proficient enough to follow instructions and report results!

Do you have any thoughts on when 1.0 will be released?

Thanks again!
   Shamus


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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:28:17 +0000
> From: Darrick Hartman <dha...@dj...>
> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] new installation from Mac OSX Lion
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> Shamus,
>
> If you're seeing that rc.modules is read only, you do not have a unionfs
> partition (which you will need to make changes to that file).
>
> You can try:
>
>      modprobe r8169
>
> To see if that is in-fact, the correct module for that board (I'm pretty
> sure it is since I have one of the Jetway with a C7).
>
> Also, to be clear, the new runnix-4 files are not usable with the 0.7.x
> branch at all.  The 1.0.x branch needs a new version of runnix because the
> version of squashfs changed (and is not backwards compatible).
>
> Darrick
>
> From: Shamus Rask [mailto:sh...@sr...]
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 9:02 AM
> To: astlinux-users
> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] new installation from Mac OSX Lion
>
> I was able to go and purchase a different 4GB CF card yesterday and tried
> again--same result. This got me thinking that maybe my motherboard was
> having some sort of other issue with the current release. I downloaded
> AstLinux 0.7.7 (prior to current RUNNIX release) and tried again... this
> time, success! I think the culprit is RUNNIX, but have no way to be certain
> at this point.
>
> That being said, I've run into a new problem. My motherboard uses a
> RealTek chip for the GigE ports (Jetway mini-ITX board based on VIA C7).
> Using the VIA C7 image, the Ethernet ports are not initialized. Logging in
> from the CLI, I see that R8169 is commented out in /etc/rc.modules, but
> when I try to uncomment I get an error saying the file is read-only.
>
> Two questions:
> 1. Are the R8169 drivers included in the VIA C7 image?
> 2. If so, how do I got about modifying files so that the correct drivers
> are modprobed?
>
> many thanks,
>   Shamus
>
>
>
>
>
> >Shamus,
>
> >
>
> >Yes, the file structure looks good.  The .Trashes and .Spotlight-V100
> files>/dirs cause no harm.
>
> >
>
> >Time to try a new CF card.
>
> >
>
> >Lonnie
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> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:33:40 +0100
> From: Michael Keuter <li...@mk...>
> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] new installation from Mac OSX Lion
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> Am 31.10.2011 um 15:02 schrieb Shamus Rask:
>
> > I was able to go and purchase a different 4GB CF card yesterday and
> tried again--same result. This got me thinking that maybe my motherboard
> was having some sort of other issue with the current release. I downloaded
> AstLinux 0.7.7 (prior to current RUNNIX release) and tried again... this
> time, success! I think the culprit is RUNNIX, but have no way to be certain
> at this point.
> >
> > That being said, I've run into a new problem. My motherboard uses a
> RealTek chip for the GigE ports (Jetway mini-ITX board based on VIA C7).
> Using the VIA C7 image, the Ethernet ports are not initialized. Logging in
> from the CLI, I see that R8169 is commented out in /etc/rc.modules, but
> when I try to uncomment I get an error saying the file is read-only.
> >
> > Two questions:
> > 1. Are the R8169 drivers included in the VIA C7 image?
> > 2. If so, how do I got about modifying files so that the correct drivers
> are modprobed?
> >
> > many thanks,
> >    Shamus
> >
> >
> > >Shamus,
> > >
> > >Yes, the file structure looks good.  The .Trashes and .Spotlight-V100
> files>/dirs cause no harm.
> > >
> > >Time to try a new CF card.
> > >
> > >Lonnie
>
> 1.) Yes it is included in the Via C7 image.
> 2.) Do you have a system with persistent storage already installed
> (UnionFS)?
>
> http://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:new-install
>
> Michael
>
> http://www.mksolutions.info
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:47:10 -0500
> From: Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...>
> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] new installation from Mac OSX Lion
> To: AstLinux Users Mailing List <ast...@li...>
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> Hi Shamus,
>
> We need to understand what is going on in more detail.  The RUNNIX changes
> from 0.7.7 to 0.7.8 is very minor and should not effect booting at all, and
> both are using the same version of syslinux to perform the initial boot.  I
> don't think it is RUNNIX.
>
> Are you using a video or serial console?  What is exact text where it
> hangs (with some context), that is very helpful.
>
> What is the Jetway model number of your board and any specific info.
>
> Yes, the VIA C7 image has R8169 drivers, but are not enabled in
> /etc/rc.modules by default as you stated.
>
>
> 1) Now that you have an extra CF card laying around :-), next try the
> 1.0-beta beta images, but use the "Generic i586" (or Generic i586 Serial
> Console) image, not the C7.  Choose your favorite Asterisk version.
>
> Asterisk 1.4.42
> http://www.astlinux.org/release/10-svn-5224-asterisk-1442
>
> Asterisk 1.8.7.1
> http://www.astlinux.org/release/10-svn-5224-asterisk-1871
>
> Please report your results.
>
>
> 2) Instead of installing the viac7 image of 0.7.10, you could install the
> geni586 image of 0.7.10 which has the r8169 driver enabled by default.
>
>
> 3) Finally, even with the NIC not enabled, you can still setup persistent
> storage via the console while using the viac7 image.
> --
> $ initial-setup status
> ok-format /dev/hda
>
> $ initial-setup format combined /dev/hda  (or for a separate partition:
> format separate /dev/hda 128)
>
> $ reboot
>
> $ initial-setup configure /dev/hda
>
> $ reboot
> --
> now you can edit the /etc/rc.modules file and enable r8169 .
>
> Lonnie
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Shamus Rask wrote:
>
> > I was able to go and purchase a different 4GB CF card yesterday and
> tried again--same result. This got me thinking that maybe my motherboard
> was having some sort of other issue with the current release. I downloaded
> AstLinux 0.7.7 (prior to current RUNNIX release) and tried again... this
> time, success! I think the culprit is RUNNIX, but have no way to be certain
> at this point.
> >
> > That being said, I've run into a new problem. My motherboard uses a
> RealTek chip for the GigE ports (Jetway mini-ITX board based on VIA C7).
> Using the VIA C7 image, the Ethernet ports are not initialized. Logging in
> from the CLI, I see that R8169 is commented out in /etc/rc.modules, but
> when I try to uncomment I get an error saying the file is read-only.
> >
> > Two questions:
> > 1. Are the R8169 drivers included in the VIA C7 image?
> > 2. If so, how do I got about modifying files so that the correct drivers
> are modprobed?
> >
> > many thanks,
> >    Shamus
> >
> >
> > >Shamus,
> > >
> > >Yes, the file structure looks good.  The .Trashes and .Spotlight-V100
> files>/dirs cause no harm.
> > >
> > >Time to try a new CF card.
> > >
> > >Lonnie
>