Okay, thanks. What I was wondering was whether a non-expert like me could simply reconfigure some things and make it work. But from your answer, it sounds like it is more of a project for developers.
Thanks again, Dave On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Darrick Hartman <dhart...@djhsolutions.com> wrote: > Dave, > > As I said 'it's on the list'. That means we need to look at it. It > shouldn't take too much, but it hasn't been a priority for us. (meaning > we don't know exactly how much time). > > Darrick > > On 03/24/2010 10:50 AM, Thczv F. Thczv wrote: >> I'm no linux expert, but I was hoping to boot and run Astlinux >> entirely from an external usb flash drive. How difficult is it to >> make that work? >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Darrick Hartman >> <dhart...@djhsolutions.com> wrote: >>> None of the current released images will boot from an external usb >>> drive. You can boot a CDROM iso >>> >>> We're also aware that the 'astinstall' function is not working from the >>> ISO. You can create a unionfs storage partition, properly labeled, and >>> it will be detected by the bootable iso image. >>> >>> We have these as items on the list, but right now it's a long list. >>> >>> Darrick >>> >>> On 03/23/2010 10:09 PM, Jay D. Allen wrote: >>>> Well the kernel can load, and will boot via kexec. Its the initrd thats >>>> not loading. >>>> >>>> Jay Allen >>>> F2 Inc >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Thczv F. Thczv"<thczv.th...@gmail.com> >>>> To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List"<astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:16:22 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] running AstLinux under Xen >>>> >>>> Did you learn anything about this problem? I am trying to boot 0.7.0 >>>> from a flash drive on a fairly standard computer (a Dell X1 laptop). >>>> But it fails with this same error. >>>> >>>> Any idea why it does this? >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Jay D. Allen<j...@f2it.com> wrote: >>>>> Its the kexec that's failing. I choose a very generic Xen environment >>>>> and then try and load the 0.7.0 stock or beta. Same issue. Boots, >>>>> copies kernel and initrd, but kexec fails with "Invalid memory ..." >>>>> >>>>> Jay >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Darrick Hartman"<dhart...@djhsolutions.com> >>>>> To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List"<astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:45:05 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] running AstLinux under Xen >>>>> >>>>> On 03/14/2010 03:11 AM, Jay D. Allen wrote: >>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone currently run AstLinux under Xen? I've tried it >>>>>> couple of ways, but it fails at the kexec stage with "Invalid memory..." >>>>>> Sound familiar to you? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Jay >>>>> >>>>> Jay, >>>>> >>>>> I've successfully used VirtualBox and VMware, but have not tried Xen. >>>>> Sorry I couldn't be of more help. If you do figure out how to do this, >>>>> we would accept a howto on the wiki page. >>>>> >> > > > -- > Darrick Hartman > DJH Solutions, LLC > http://www.djhsolutions.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
