[Voyage-linux] Voyage Linux on an Alix 2C3

[Don Levey]

I am a little confused on your sequence of events here:

Andy Holzrichter wrote:
> I couldn't boot from a USB device.  I tried a USB DVD drive first.  It
> will see it under Voyage Linux, but won't boot from it.   I could get
> the install to thumb drive instructions to work, but w/o making more
> changes it's not persistent.  Changes go away as soon as you reboot, but
> it gave me a linux install which worked on the Alix box.  I did the
> thumbdrive install on a card & installed it in the Alix box, which would
> then boot on it. 

OK, so what I read here is that you used these instructions:
http://wiki.voyage.hk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=how_do_i_install_voyage_on_a_usb_flash_drive

Which completed properly for you, and you were able to boot with the 
card installed on the ALIX board.  Is that correct?


> I booted from it, and followed the instructions on
> installing Voyage linux to the USB CF reader. 

Here's where I get confused.  First, because I don't see specific 
instructions for how to install to a CF reader.  Are you saying you're 
installing to the USB CF reader as if it were a USB key?  That would 
then mean you're doing this on another system first...

> The install worked, and
> when I switched the card from the reader to the CF slot in the Alix box
> I had the correct install of Voyage Linux running. 

...And this would also suggest doing the install on another machine 
first.  What's getting me is that previously you said you were booting 
off the CF car on the Alix board.

> I saved the previous
> card so my next install will be easier.
> 
> 
That's my plan too.

For the record, I did the USB Flash installation with extLinux:
http://wiki.voyage.hk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=how_do_i_install_voyage-current_on_a_usb_flash_drive_with_extlinux

I'm wondering if that's part of my own problem; I did do the 
installation using a USB CF card reader as if it were a USB thumb drive.

  -Don