Re: [leaf-user] PC Engines APU2 - Having Trouble Booting BuC 5.2.x

[David M Brooke]

> On 15 Aug 2016, at 11:38, Andrew  wrote:
> 
> On 13.08.2016 17:31, David M Brooke wrote:
>> Thanks kp.
>> 
>>> On 13 Aug 2016, at 13:57, kp kirchdoerfer  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Am Samstag, 13. August 2016, 11:56:26 schrieb David M Brooke:
 Thanks for the feedback.
 
 @Andrew - removing ‘quiet’ didn’t provide any further diagnostics.
 
 I upgraded to the latest APU2 BIOS / firmware to see if that helped.
 Since that supports iPXE boot I was able to pull in the BuC x86_64 kernel
 and initrd, initmod. That worked fine so there’s no compatibility issue,
 but it still doesn’t want to boot from the SD.
 
 @kp - which device are you using to boot from - an mSATA drive, USB or the
 SD slot? Maybe I need to invest in a small mSATA drive.
>>> I boot from mSATA, also USB worked, at least  for the installation.
>> I have USB boot working now. There’s no output from the kernel while it is 
>> booting but if you wait
>> you get a login prompt.
> Wrong serial port specified in 'console=' parameter?…


I used the x86_64_syslinux_serial115200 image which appears to have it set 
correctly in syslinux/syslinux.cfg
console=ttyS0,115200n8

I’m sure I got kernel output when booting with iPXE, using the same console= 
setting, so I’m puzzled
(but it’s working OK so I’m happy enough for now).

David
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Re: [leaf-user] PC Engines APU2 - Having Trouble Booting BuC 5.2.x

[Andrew]

On 13.08.2016 17:31, David M Brooke wrote:
> Thanks kp.
>
>> On 13 Aug 2016, at 13:57, kp kirchdoerfer  
>> wrote:
>>
>> Am Samstag, 13. August 2016, 11:56:26 schrieb David M Brooke:
>>> Thanks for the feedback.
>>>
>>> @Andrew - removing ‘quiet’ didn’t provide any further diagnostics.
>>>
>>> I upgraded to the latest APU2 BIOS / firmware to see if that helped.
>>> Since that supports iPXE boot I was able to pull in the BuC x86_64 kernel
>>> and initrd, initmod. That worked fine so there’s no compatibility issue,
>>> but it still doesn’t want to boot from the SD.
>>>
>>> @kp - which device are you using to boot from - an mSATA drive, USB or the
>>> SD slot? Maybe I need to invest in a small mSATA drive.
>> I boot from mSATA, also USB worked, at least  for the installation.
> I have USB boot working now. There’s no output from the kernel while it is 
> booting but if you wait
> you get a login prompt.
Wrong serial port specified in 'console=' parameter?...

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Re: [leaf-user] PC Engines APU2 - Having Trouble Booting BuC 5.2.x

[David M Brooke]

Thanks kp.

> On 13 Aug 2016, at 13:57, kp kirchdoerfer  
> wrote:
> 
> Am Samstag, 13. August 2016, 11:56:26 schrieb David M Brooke:
>> Thanks for the feedback.
>> 
>> @Andrew - removing ‘quiet’ didn’t provide any further diagnostics.
>> 
>> I upgraded to the latest APU2 BIOS / firmware to see if that helped.
>> Since that supports iPXE boot I was able to pull in the BuC x86_64 kernel
>> and initrd, initmod. That worked fine so there’s no compatibility issue,
>> but it still doesn’t want to boot from the SD.
>> 
>> @kp - which device are you using to boot from - an mSATA drive, USB or the
>> SD slot? Maybe I need to invest in a small mSATA drive.
> 
> I boot from mSATA, also USB worked, at least  for the installation.

I have USB boot working now. There’s no output from the kernel while it is 
booting but if you wait
you get a login prompt.

I have also ordered a small mSATA drive but as long as USB boot is working that 
will be OK for now.

> 
> I have also an older bios (1/20/2016), and neither checked SD cards nor iPXE.

It seems that SD and iPXE boot is only enabled with the latest BIOS versions.
The on-board SD adaptor needs the sdhci kernel module; could be good to add 
that to our build.

> 
> kp
> 
>> Thanks,
>> David
>> 
>>> On 12 Aug 2016, at 23:17, kp kirchdoerfer 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi David;
>>> 
>>> Am Freitag, 12. August 2016, 12:02:56 schrieb Andrew:
 Hi.
 
 Try to remove 'quiet' option from kernel line. Maybe it'll say you some
 more info.
 
 On 12.08.2016 00:17, David M Brooke wrote:
> Hi Leaf Users,
> 
> Does anybody have experience of using the PC Engines APU2 boards with
> BuC
> 5.2.x ?
> 
> I have a brand new apu2c4 board with the 20160307 BIOS.
> I know the board is good because it works OK with PC Engines’ TinyCore
> Linux.
> 
> I've tried using the
> Bering-uClibc_5.2.6_i686_syslinux_serial115200.tar.gz
> image extracted onto an SD card with a 2GB FAT32 partition, mounted in
> the on-board SD slot. It boots into SYSLINUX (v6.03) OK and I see the LP
> shield logo via the serial console>
> 
> but it hangs after:
>Loading /syslinux/linux… ok
>Loading /initrd.lrp… ok
>Loading /initmod.lrp… ok
> 
> That implies it’s loading the files OK but it’s not able to boot the
> kernel, right?
> 
> I’ve tried a few other BuC versions (5.1.7, 5.2.7-rc1) and also the
> x86_64
> variant but with the same result. I’ve also tried using the SD card in a
> USB adaptor (so the APU sees it as USB) but again the same result.
> 
> On the Hardware Specific Guides page for the APU board I see evidence
> the
> APU is working but maybe the APU2 needs different drivers or something?
>>> 
>>> I'm running 5.2 on a APU2. I use the x86_64 version and boot from ext4
>>> partition. Other than that it should be the stock image.
>>> 
>>> kp

David

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Re: [leaf-user] PC Engines APU2 - Having Trouble Booting BuC 5.2.x

[kp kirchdoerfer]

Am Samstag, 13. August 2016, 11:56:26 schrieb David M Brooke:
> Thanks for the feedback.
> 
> @Andrew - removing ‘quiet’ didn’t provide any further diagnostics.
> 
> I upgraded to the latest APU2 BIOS / firmware to see if that helped.
> Since that supports iPXE boot I was able to pull in the BuC x86_64 kernel
> and initrd, initmod. That worked fine so there’s no compatibility issue,
> but it still doesn’t want to boot from the SD.
> 
> @kp - which device are you using to boot from - an mSATA drive, USB or the
> SD slot? Maybe I need to invest in a small mSATA drive.

I boot from mSATA, also USB worked, at least  for the installation.

I have also an older bios (1/20/2016), and neither checked SD cards nor iPXE.

kp

> Thanks,
> David
> 
> > On 12 Aug 2016, at 23:17, kp kirchdoerfer 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Hi David;
> > 
> > Am Freitag, 12. August 2016, 12:02:56 schrieb Andrew:
> >> Hi.
> >> 
> >> Try to remove 'quiet' option from kernel line. Maybe it'll say you some
> >> more info.
> >> 
> >> On 12.08.2016 00:17, David M Brooke wrote:
> >>> Hi Leaf Users,
> >>> 
> >>> Does anybody have experience of using the PC Engines APU2 boards with
> >>> BuC
> >>> 5.2.x ?
> >>> 
> >>> I have a brand new apu2c4 board with the 20160307 BIOS.
> >>> I know the board is good because it works OK with PC Engines’ TinyCore
> >>> Linux.
> >>> 
> >>> I've tried using the
> >>> Bering-uClibc_5.2.6_i686_syslinux_serial115200.tar.gz
> >>> image extracted onto an SD card with a 2GB FAT32 partition, mounted in
> >>> the on-board SD slot. It boots into SYSLINUX (v6.03) OK and I see the LP
> >>> shield logo via the serial console>
> >>> 
> >>> but it hangs after:
> >>> Loading /syslinux/linux… ok
> >>> Loading /initrd.lrp… ok
> >>> Loading /initmod.lrp… ok
> >>> 
> >>> That implies it’s loading the files OK but it’s not able to boot the
> >>> kernel, right?
> >>> 
> >>> I’ve tried a few other BuC versions (5.1.7, 5.2.7-rc1) and also the
> >>> x86_64
> >>> variant but with the same result. I’ve also tried using the SD card in a
> >>> USB adaptor (so the APU sees it as USB) but again the same result.
> >>> 
> >>> On the Hardware Specific Guides page for the APU board I see evidence
> >>> the
> >>> APU is working but maybe the APU2 needs different drivers or something?
> > 
> > I'm running 5.2 on a APU2. I use the x86_64 version and boot from ext4
> > partition. Other than that it should be the stock image.
> > 
> > kp
> 
> 
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Re: [leaf-user] PC Engines APU2 - Having Trouble Booting BuC 5.2.x

[David M Brooke]

Thanks for the feedback.

@Andrew - removing ‘quiet’ didn’t provide any further diagnostics.

I upgraded to the latest APU2 BIOS / firmware to see if that helped.
Since that supports iPXE boot I was able to pull in the BuC x86_64 kernel and 
initrd, initmod.
That worked fine so there’s no compatibility issue, but it still doesn’t want 
to boot from the SD.

@kp - which device are you using to boot from - an mSATA drive, USB or the SD 
slot?
Maybe I need to invest in a small mSATA drive.

Thanks,
David


> On 12 Aug 2016, at 23:17, kp kirchdoerfer  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi David;
> 
> Am Freitag, 12. August 2016, 12:02:56 schrieb Andrew:
>> Hi.
>> 
>> Try to remove 'quiet' option from kernel line. Maybe it'll say you some
>> more info.
>> 
>> On 12.08.2016 00:17, David M Brooke wrote:
>>> Hi Leaf Users,
>>> 
>>> Does anybody have experience of using the PC Engines APU2 boards with BuC
>>> 5.2.x ?
>>> 
>>> I have a brand new apu2c4 board with the 20160307 BIOS.
>>> I know the board is good because it works OK with PC Engines’ TinyCore
>>> Linux.
>>> 
>>> I've tried using the Bering-uClibc_5.2.6_i686_syslinux_serial115200.tar.gz
>>> image extracted onto an SD card with a 2GB FAT32 partition, mounted in
>>> the on-board SD slot. It boots into SYSLINUX (v6.03) OK and I see the LP
>>> shield logo via the serial console> 
>>> but it hangs after:
>>> Loading /syslinux/linux… ok
>>> Loading /initrd.lrp… ok
>>> Loading /initmod.lrp… ok
>>> 
>>> That implies it’s loading the files OK but it’s not able to boot the
>>> kernel, right?
>>> 
>>> I’ve tried a few other BuC versions (5.1.7, 5.2.7-rc1) and also the x86_64
>>> variant but with the same result. I’ve also tried using the SD card in a
>>> USB adaptor (so the APU sees it as USB) but again the same result.
>>> 
>>> On the Hardware Specific Guides page for the APU board I see evidence the
>>> APU is working but maybe the APU2 needs different drivers or something?
> 
> 
> I'm running 5.2 on a APU2. I use the x86_64 version and boot from ext4 
> partition. Other than that it should be the stock image.
> 
> kp
> 

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Re: [leaf-user] PC Engines APU2 - Having Trouble Booting BuC 5.2.x

[kp kirchdoerfer]

Hi David;

Am Freitag, 12. August 2016, 12:02:56 schrieb Andrew:
> Hi.
> 
> Try to remove 'quiet' option from kernel line. Maybe it'll say you some
> more info.
> 
> On 12.08.2016 00:17, David M Brooke wrote:
> > Hi Leaf Users,
> > 
> > Does anybody have experience of using the PC Engines APU2 boards with BuC
> > 5.2.x ?
> > 
> > I have a brand new apu2c4 board with the 20160307 BIOS.
> > I know the board is good because it works OK with PC Engines’ TinyCore
> > Linux.
> > 
> > I've tried using the Bering-uClibc_5.2.6_i686_syslinux_serial115200.tar.gz
> > image extracted onto an SD card with a 2GB FAT32 partition, mounted in
> > the on-board SD slot. It boots into SYSLINUX (v6.03) OK and I see the LP
> > shield logo via the serial console> 
> > but it hangs after:
> >  Loading /syslinux/linux… ok
> >  Loading /initrd.lrp… ok
> >  Loading /initmod.lrp… ok
> > 
> > That implies it’s loading the files OK but it’s not able to boot the
> > kernel, right?
> > 
> > I’ve tried a few other BuC versions (5.1.7, 5.2.7-rc1) and also the x86_64
> > variant but with the same result. I’ve also tried using the SD card in a
> > USB adaptor (so the APU sees it as USB) but again the same result.
> > 
> > On the Hardware Specific Guides page for the APU board I see evidence the
> > APU is working but maybe the APU2 needs different drivers or something?


I'm running 5.2 on a APU2. I use the x86_64 version and boot from ext4 
partition. Other than that it should be the stock image.

kp


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Re: [leaf-user] PC Engines APU2 - Having Trouble Booting BuC 5.2.x

[Andrew]

Hi.

Try to remove 'quiet' option from kernel line. Maybe it'll say you some 
more info.

On 12.08.2016 00:17, David M Brooke wrote:
> Hi Leaf Users,
>
> Does anybody have experience of using the PC Engines APU2 boards with BuC 
> 5.2.x ?
>
> I have a brand new apu2c4 board with the 20160307 BIOS.
> I know the board is good because it works OK with PC Engines’ TinyCore Linux.
>
> I've tried using the Bering-uClibc_5.2.6_i686_syslinux_serial115200.tar.gz 
> image
> extracted onto an SD card with a 2GB FAT32 partition, mounted in the on-board 
> SD slot.
> It boots into SYSLINUX (v6.03) OK and I see the LP shield logo via the serial 
> console
> but it hangs after:
>  Loading /syslinux/linux… ok
>  Loading /initrd.lrp… ok
>  Loading /initmod.lrp… ok
>
> That implies it’s loading the files OK but it’s not able to boot the kernel, 
> right?
>
> I’ve tried a few other BuC versions (5.1.7, 5.2.7-rc1) and also the x86_64 
> variant but with the same result.
> I’ve also tried using the SD card in a USB adaptor (so the APU sees it as 
> USB) but again the same result.
>
> On the Hardware Specific Guides page for the APU board I see evidence the APU 
> is working but maybe
> the APU2 needs different drivers or something?
>
> Thanks,
> dMb
>
>
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> patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are
> consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow,
> J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity
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[leaf-user] PC Engines APU2 - Having Trouble Booting BuC 5.2.x

[David M Brooke]

Hi Leaf Users,

Does anybody have experience of using the PC Engines APU2 boards with BuC 5.2.x 
?

I have a brand new apu2c4 board with the 20160307 BIOS.
I know the board is good because it works OK with PC Engines’ TinyCore Linux.

I've tried using the Bering-uClibc_5.2.6_i686_syslinux_serial115200.tar.gz image
extracted onto an SD card with a 2GB FAT32 partition, mounted in the on-board 
SD slot.
It boots into SYSLINUX (v6.03) OK and I see the LP shield logo via the serial 
console
but it hangs after:
Loading /syslinux/linux… ok
Loading /initrd.lrp… ok
Loading /initmod.lrp… ok

That implies it’s loading the files OK but it’s not able to boot the kernel, 
right?

I’ve tried a few other BuC versions (5.1.7, 5.2.7-rc1) and also the x86_64 
variant but with the same result.
I’ve also tried using the SD card in a USB adaptor (so the APU sees it as USB) 
but again the same result.

On the Hardware Specific Guides page for the APU board I see evidence the APU 
is working but maybe
the APU2 needs different drivers or something?

Thanks,
dMb


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