[Voyage-linux] livecd on soekris 4826

[Jason Chan]

Adam: thanks I did follow through the right process but the CF on my soekris
4826 was too small! I will probably try customization...

On 2/7/07, Adam S <oakleyred at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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