Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] new testing releases uploaded

[Serge L. <fi...@in...>]

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!


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Sincerely,
Serge Leschinsky