John Novack wrote: > > marcus wrote: >> Maybe a question for Kristian or Darrick -- How did you create the image >> files for copying Astlinux to CF cards? >> Did you use "dd"? >> >> What's great is that the boot sector works, which never worked for me >> when I tried copying live Linuxes to USB sticks. Did you do anything >> special to get the MBR into the image? >> >> I'd like to use the same technique to create larger images, so it would >> be great of you could help me with the process you used. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Marcus >> > Kind of related to this. > > I tried to write the zipped image to the flash built into an HP 5515 > Thin client, using the example I found: > gunzip -c AstLinux-0.4.8-i586.img.gz > /dev/hda1 > I get several errors: > gunzip: write: no space left on device > gunzip: crc error > gunzip: Error inflating > The write is defective, the system won't boot or run properly, of course. > > The img file was written to a USB 1 Gig memory stick > > Well, I thought, perhaps that didn't get written correctly, so I used > gunzip -t to the file with no complaints. > > The system: HP 5515 64 Meg Flash > ( unfortunately this device, though unplugable, is a 44 pin socket on > the device, a 44 pin connector on the MB, the reverse of a 2.5 inch hard > drive, so there appears to be no way to remove and write on a larger > machine. > 128 Meg of memory > 800 Mhz processor > Booted the system from the DSL ( Damn Small Linux ) liveCD - boot to > install, use cfdisk to create the partition, reboot the system again > with the DSL live CD, execute the above steps with the resulting errors > I can successfully install DSL and boot from the flash > > What gives??
The image already contains the partition information. You need to dd the image to the DRIVE not the partition. Your command will work if you change it to: gunzip -c Astlinux-0.4.8-i586.img.gz > /dev/hda Be forewarned that this will erase all data and partitions on /dev/hda (so make sure you have the right drive). -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
