Diagnostics 101: Item 1 - run the command "frisk -l" (that's a lower case "L" by the way) and see what fdisk says you got in the way of drives ... And to be honest, I am not sure how the fdisk in Windows works ... If you are doing this on a Windows workstation, you might have to try fdisk /h or fdisk /help or something like that to get command line reference ... Just DO NOT DO "fdisk c:" as that would be a BAD thing !!!
Item 2 - assuming fdisk reports back that you got this device out there called "/dev/sda" with no partitions on it, run the command "genkd /dev/sda" and accept the defaults offered ... If it completes without errors, you should have a default KD on your USB drive ready to configure ... Again, what fdisk reports back might be diferent on a Windows machine ... But the idea will be the same ... You will have a "Device" and the device will have "Partitions" ... Item 3 - if by chance fdisk reports back that you got this device called "/dev/sda" but fdisk also says there are partitions "/dev/sda1" and maybe even "/dev/sda2", you might want to delete these before you run the "genkd /dev/sda" command just to make sure you are getting a clean start ... I would suggest you start out with a clean USB thumb drive with no pre-existing partitions ... Its just a little cleaner and more predictable that way ... Item 4 - you might also want to check to see what fdisk says about the partitions on your boot CF card ... This will normally have the device name "/dev/hda" ... Normally you should only see a partition called "/dev/hda1" which is the boot partition for Astlinux ... If you got other partitions out there, you might want to use fdisk to delete them just so you are starting out clean (optional) ... Shameless self indulgence (meaningless bs): When I first started working seriously with Astlinux, there was more than one occasion when I used fdisk to blow away all the partitions on both the CF and USB drive, re-burned my image to the CF and re-did the genkd just because I figured I had screwed something up badly and wanted to start over fresh ... As I became more aware of what it was doing, I became a bit more daring in how I deal with ... But I still keep fdisk close at hand ... Other considerations: You should also make sure that when she boots up, you choose from the boot menu that you are booting off an IDE CF but that KD is USB ... I am not sure, but think you might have been creating KD on your CF card but telling grub to look for it on the USB or maybe properly creating KD on the USB but telling grub it is a secondary partition on the CF ... In any case, fight with it and dont get frustrated ... It takes a bit of getting used to but once you understand the pattern, it starts to make sense ... Good luck with it ... Hope this helps ... G.Hendershot -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kamaludin, Denny Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:13 AM To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Can't make any changes on *.conf file Hi Matthew, I get confused now. I only do "genkd" command to create my USB keydisk. But it seems that sda1 is not where my USB disk is. Any suggestion on how to check where is my USB disk can be mounted? And also, I have made another try to create a bootable USB disk. It's all works ok, but I still can't modify the conf file under it (well I can modify the gnub.conf though). Please help.... =( -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Farley Sent: Friday, 6 October 2006 1:56 PM To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Can't make any changes on *.conf file Denny: You mentioned that you are using genkd to 'save' the configuration files. If you are repeatedly running genkd, I think you might be putting a default config back on it each time (my understanding is that genkd need be run only once, and the astlinux system will just update the files there - running genkd again seems to me as if it might reset everything to default values. Also, are you sure it is using the keydisk after you genkd it and reboot? I have had AstLinux boxes behave in the way you describe when they don't have an active keydisk. I hope these ramblings may be of some use... Sincerely, Matthew Farley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Kamaludin, Denny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 13:41:53 To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Astlinux-users] Can't make any changes on *.conf file Hi all, Maybe someone has raised this before, but I still cant modify any of the *.conf file (especially rc.conf). It will always get reset after I reboot the server. This is how I set up my Astlinux: - I'm rebooting from the CD-ROM - I'm using "genkd" command to save all configuration files on my USB drive (well, I think it works) - I try using the "mount -o rw,remount /" command from 'pbx ~ #' command prompt and use the "ro" after I finish enditing the conf file. But still everytime I reboot, the conf file always reset. Anyone have any idea on how to fix this? 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