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Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie
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From: <gu...@ke...> - 2002-02-25 13:46:25
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Hello Matthew and All, Thank=B4s for all the help. My box is running 100% with trinux-ide. I cre= ated my own initrd.gz and compiled my own kernel (2.4.17) with ide and network support ! Now I=B4ll start my tests and have some fun :). Ps. Matthew, congratulations for trinux ! Look=B4s lile a very good linux= pkg ! Thank=B4s again, Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: <gu...@ke...> To: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...> Cc: <tri...@li...> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie > > I=B4ve found out the module problem ! It was edit of freedos that was > appending a ^M at the end of pkgfile ! > Now my only problem is the network.... booting from the floppy I can se= e my > ethernet doing a "dmesg | grep eth" > but booting from my ide I can=B4t find it !! It doesn=B4t find it !! I=B4= m using a > RTL8139 (RealTek). I know the base_add and > the IRQ. I=B4ve tryed using ether=3D5,0xdc00,eth0 at the loadlin comman= d but > with no success. I can see my ethernet device > at procs/pci but..... doesn=B4t work. > > Is there any special configuration to make it work while booting from I= DE ? > > Thank=B4s in advance, > Gus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gu...@ke...> > To: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...> > Cc: <tri...@li...> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie > > > > Hi, > > > > I=B4ve found the "problem". I=B4ve just taked out the "^" of the FDEV= var > before > > the "[sh]d[a-f][1-9]" expression and made the initrd.gz again !!! It > worked > > out ! > > I can=B4t say that this is a bug.... but didn=B4t work for me. :) > > > > > FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "[sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':' -f= 2 | > sort > > | uniq` # FIXED # changed by aguiarg > > > > Now I have another problem... I=B4m trying to load my modules at > > c:\trinux\bootpkg\*.tgz but they dont get loaded. I still working on = it > but > > I think it=B4s strange. Is there any special configuration ? I=B4ve j= ust > mounted > > my floppy and copyed tux dir to c:\trinux; (I=B4ve tryed to change at= ound > but > > didn=B4t made any good) > > My network doesn=B4t start even configuring dhcp (config/eth0 -> dhcp= ) and > > loading the dhcpcd.tgz with pkgadd. > > > > Can anyone give me a help ? > > > > Thank=B4s again, > > Gus > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...> > > To: <gu...@ke...> > > Cc: <tri...@li...> > > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure your IDE device got detected/that you were using an ID= E > > > kernel? A > > > > > > dmesg | grep hd > > > > > > should reveal your devices > > > > > > Is your DOS device the first one? > > > > > > - mdf > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip ! It did work..... now I can boot from my IDE disk > ! > > But > > > > I=B4m having problems to load my modules. > > > > I discovered that the vars CDEV and FDEV are getting no value....= so > > when my > > > > box boots, it doesn=B4t recognize that it is > > > > booting from a loadlin.exe. > > > > > > > > Looking at the linuxrc boot script I=B4ve found where it set this vars: > > > > -- > > > > CDEV=3D`dmesg | grep D-ROM | grep hd | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq`= # > > CD-ROM > > > > devices > > > > FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "^ [sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':= ' -f2 | > > sort > > > > | uniq` # FIXED > > > > > > > > echo "FDEV: $FDEV" > > > > echo "CDEV: $CDEV" > > > > -- > > > > At the boot I see FDEV: and CDEV: empty. > > > > "BOOT=3D" is empty to. > > > > > > > > Can anyone help me ? Any experience like this before ? > > > > > > > > I=B4m using a AMD Duron with freedos, kernel 2.4.17 and trinux-id= e. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank=B4s in advance, > > > > Gus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...> > > > > To: <gu...@ke...> > > > > Cc: <tri...@li...> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:07 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, you can boot from a flash IDE or normal IDE drive. Here is= a > > rough > > > > > guide: > > > > > > > > > > 1) Create a small DOS/FAT partition (10-25mb). This will need t= o be > > *DOS* > > > > > not NT, so you will need to dig up a Win9x or DoS boot floppy a= nd > > format > > > > > /s it. If you want to stay Open Source FreeDoS > > (http://www.freedos.org) > > > > > will work fine. > > > > > > > > > > 2) Somehow copy loadlin.exe to that partition in C:\ > > > > > > > > > > 3) Create a trinux directory on c:\ > > > > > > > > > > 4) Download the latest initrd.gz from > > > > > http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/initd/ and place it c:\ > > > > > > > > > > 5) Download an ide kernel from > http://trinux.sf.net/kernel/x.x.x/ide/ > > (I > > > > > think 2.4.5 should work) to c:\bzimage > > > > > > > > > > 6) Test it to make surt it boots: c:> loadlin initrd=3Dinitrd.g= z > > > > > root=3D/dev/ram0 bzimage (the kernel name might come before the= boot > > > > > arguments, can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever comm= and > you > > get > > > > > working can be added to your autoxec.bat to get everything goin= g > > > > > > > > > > 7) Within c:\trinux create the following directories: > > > > > > > > > > tux - contains the normal directory structure found on trinux > floppies > > > > > > > > > > bootpkg - will contain any packages you want loaded early on if you > > want > > > > > to do network booting you will need: dnslibs.tgz dhcpcd.tgz > > system.tgz. > > > > > > > > > > kpkg - kernel packages you want loaded > > > > > > > > > > pkg - you can also put packages here > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > NOTE: network configuration changes slightly from the last flop= py > > release. > > > > > > > > > > If you want to do DHCP (easiest) tux\config\eth0 (or eth1) shou= ld > > contain > > > > > dhcp. You can also put the IP and netmask in there separated by= a > > space > > > > > (192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0) and then add \tux\config\gateway,= dns > > with > > > > > your default route and DNS server > > > > > > > > > > Post to the list if you have any problems. > > > > > > > > > > - mdf > > > > > > > > > > > I=B4ve just found trinux and looking around (docs, faq and li= sts) I > > didn=B4t > > > > > > find a *exact* answer for my question... so there it goes: > > > > > > - Can I install trinux to boot from a IDE disk and not necessarily > > from > > > > a > > > > > > floppy disk (perhaps a flash-ide) ? > > > > > > I=B4ve found documantation enough to install it in a floppy d= isk but > I > > > > > > couldn=B4t found any where explaning how to install only in I= DE > > drivers. > > > > > > If someone could send me a url, doc, pice of txt, anything.... > I=B4ll > > be > > > > > > thankful. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank=B4s in advance, > > > > > > Gus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Trinux-talk mailing list > > > > > > Tri...@li... > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Trinux-talk mailing list > > > > > Tri...@li... > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Trinux-talk mailing list > > > > Tri...@li... > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Trinux-talk mailing list > > > Tri...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Trinux-talk mailing list > > Tri...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Trinux-talk mailing list > Tri...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > |
