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From: Ralf C. <ci...@ho...> - 2006-10-24 06:16:18
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Hello, to avoid the usage of mechanical storage devices we are planning to install DL on a Compact Flash card. Both, the OS image and the configuration should be stored on the card. Security is not a major issue, since in this application DL will be used as an internal router (in dusty environment). Is there a brief installation instruction available to install it like that? Thank you. -- R. Cirksena <ci...@ho...> Holmberg GmbH & Co. KG |
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From: Frank W. <Fra...@ct...> - 2006-10-24 06:38:16
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On Tuesday 24 October 2006 08:16, Ralf Cirksena wrote: > Hello, > > to avoid the usage of mechanical storage devices we are planning to > install DL on a Compact Flash card. Both, the OS image and the > configuration should be stored on the card. Security is not a major > issue, since in this application DL will be used as an internal router > (in dusty environment). > > Is there a brief installation instruction available to install it like > that? Thank you. Hi, I use this on 35+ machines, it works like a charm. You should try the=20 install-on-usb script that comes with DL. (on my desktop system the script= =20 doesn't work because it tries to copy grub to a temporarily mounted place a= nd=20 run it from there) If you can't get this to work, and if you have 512 MB CF cards, I can send = you=20 a dd image. Or make it available for download. Basically, all you need is: install grub on the CF card, copy bootcd.iso, DEVIL-LINUX and LICENSE to it copy a /boot to it, with all the stuff a normal GRUB system has. Have a nice day, =46rank =2D-=20 _______________________________________________ Centre de Technologie de l'Education 29 avenue John F. Kennedy L-1855 Luxembourg-Kirchberg email: Fra...@ct... t=E9l.: +352 478-5973 fax: +352 333797 _______________________________________________ |
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From: Ralf C. <ci...@ho...> - 2006-10-24 06:54:09
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On 2006-10-24, 08:38 you wrote: > I use this on 35+ machines, it works like a charm. You should try the > install-on-usb script that comes with DL. Thank you, I'll try it. -- R. Cirksena <ci...@ho...> Holmberg GmbH & Co. KG |
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From: Ralf C. <ci...@ho...> - 2006-10-25 14:41:34
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On 2006-10-24, 08:38 you wrote: > I use this on 35+ machines, it works like a charm. You should try the > install-on-usb script that comes with DL. Everything works, thank you. -- R. Cirksena <ci...@ho...> Holmberg GmbH & Co. KG |
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From: Dick M. <di...@li...> - 2006-10-24 08:39:04
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Ralf Cirksena wrote: > On 2006-10-24, 08:38 you wrote: > >> I use this on 35+ machines, it works like a charm. You should try the >> install-on-usb script that comes with DL. > > Thank you, I'll try it. > I recommend you use 2 USB sticks (or CF cards), one for the OS and one for the config. It just makes it a little easier when you come to upgrade the OS or if you want to copy the config to another machine. I use 256Mb USB sticks each partitioned with a large and small partiton so they can be interchanged. I use a CF card for the hard-drive. It's not supposed to be a good idea (card life) but it's been working fine for me for 18mths or more. Dick |
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From: Ralf C. <ci...@ho...> - 2006-10-24 08:47:07
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On 2006-10-24, 09:39 you wrote: > I recommend you use 2 USB sticks (or CF cards), one for the OS and one > for the config. It just makes it a little easier when you come to > upgrade the OS or if you want to copy the config to another machine. Might be true. But at least the test machine must run with one CF card. I have a "real" PC running Linux with CF slot available. Therefor it should not be a problem to copy the configuration if necessary. > I use 256Mb USB sticks each partitioned with a large and small partiton > so they can be interchanged. One large partition for the OS and a small partition for the configuration will be o.k. here. > I use a CF card for the hard-drive. It's not supposed to be a good > idea (card life) but it's been working fine for me for 18mths or > more. If you don't put swap or /var/log on CF it should not be a problem. -- R. Cirksena <ci...@ho...> Holmberg GmbH & Co. KG |
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From: Frank W. <Fra...@ct...> - 2006-10-24 08:52:15
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On Tuesday 24 October 2006 10:39, Dick Middleton wrote: > Ralf Cirksena wrote: > > On 2006-10-24, 08:38 you wrote: > >> I use this on 35+ machines, it works like a charm. You should try the > >> install-on-usb script that comes with DL. > > > > Thank you, I'll try it. > > I recommend you use 2 USB sticks (or CF cards), one for the OS and one > for the config. It just makes it a little easier when you come to > upgrade the OS or if you want to copy the config to another machine. > > I use 256Mb USB sticks each partitioned with a large and small partiton > so they can be interchanged. I use a CF card for the hard-drive. It's > not supposed to be a good idea (card life) but it's been working fine > for me for 18mths or more. > > Dick > Hi I use 512 MB FlashCards that contain 2 identically sized partitions, they contain grub and the bootcd.iso. I keep my configuration on a USB stick. When I want to (remotely) upgrade, I copy the new bootcd.iso to the 'inacti= ve'=20 partition on the Flash Card, copy a vmlinuz and an initrd.gz to the boot=20 directory (renaming them in order not to overwrite the existing ones. I fetch a copy of the etc.tar.bz2 to a local test machine, where I perform = the=20 actual configuration update, and copy the updated etc.tar.bz2 to the remote= =20 firewall, next to the new bootcd.iso. I then create a new grub entry that selects the new (vmlinuz, initrd.gz, bootcd.iso, etc.tar.bz2) set using the handy=20 DL_config and DL_device command-line args. If all goes well, I copy everyth= ing=20 in place and go back to normal. If the upgrade should fail (hasn't happened= =20 yet) I'd need to talk a local guy through hooking up a keyboard/monitor, an= d=20 selecting the old grub entry. =46rank > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=3D120709&bid=3D263057&dat= =3D121642 > _______________________________________________ > Devil-linux-discuss mailing list > Dev...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss =2D-=20 _______________________________________________ Centre de Technologie de l'Education 29 avenue John F. Kennedy L-1855 Luxembourg-Kirchberg email: Fra...@ct... t=E9l.: +352 478-5973 fax: +352 333797 _______________________________________________ |
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From: Ralf C. <ci...@ho...> - 2006-10-24 13:28:09
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On 2006-10-24, 08:38 Frank Weis wrote: > I use this on 35+ machines, it works like a charm. You should try the > install-on-usb script that comes with DL. (on my desktop system the script > doesn't work because it tries to copy grub to a temporarily mounted place and > run it from there) Got it running. But can it be true that DL does not provide a driver for 3Com 3C900 / 3C905 network adapters? -- R. Cirksena <ci...@ho...> Holmberg GmbH & Co. KG |
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From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2006-10-24 13:35:32
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> can it be true that DL does not provide a driver > for 3Com 3C900 / 3C905 network adapters? I believe the "3c59x" module works for those cards. - BS |
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From: Ralf C. <ci...@ho...> - 2006-10-25 06:26:09
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On 2006-10-24, 09:35 you wrote: > I believe the "3c59x" module works for those cards. Yes, as you mention it... I'll try it. Thank you. -- R. Cirksena <ci...@ho...> Holmberg GmbH & Co. KG |
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From: Eli H. <el...@se...> - 2006-10-24 14:49:20
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Frank, On Tuesday 24 October 2006 04:52, Frank Weis wrote: [snip] > > I then create a new grub entry that selects the new > (vmlinuz, initrd.gz, bootcd.iso, etc.tar.bz2) set using the handy > DL_config and DL_device command-line args. If all goes well, I copy > everything in place and go back to normal. If the upgrade should fail > (hasn't happened yet) I'd need to talk a local guy through hooking up a > keyboard/monitor, and selecting the old grub entry. > > Frank Have you tried GRUB's boot once or fallback options to test your remote upgrades? It might save you from needing the remote hands -- except maybe to just push the reset button. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-once_002donly.html http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-fallback-systems.html -Eli |
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From: Frank W. <Fra...@ct...> - 2006-10-26 17:24:24
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Thanks for the links! I have always wanted to test this, but never gotten around to chasing the doc.... Frank On Tuesday 24 October 2006 16:47, Eli Heady wrote: > Frank, > > On Tuesday 24 October 2006 04:52, Frank Weis wrote: > [snip] > > > I then create a new grub entry that selects the new > > (vmlinuz, initrd.gz, bootcd.iso, etc.tar.bz2) set using the handy > > DL_config and DL_device command-line args. If all goes well, I copy > > everything in place and go back to normal. If the upgrade should fail > > (hasn't happened yet) I'd need to talk a local guy through hooking up a > > keyboard/monitor, and selecting the old grub entry. > > > > Frank > > Have you tried GRUB's boot once or fallback options to test your remote > upgrades? It might save you from needing the remote hands -- except maybe > to just push the reset button. > > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-once_002donly.htm >l > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-fallback-systems. >html > > -Eli > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Devil-linux-discuss mailing list > Dev...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devil-linux-discuss |
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From: Ralf C. <ci...@ho...> - 2006-10-27 05:53:19
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On 2006-10-26, 19:24 you wrote: > I have always wanted to test this, but never gotten around to chasing the > doc.... I not even found the file "menu.lst" used by grub. -- R. Cirksena <ci...@ho...> Holmberg GmbH & Co. KG |
