Kristian Kielhofner wrote:
> On 9/19/07, Philip Prindeville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> I'm using grub, and as I said, my development (Linux) machine is remote
>> (so I can't burn the flash directly).
>>
>> I'm wondering if I can boot the net5501 box from a FreeDOS CD and then
>> use utilities on that to burn the Flash, or if there's a Linux liveCD I
>> could boot from and use that.
>>
>> Has anyone tried to use the serial port to bootstrap the box via an
>> Xmodem download to flash?
>>
>> -Philip
>>
>>     
>
> Phillip,
>
>   Last I checked you wanted to use GRUB...  Stay with that and use
> makeimage.sh to make  an image that you can transfer off your build
> machine and burn locally.
>
>
>   

Hmmm....  Not working:

% sudo -x ./makeimage.sh 64
...
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-130, default 130):
Using default value 130

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 22: Invalid argument.
The kernel still uses the old table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
Syncing disks.
+ losetup -d /dev/loop0
+ ln -sf /dev/loop0 /dev/loop
+ losetup /dev/loop0 disk.img
+ losetup -o 32256 /dev/loop1 disk.img
ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Device or resource busy
+ mke2fs -O sparse_super -L ASTROOT -m0 -q /dev/loop1
/dev/loop1 is mounted; will not make a filesystem here!
+ mkdir -p /mnt/image
+ mount -t ext2 /dev/loop1 /mnt/image
mount: /dev/loop1 already mounted or /mnt/image busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/loop1 is already mounted on /mnt/image
+ cp -a build_i586/root/bin build_i586/root/boot build_i586/root/dev 
build_i586/root/etc build_i586/root/home build_i586/root/lib 
build_i586/root/lost+found build_i586/root/mnt build_i586/root/oldroot 
build_i586/root/opt build_i586/root/proc build_i586/root/root 
build_i586/root/sbin build_i586/root/stat build_i586/root/sys 
build_i586/root/tftpboot build_i586/root/tmp build_i586/root/usr 
build_i586/root/var /mnt/image/
cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/image/dev/hdd': No such device or address
cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/image/dev/hdd4': No such device or address
cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/image/dev/hdd12': No such device or address
cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/image/dev/sdd9': No medium found
...





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