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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2008-01-07 20:32:14
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On Sun, January 6, 2008 19:32, Travis B wrote: > Hello there DL members, > > > For a long time I've scouted Devil Linux as a distribution to > use at some point in my future. Well, now is the time, but now also got me > stuck =/. From a few friends I received a nice intel PRO [dual processor > --not dual core] motherboard. It's loaded with 88MB of memory > [thank you memtest86], a 4port-ethernet bridge, and has a 2GB hard drive > in it [I want to put the DSL install on this as I don't want to have to > have my CD drive plugged into this device as I have very few extra CDROM > drives]-- I'm also planning on throwing a 500GB in there and have DL also > be a nice NFS mount for me, but that's not important at the moment. > > The DL liveCD wants to load into memory, however I only have > 88MB, and > not 220+ of RAM to be ABLE to load it [and yes, I'm maxed out or close to > it, the slots are full and I'm sure this board can't handle more than > 128]. What should I really do to be able to do this? Send it over PXE? > I'd hate to have to do that every single time I turn the router on > [especially since it'd be the one handling the connection...]. I'm at > loss with this, any help would be great. Thanks! DL doesn't load the content into RAM, it runs mostly of the CD or whatever device you have it on. The minimum RAM is 32MB, 64MB should already get you quite some ways (the more the better of course). -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: Travis B <tr...@db...> - 2008-01-07 01:32:02
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Hello there DL members,
For a long time I've scouted Devil Linux as a distribution to
use at
some point in my future. Well, now is the time, but now also got me
stuck =/. From a few friends I received a nice intel PRO [dual
processor --not dual core] motherboard. It's loaded with 88MB of memory
[thank you memtest86], a 4port-ethernet bridge, and has a 2GB hard drive
in it [I want to put the DSL install on this as I don't want to have to
have my CD drive plugged into this device as I have very few extra CDROM
drives]-- I'm also planning on throwing a 500GB in there and have DL
also be a nice NFS mount for me, but that's not important at the
moment.
The DL liveCD wants to load into memory, however I only have
88MB, and
not 220+ of RAM to be ABLE to load it [and yes, I'm maxed out or close
to it, the slots are full and I'm sure this board can't handle more than
128]. What should I really do to be able to do this? Send it over PXE?
I'd hate to have to do that every single time I turn the router on
[especially since it'd be the one handling the connection...]. I'm at
loss with this, any help would be great. Thanks!
~Travis.
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2008-01-04 13:38:25
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On Thu, January 3, 2008 21:14, d wrote: > > --- Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote: > > >> >> On Tue, January 1, 2008 17:27, d wrote: >> >>> Right after initrd loads, i see for a split second 'Uncompressing >>> Linux...' and machine goes out to lunch with a bunch of numbers in >>> brackets scrolling by very fast. about 4 columns similar to- >> [c27573003]. >> >>> Numbers appear random. The keyboard doesn't respond. Have to power >>> >> off. >>> The cd works fine in another machine, but it's not the one i use >>> >> for my >>> router. The guilty machine has happily been running 1.2.13 for some >> time. >>> Happy new year, all! >>> >> >> Sorry for the late response. >> Can you run a memtest on the box? That's weird. Can you try (just for the fun of it) the latest testing versions of 1.2 and 1.3 from the FTP server? -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: d <fo...@ya...> - 2008-01-04 03:14:22
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--- Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote: > > On Tue, January 1, 2008 17:27, d wrote: > > Right after initrd loads, i see for a split second 'Uncompressing > > Linux...' and machine goes out to lunch with a bunch of numbers in > > brackets scrolling by very fast. about 4 columns similar to- > [c27573003]. > > Numbers appear random. The keyboard doesn't respond. Have to power > off. > > The cd works fine in another machine, but it's not the one i use > for my > > router. The guilty machine has happily been running 1.2.13 for some > time. > > Happy new year, all! > > Sorry for the late response. > Can you run a memtest on the box? > > -- > > Regards > Heiko Zuerker > http://www.devil-linux.org > > Already had run memtest with no errors. Sorry, shoulda mentioned that. I also had unplugged or disabled everything in bios to see if it might have been a hardware item setting it off, with no results. Since the first post, i tried the smp version for giggles. That one gets a little further, but then gpfs. Don't remember the exact error but i believe it was something to do with the machine having only one core. Was worth a shot. Thanks dave ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ |
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2008-01-04 01:23:33
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On Tue, January 1, 2008 17:27, d wrote: > Right after initrd loads, i see for a split second 'Uncompressing > Linux...' and machine goes out to lunch with a bunch of numbers in > brackets scrolling by very fast. about 4 columns similar to- [c27573003]. > Numbers appear random. The keyboard doesn't respond. Have to power off. > The cd works fine in another machine, but it's not the one i use for my > router. The guilty machine has happily been running 1.2.13 for some time. > Happy new year, all! Sorry for the late response. Can you run a memtest on the box? -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: Dom <dl...@ed...> - 2008-01-02 19:17:07
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Fred Frigerio wrote: > Or you could try the Ubuntu live-cd and pass the parameters there. > Thanks for your suggestion. I tried it, and it is easy with Ubuntu LiveCD because you can press F6 at the boot screen and add extra kernel options (an option like that would be nice for DL?), but it still hangs regardless on my machine 3 (even in Ubuntu's 'safe mode'). My machine 1 boots Ubuntu LiveCD even without any extra settings and even with ACPI on in BIOS. I tried Heiko's latest build of DL 1.3.4 (2008-01-01) on machine 1 (which is our live DL machine) but it still hangs unless ACPI is turned off in the BIOS. :-( These 2 machines have same motherboard and very similar AMD cpus and same settings in BIOS. Very weird that they behave differently! I am running a memory test on machine 3 but it has always been quite stable under Windows. |
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From: Fred F. <ffr...@lo...> - 2008-01-02 14:30:52
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Or you could try the Ubuntu live-cd and pass the parameters there.=20 Fred Frigerio Locust USA =20 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 Dom Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 7:42 AM To: dev...@li... Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] new testing releases uploaded Serge Leschinsky wrote:=20 As far as I can see the kernel still tries to use ACPI function. So, disabling =09 this feature in kernel should help. To modify kernel boot parameters you will need to install DL on USB, otherwise you will have to recreate Live-CD. It is more difficult process and needs more time. =20 OK this must wait then. The custom-cd script seemed pretty straightforward to use it was just that it does not run successfully on DL system. Happy 2008 to all! |
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From: Fred F. <ffr...@lo...> - 2008-01-02 14:22:42
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Have you tried passing ACPI=3Doff to the kernel? Just disabling it in = the BIOS is sometimes not enough due to buggy bioses.=20 Fred Frigerio Locust USA =20 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 Heiko Zuerker Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 3:33 PM To: dev...@li... Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] new testing releases uploaded Hey, so we confirmed it's not grsecurity and not DL, that's good. Maybe you're one of the victims of a kernel bug which just recently got introduced. Kernel 2.6.23.12 reverts this change (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.12). I started a new compile with this Kernel. If it compiles through, I'll upload it tomorrow (time depends on my hangover). --=20 Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Devil-linux-discuss mailing list Dev...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss |
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From: d <fo...@ya...> - 2008-01-01 23:27:27
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Right after initrd loads, i see for a split second 'Uncompressing
Linux...' and machine goes out to lunch with a bunch of numbers in
brackets scrolling by very fast. about 4 columns similar to-
[c27573003].
Numbers appear random. The keyboard doesn't respond. Have to power off.
The cd works fine in another machine, but it's not the one i use for my
router. The guilty machine has happily been running 1.2.13 for some
time.
Happy new year, all!
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2008-01-01 19:09:28
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Hey everyone, since I spent a lot of time on this issue, I want to make sure others find this information when they Google around. In order to get a 3ware raid controller (3w-9500s in my case) running in a mainboard with a nforce4 chipset, you'll have to do the following: 1. Change your kernel boot parameters and add: iommu=force,noagp 2. Go to the BIOS setup 3. Press Ctrl + F1 to get the Advanced Chipset Features 4. Turn on H/W hole mapping 5. save the settings 6. boot & enjoy your 4gb -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2008-01-01 16:54:30
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Happy New Year ! On Mon, December 31, 2007 14:33, Heiko Zuerker wrote: > I started a new compile with this Kernel. If it compiles through, I'll > upload it tomorrow (time depends on my hangover). I finished a compile with the latest kernel, the files are currently uploading to the FTP server. The upload should be finished about 1 hour after this email got sent. Here's the md5sum: b4f33d245b4543926495f3db953a28c0 devil-linux-1.3.4-2008-01-01-i586.tar.bz2 -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: Dom <dl...@ed...> - 2008-01-01 12:41:59
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Serge Leschinsky wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:477...@in..." type="cite"><!---->As far as I can see the kernel still tries to use ACPI function. So, disabling<br> <pre wrap="">this feature in kernel should help. To modify kernel boot parameters you will need to install DL on USB, otherwise you will have to recreate Live-CD. It is more difficult process and needs more time. </pre> </blockquote> OK this must wait then. The custom-cd script seemed pretty straightforward to use it was just that it does not run successfully on DL system.<br> <br> Happy 2008 to all!<br> </body> </html> |
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From: Serge L. <fi...@in...> - 2008-01-01 09:46:17
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Dom wrote: > Machine 3 [M863G v1.5A (SiS741GX/963L)]: I switched off ACPI in BIOS but > it still crashed at same point with slightly different text relating to > ACPI. Looks like it was maybe not an ACPI issue for this motherboard? > See here: http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/31122007044.jpg As far as I can see the kernel still tries to use ACPI function. So, disabling this feature in kernel should help. To modify kernel boot parameters you will need to install DL on USB, otherwise you will have to recreate Live-CD. It is more difficult process and needs more time. -- Sincerely, Serge Leschinsky |
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2007-12-31 20:32:34
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Hey, so we confirmed it's not grsecurity and not DL, that's good. Maybe you're one of the victims of a kernel bug which just recently got introduced. Kernel 2.6.23.12 reverts this change (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.12). I started a new compile with this Kernel. If it compiles through, I'll upload it tomorrow (time depends on my hangover). -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: Dom <dl...@ed...> - 2007-12-31 18:20:45
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Heiko Zuerker wrote: > Hey, > > I started a new compile of DL 1.3, but without grsecurity support (if that > works we can try a PAX-only). > Maybe we can narrow it down a little. It'll take a while until it's ready. > > In the meantime, can you download another Kernel 2.6 CD based distribution > (any of the Live-CDs should do, but if possible a 2.6.23.x kernel). Just > to confirm if they boot fine. > It probably works, but I want to make sure. > I tried my machine 3 with Ubuntu LiveCD HardyHeron(8.10) based on kernel 2.6.24.2. It fails the same way it seems - if ACPI is enabled in BIOS then it gets to an initial boot screen but choosing an option after that results in hang on a blank screen, if ACPI is turned off then the same thing happens except you see the same message that I received with DL about 'cannot load ACPI exceptions table'. So it looks like an incompatibility between kernel 2.6.23 (and later) and this motherboard/CPU. I also wanted to try using the options acpi=off noapic as Serge suggested, but although I have changed the isolinux.cfg and message files easily enough I can't rebuild a bootable ISO. I tried to use custom-cd but I hit a string of errors, in particular because mkzftree is not found - when I google this I find Heiko previously told someone this is because custom-cd requires zisofs-tools but this is not installed in devil-linux, but perhaps I misunderstood? I don't have any other linux installation. But now I just tried my machine 1 (our machine-in-use) with DL 1.3.4 with ACPI turned off in BIOS and it no longer hangs! Eureka! But it fails to find the configuration on USB. (DL 1.2.10 finds it no problem of course.) So I can't go through an upgrade process to 1.3.4. Dom |
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From: Dom <dl...@ed...> - 2007-12-31 15:58:22
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Serge Leschinsky wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:477...@in..." type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Dom wrote:
</pre>
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<pre wrap="">Booting bootcd.iso: devil-linux-1.3.4-2007-12-27-i586 (testing version)
1. The original: PCChips[ECS] M863G v1.5A (SiS741GX/963L)
motherboard, 27/08/04 BIOS (latest), AMD Sempron 2400+, 256MB RAM:
hangs at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/28122007040.jpg">http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/28122007040.jpg</a> (as
seen before)
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<pre wrap=""><!---->...
</pre>
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<pre wrap=""> 2. PCChips[ECS] M810D (SiS740/962L) motherboard, 08/07/03 BIOS, AMD
Athlon 2000+, 768MB RAM hangs in same way (I tried different BIOS
settings without success)
3. PCChips[ECS] M863G v1.5A (SiS741GX/963L) motherboard, 27/08/04
BIOS (latest), AMD Sempron 2200+, 512MB RAM hangs at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/31122007042.jpg">http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/31122007042.jpg</a>
4. Acer Aspire T120E motherboard (SiS741GX rev. 03/964 rev.36),
12/02/04 BIOS, AMD Sempron 2800+, 256MB RAM: does not hang
I am mystified why machine 3 hangs at a different point to 1, since they
are almost identical, except for slightly different CPU and memory.
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->Thank you for your efforts once again! I'm almost sure that #3 hangs due to
wrong ACPI support. So, if you add to kernel boot line "acpi=off" (maybe you
have to disable apic too - "acpi=off noapic") I expect successful booting. May I
ask you to check it? As regards of #1-2 - I have no idea, sorry. Maybe it's a
side effect of wrong acpi support as well, but basically, I don't know.
</pre>
</blockquote>
Latest progress:<br>
Machine 1: I have no access to at present, will later try switching off
ACPI here and see if it works. I might also try your suggestion about
changing the kernel boot line.<br>
Machine 2 [M810D (SiS740/962L)]: I switched off ACPI in BIOS then it
booted okay (at least it got to a question about installation media
rather than just hanging, then I aborted).<br>
Machine 3 [M863G v1.5A (SiS741GX/963L)]: I switched off ACPI in BIOS
but it still crashed at same point with slightly different text
relating to ACPI. Looks like it was maybe not an ACPI issue for this
motherboard? See here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/31122007044.jpg">http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/31122007044.jpg</a><br>
<br>
</body>
</html>
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From: Dom <dl...@ed...> - 2007-12-31 15:27:35
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Heiko Zuerker wrote: > Hey, > > I started a new compile of DL 1.3, but without grsecurity support (if that > works we can try a PAX-only). > Maybe we can narrow it down a little. It'll take a while until it's ready. > > In the meantime, can you download another Kernel 2.6 CD based distribution > (any of the Live-CDs should do, but if possible a 2.6.23.x kernel). Just > to confirm if they boot fine. > It probably works, but I want to make sure. > I'm downloading a ubuntu livecd based on 2.6.24.2 and will see what happens |
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2007-12-31 14:59:59
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Hey, I started a new compile of DL 1.3, but without grsecurity support (if that works we can try a PAX-only). Maybe we can narrow it down a little. It'll take a while until it's ready. In the meantime, can you download another Kernel 2.6 CD based distribution (any of the Live-CDs should do, but if possible a 2.6.23.x kernel). Just to confirm if they boot fine. It probably works, but I want to make sure. -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: Serge L. <fi...@in...> - 2007-12-31 14:34:01
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Dom wrote: > Booting bootcd.iso: devil-linux-1.3.4-2007-12-27-i586 (testing version) > > 1. The original: PCChips[ECS] M863G v1.5A (SiS741GX/963L) > motherboard, 27/08/04 BIOS (latest), AMD Sempron 2400+, 256MB RAM: > hangs at http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/28122007040.jpg (as > seen before) ... > 2. PCChips[ECS] M810D (SiS740/962L) motherboard, 08/07/03 BIOS, AMD > Athlon 2000+, 768MB RAM hangs in same way (I tried different BIOS > settings without success) > 3. PCChips[ECS] M863G v1.5A (SiS741GX/963L) motherboard, 27/08/04 > BIOS (latest), AMD Sempron 2200+, 512MB RAM hangs at: > http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/31122007042.jpg > 4. Acer Aspire T120E motherboard (SiS741GX rev. 03/964 rev.36), > 12/02/04 BIOS, AMD Sempron 2800+, 256MB RAM: does not hang > > I am mystified why machine 3 hangs at a different point to 1, since they > are almost identical, except for slightly different CPU and memory. Thank you for your efforts once again! I'm almost sure that #3 hangs due to wrong ACPI support. So, if you add to kernel boot line "acpi=off" (maybe you have to disable apic too - "acpi=off noapic") I expect successful booting. May I ask you to check it? As regards of #1-2 - I have no idea, sorry. Maybe it's a side effect of wrong acpi support as well, but basically, I don't know. > I think I've taken this as far as I can for now. I don't at the moment > have a spare usb stick to try the usb install method, when I have one I > will try it (I was able to mount bootcd.iso and read text on it, thanks > for that). Maybe the different hang on machine 3 above will give some > clues as to what is going on? Well, probably we have to pay more attention to SIS hardware testing. As for me I have no SiS motherboards at all ( I have no prejudice against SiS but from 300+ boxes under my control there is no SiS one. There are lot of MB with different Intel and Via chipsets and I have not ever seen problems similar to yours.) I can say what SIS is not a good choice for DL, probably. If somebody uses boxes with SiS system logic it will be great if they can share their experience with us - some specific kernel 2.6 options, boot parameters, whatever... -- Sincerely, Serge Leschinsky |
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From: Dom <dl...@ed...> - 2007-12-31 12:35:36
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote cite="mid:477...@in..." type="cite"> <pre wrap=""><!---->You can use a perfect utility "install-on-usb". Please find it in the tarball with iso image. I'm not sure the "install-on-usb" from 1.3.4 is the same as from 1.2.10, so I recommend to use the script from 1.3.4 release exactly. You can do the following: - copy iso image of 1.3.4 and install-on-usb script to DL 1.2.10 system (to RAM or HDD, it depends on your hardware) or mount it over NFS from another system - execute script (install DL on usb) - check if it's working on any PC with USB booting possibility - check it on your target box. I'd like to note that there is no strong necessity to execute the zutility on your working server; you can use any linux box for this but ZISOFS support is required. It can be checked easily: mount iso image "mount bootcd.iso /mnt -o loop" and check that you are able to read text from /mnt/LICENSE or any other text file.</pre> </blockquote> Well I have made some progress but not in a good way <span class="moz-smiley-s2"><span> :-( </span></span><br> <br> The checksum checks out, I made a new CD and tried it but with the same result. Then I tried it on three other machines, each with different results, thus:<br> <br> Booting bootcd.iso: devil-linux-1.3.4-2007-12-27-i586 (testing version)<br> <ol> <li>The original: PCChips[ECS] M863G v1.5A (SiS741GX/963L) motherboard, 27/08/04 BIOS (latest), AMD Sempron 2400+, 256MB RAM: hangs at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/28122007040.jpg">http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/28122007040.jpg</a> (as seen before) [cpuinfo report: processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : AMD Sempron(tm) 2400+ stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 1666.496 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 3329.22]</li> <li>PCChips[ECS] M810D (SiS740/962L) motherboard, 08/07/03 BIOS, AMD Athlon 2000+, 768MB RAM hangs in same way (I tried different BIOS settings without success)<br> </li> <li>PCChips[ECS] M863G v1.5A (SiS741GX/963L) motherboard, 27/08/04 BIOS (latest), AMD Sempron 2200+, 512MB RAM hangs at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/31122007042.jpg">http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/31122007042.jpg</a></li> <li>Acer Aspire T120E motherboard (SiS741GX rev. 03/964 rev.36), 12/02/04 BIOS, AMD Sempron 2800+, 256MB RAM: does not hang<br> </li> </ol> I am mystified why machine 3 hangs at a different point to 1, since they are almost identical, except for slightly different CPU and memory.<br> <br> I think I've taken this as far as I can for now. I don't at the moment have a spare usb stick to try the usb install method, when I have one I will try it (I was able to mount bootcd.iso and read text on it, thanks for that). Maybe the different hang on machine 3 above will give some clues as to what is going on?<br> <br> Regards<br> <br> Dom<br> <br> </body> </html> |
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2007-12-31 01:21:55
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On Sun, December 30, 2007 19:01, d wrote: > Unpacked and tossed the tarball and went to check the md5sum of the > iso. Come to find the sums posted are for the tarball... sigh. > What are the chances of posting the checksums on the iso also? This should be the right iso (I hope): 87bd120ee17fc3d50d3f1c41f59b4015 bootcd.iso -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: d <fo...@ya...> - 2007-12-31 01:01:41
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Unpacked and tossed the tarball and went to check the md5sum of the
iso.
Come to find the sums posted are for the tarball... sigh.
What are the chances of posting the checksums on the iso also?
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From: Serge L. <fi...@in...> - 2007-12-30 20:48:17
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Dom wrote: > Serge Leschinsky wrote: >> Hm... It seems that the root source of the problem even not loader >> (syslinux) >> but the linux kernel. So, if the ISO image isn't corrupted and checksums are >> correct, I'd like to suggest to change the loader to grub and try to load system >> from USB drive. If the problem disappear it's the loader problem, if not - >> linux kernel/hardware. >> > What is the checksum for this release (1.3.4 testing)? I can't find it > at http://www.devil-linux.org/downloads/index.php. You are right, there is no checksum for testing release... Well, I've downloaded tarball, checked it and can calculate the checksum: md5sum devil-linux-1.3.4-2007-12-27-i586.tar.bz2 aab6a6443d4f98294d8c9cbe1bf5777f devil-linux-1.3.4-2007-12-27-i586.tar.bz2 > How do I change the loader to grub and try to load system from USB drive? You can use a perfect utility "install-on-usb". Please find it in the tarball with iso image. I'm not sure the "install-on-usb" from 1.3.4 is the same as from 1.2.10, so I recommend to use the script from 1.3.4 release exactly. You can do the following: - copy iso image of 1.3.4 and install-on-usb script to DL 1.2.10 system (to RAM or HDD, it depends on your hardware) or mount it over NFS from another system - execute script (install DL on usb) - check if it's working on any PC with USB booting possibility - check it on your target box. I'd like to note that there is no strong necessity to execute the utility on your working server; you can use any linux box for this but ZISOFS support is required. It can be checked easily: mount iso image "mount bootcd.iso /mnt -o loop" and check that you are able to read text from /mnt/LICENSE or any other text file. Good luck! :-) PS. Happy New Year! -- Sincerely, Serge Leschinsky |
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From: Dom <dl...@ed...> - 2007-12-30 16:57:09
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Serge Leschinsky wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:477...@in..." type="cite"><!---->Hm... It seems that the root source of the problem even not loader (syslinux)<br> <pre wrap="">but the linux kernel. So, if the ISO image isn't corrupted and checksums are correct, I'd like to suggest to change the loader to grub and try to load system from USB drive. If the problem disappear it's the loader problem, if not - linux kernel/hardware. </pre> </blockquote> What is the checksum for this release (1.3.4 testing)? I can't find it at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.devil-linux.org/downloads/index.php">http://www.devil-linux.org/downloads/index.php</a>.<br> <br> How do I change the loader to grub and try to load system from USB drive?<br> </body> </html> |
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From: Serge L. <fi...@in...> - 2007-12-30 11:15:22
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Dom wrote: > Sorry guys the boot process doesn't get very far, the initial boot > screen appears (with choice of screen display or 'm' for memory test), > after it times out then stuff flies past and it quickly hangs with the > screen here http://www.edendevelopments.co.uk/28122007040.jpg. Evidently > this screen isn't much help to you. Hm... It seems that the root source of the problem even not loader (syslinux) but the linux kernel. So, if the ISO image isn't corrupted and checksums are correct, I'd like to suggest to change the loader to grub and try to load system from USB drive. If the problem disappear it's the loader problem, if not - linux kernel/hardware. > I intend to try recreating the CD, and failing this find another > computer to run it on. Then try a BIOS upgrade. But all of this will be > Monday or later. > > Thanks for all the input Thank you for the help in debugging! Please, inform us about the results. -- Serge Leschinsky |
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