[Voyage-linux] livecd on soekris 4826

[Adam S]

Jason:

I was successful doing what is stated in the README.live-cd. I have
included it below. Voyage has been very successful for me, I was able
to make my Soekris 4801 fully functional. With the help of Punky I was
able to overcome some of the issues I had with installtion and
confirguration.

This README.live-cd provide information on how to install Voyage Linux from the
Live CD:

Afte booting the Live CD, login as root (password: voyage)

1. Create distribution directory for installation
	
	# mkdir /tmp/root
	# mount -o loop /live_media/casper/filesystem.squashfs  /tmp/root
	# cd /tmp/root
	
2. Make a mount point for installation disk

	# mkdir /tmp/cf

3. Format target disk device

	# /usr/local/sbin/format-cf.sh /dev/hda
	
This will create /dev/hda1 ext2 partition on /dev/hda disk device.
** Note that this operation is very dangerous since it will erase your disk!
   Make sure what you are doing and must do it right!

4. Start voyage.update installation script
	
	# /usr/local/sbin/voyage.update

Following the instruction to select /tmp/root as distribution directory, and
/tmp/cf as mount point.  After the installation complete, simple reboot the
board and Voyage will be started!

There are some additional packages installed for PXE and NFS server.  After
starting Voyage, you can safely remove them by:

	# remountrw
	# apt-get remove casper syslinux atftpd nfs-user-server \
                     bzip2 unionfs-tools sg3-utils minicom

After all, remove the last line in /etc/dnsmasq.more.conf:
	conf-file=/etc/dnsmasq.pxe.conf

or

for another way
http://cvs.voyage.hk/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/voyage-custom/src/live-cd/overlay_fs/README.pxe



On 2/6/07, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <punkytse at punknix.com> wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> You can trim things down manually or use the customization framework to
> trim things down, there is no different.  customization framework needs
> more work, but in result you get a repeatable and automated process.
>
> There is one thing I will want to explore before 0.3 release, is to make
> the filesystem structure in CF like the one in live CD.  So you just
> need 31MB CF size for the rootfs, but you can't modify the rootfs in CF
> as it is in squashfs.  You will need extra copy-on-write (cow) partition
> for it.
>
> Regards,
> Punky
>
> Jason Chan wrote:
> > Thanks. So I have been trying to install 0.2 by following the PXE
> > installation here
> > http://wiki.voyage.hk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pxe_voyage
> >
> > I was able to boot into voyage, but running voyage.update shows it
> > still needs more than 64MB.
> >
> > Will you recommend I use customization to trim down things, or go to
> > 1.x version? If you suggest customization, where are obvious places I
> > can cut?
> >
> > Thanks, I really want to get Voyage working on my soekris.
> > ||
> > On 2/4/07, *Kim-man 'Punky' TSE* < punkytse at punknix.com
> > <mailto:punkytse at punknix.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Yes, starting from 0.3 and live CD, it requires 128MB now.
> >
> >     Regards,
> >     Punky
> >
> >     Jason Chan wrote:
> >     > Sorry to spam the list, but I just captured the error message when
> >     > using latest livecd to install on Soekris net4826. The attached
> >     error
> >     > indicates that I have a too small flash 64MB. Since the CF is
> >     soldered
> >     > on the board, I couldn't really do anything.
> >     >
> >     > Any suggestions on how to proceed? I thought Voyage could fit in
> >     64MB,
> >     > or does it require 128MB?
> >     >
> >     > Thanks,
> >     > Jason
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
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