Dan, Are you using the geni586 or geni586-serial astlinux image?
Lonnie On Apr 10, 2010, at 10:29 AM, d...@ryson.org wrote: > All, > > Here's an update on efforts to install AstLinux on new hardware, which uses a > SATA solid-state module in lieu of a hard-drive: > • Added 'noram' to the end of the astlinux-0.7.1.run.conf file KCMD > line (no joy) > • Repeated install process, this time without using Windows to > initially download AstLinux image (no joy) > • Suspecting the SATA solid-state module, installed AstLinux on SATA > hard drive (with solid-state module disconnected) instead (no joy) > • Suspecting some Linux incompatibility problem with hardware, > installed SUSI on SATA hard drive (SUSI works perfectly) > By "no joy", I mean that I get this error, following an otherwise uneventful > boot process: > > udhcpc: SIOCGIFINDEX failoed: No such device > Verifying astlinux-0.7.1.run... > astlinux-0.7.1.run verified > Root mounted > Custom initrd /mnt/base/os/initrd.img found > Custom kernel /mnt/root/boot/bzImage found > Copying kernel and initrd to ramdisk... > Unmounting image... > Trying kexec... > Invalid memory segment 0x1ec46000 - 0x1ecaffff > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off > /mnt/base/os $ > Now that I think of it, I've never asked: Is AstLinux compatible with SATA > drives? > > As always, I would appreciate your thoughts. > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: d...@ryson.org > Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 1:00pm > To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Can't Access TTY; Job Control Turned Off > > Chris, Tom, Phillip and All, > > Thank you for the great ideas. I'll give them all a try at my next > opportunity, hopefully tonight, and report my findings. > > Happy Easter! > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Chris Abnett" <eldorado...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:26am > To: "'AstLinux Users Mailing List'" <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Can't Access TTY; Job Control Turned Off > > From memory if I remember correctly the image is loaded at this point, and > im thinking you can poke around.. but that you can get to /oldroot/cdrom > and then eventually I found my way into a BIN directory where I could run > busybox which contains vi… I would have to knock one of my machines off line > to get to that state to find out.. but you can ‘cd’ around to find it. the > other thing you can do is download “system rescue cd” and there are > instructions on how to burn it to a USB stick(if you don’t have a CD drive), > boot from that, mount the FAT partition on your astlinux drive and then make > changes to that run.conf file.. I use that tool often.. > > -Christopher > > From: d...@ryson.org [mailto:d...@ryson.org] > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 8:08 AM > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List > Cc: AstLinux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Can't Access TTY; Job Control Turned Off > > Darrick, > > Thank you for the reply and suggestions. Sorry for the delay in response; > yard work and March Madness distracted me from my AstLinux hobby. > > Sadly, when this error occurs, although I'm left with a command prompt, I > have no nano, vi, or other equally capable tool to edit > astlinux-0.7.1.run.conf. Since I have no other SATA hardware here at home > (my machines are mostly misfit toys), I can't try another machine today. > Perhaps I'll have to bring the SATA drive to work and try editing it there. > > Here's another part of the symptom that seems strange: This machine also has > a SATA CD ROM. I can successfully boot the astlinux.iso CD from the SATA CD > ROM if the SATA solid-state drive is either disconnected or has had its > partitions removed. However, once the AstLinux image is DD'd onto the > solid-state drive, attempts to boot from either the CD or the SATA drive > result in the error described below. I've also tried to boot the machine > with just the SATA drive connected (and the CD ROM disconnected) with the > same results. > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Darrick Hartman" <dhart...@djhsolutions.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 3, 2010 12:08pm > To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Can't Access TTY; Job Control Turned Off > > Dan, > > Can you edit the astlinux-0.7.1.run.conf file and add noram to the end > of the KCMD line? > > Not sure if that will work, but we may get closer to finding a resolution. > > Darrick > > On 04/03/2010 10:18 AM, d...@ryson.org wrote: > > All, > > > > I've been running Astlinux since the days of 0.4-something on an old > > P3-800 at home. In hopes of replacing the hardware before it expires, I > > bought a new HP Blade Client that's all SATA and uses a SATA solid-state > > module in lieu of a hard drive. > > > > After using DD to copy the image to the SATA solid-state module, > > rebooting from the module results in troubles. Here are the last bits of > > text (transcribed by hand, so minor typos are likely): > > > > udhcpc: SIOCGIFINDEX failoed: No such device > > Verifying astlinux-0.7.1.run... > > astlinux-0.7.1.run verified > > Root mounted > > Custom initrd /mnt/base/os/initrd.img found > > Custom kernel /mnt/root/boot/bzImage found > > Copying kernel and initrd to ramdisk... > > Unmounting image... > > Trying kexec... > > Invalid memory segment 0x1ec46000 - 0x1ecaffff > > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off > > /mnt/base/os $ > > > > For what it's worth, I Googled around and found that parts of this > > (specifically /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off) looked > > similar to a question regarding SCSI that came up last summer: > > > >>>> On 23-Jun-09, at 4:22 PM, Benny Strömberg wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> I tried to install Astlinux on a SATA (sda) disk but I got the > >>>>> following error message when booting the first time: > >>>>> Runnix device not found > >>>>> /bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off > >>>>> I have seen that several users are having the same issue but I > >>>>> haven´t > >>>>> seen any solution. Is there any? > >>> > > > > I'd appreciate your thoughts and suggestions. > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > > Try the new software tools for yourself. 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