Dan, Thanks for testing, that helps us.
No need to try the SATA hard disk. Lonnie On Apr 11, 2010, at 10:11 PM, d...@ryson.org wrote: > Lonnie and all, > > Tonight I tried the custom image that you provided. Unfortunately, the > symptom remains virtually the same, with the following error: > > > udhcpc: SIOCGIFINDEX failed: No such device > > Verifying astlinux-0.7-3919.run... > > astlinux-0.7-3919.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 0x1ec45000 - 0x1ecaffff > > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off > > /mnt/base/os $ > > This test used the SATA module but, during prior testing with the 0.7.1 > version, the symptom was the same whether using the module or on the actual > SATA drive (Western Digital WD4000KD). If you think it will make any > difference, I can try again tomorrow morning on the SATA hard drive. Beyond > that, I'll need to put this project on the back-burner for a few days. Duty > calls! > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:11am > To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Can't Access TTY; Job Control Turned Off > > 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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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. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. 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