Not Mark here, but SPECIFICALLY the geni586 image file will not install
properly for me.
Some time back we had an off list exchange, then you got busy with money
jobs and it got left in the dust.
I will be away until Sunday, but if you can't find my response, and get
different results, let me know and I will resend my procedure to you and
the list if you'd like.
John Novack
Darrick Hartman wrote:
Mark,
Specifically (I mean exactly) which img.gz (note not tar.gz) file is
wrong? Anything with an img.gz should be an image file.
I'm going to have to call you on this because I just gunzip'ed each of
the img.gz files that are posted on my site and I can guarantee that
they are all image files that should be able to be dd'ed to a disk and
work. I've used these exact files to test the following images:
via-serial
via
net5501
net4801
I know those have worked using dd to write the img files to the CF card.
I have not tested the geni586 or viac7 images. They were created in
the same method and should work.
Note that because of my limited time recently, I have only tested to
targets with a single compact flash card. I have not attempted to use a
USB thumb drive or other target. I should get some time tomorrow to
fire up a machine with vmware on it to do some further testing on there.
I can also try writing out these images to CF with physdiskwrite
The install procedure from the cdrom is not working. The bootable image
will work. If we want to continue to allow installation from a cdrom
under Windows, it will take some additional effort to restore that
functionality. I've only used the cdrom for bootable testing so I
wasn't actually aware of the existence of those routines until after I
created the 0.6.1 files. Had I known it was there, I would have removed
it before releasing the ISOs because I know it won't work in it's
current state.
Darrick
Mark Phillips wrote:
This is what I've been trying to say for a week now.
The .img.tgz file on Darrick's website isn't an image file but rather a
collections of the manual install files.
Mark
On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 10:40 -0400, John Novack wrote:
IT Services wrote:
Using physdiskwrite gives me a disk which results in a kernel panic on
boot.
I get the same result attempting to install the img file using dd to a
CF card.
I have no idea why the one step install doesn't work, and it seems
others do it with success, and no general interest to explore the failure.
Install runnix then install the tar file and all boots and works!
Anyone smarter than I interested in the details of the failure?
John Novack
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