WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!<br><br><span class="pBody postableBody">Alright.... Here is where I stand....<br><br>1. I have DamnSmallLinux PXE loading and I am able to get a bash shell.<br><br>2.
I have a 212MB squash (Voyage One Current v0.7.5) file that I need access to and can not package
the DSL image with, so I am going to need to Samba share it from my
Debian Server<br><br>3. Install Voyage from the Samba share to the CF card on the Alex 3D3 running DSL PXE.<br><br>4. Reboot and in theory, this issue can FINALLY be closed.<br><br>:)<br><br>And that will be worked on tomorrow.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 08:45, John Schultz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschultz0614@gmail.com">jschultz0614@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
OK, Michael....<br><br>Thanks for the sample boot files, however those did not work for me either. I also tried to use the parameters with those initrd and vmlinuz files from 0.6.5 stable from you with 0.7.5 release.<br>
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Ive noticed all along that the error message is "can't access tty; job control turned off" Does this mean that the live setup is in fact meant for a serial connection? If so, I am up the creek as I do not have a serial cable (nul modem cable) to connect to this board, hence the reason Ive been using console all along.<br>
<br>Is there a way to compile my existing debian box setup in a network boot image?<br><br>Thanks again,<br><font color="#888888">John</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 20:12, John Schultz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschultz0614@gmail.com" target="_blank">jschultz0614@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Unfortunately, I am using a Windows SBS 2003 Server with WDS installed for my PXE Server.<br><br>An Idea that just occurred to me is to create a custom Debian Live ISO with the voyage source package built in and then install from there.<br>
<br>I will have to play with some ideas and then report back my findings.<br><br>Thanks,<br><font color="#888888">John</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 13:12, Michael Steinmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.steinmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.steinmann@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">if I remember correct this is the error message I got with newer Voyage versions (even with some newer daily v0.6.5):<div>
<br><div>/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off<br></div></div>(initramfs)<br><br>the correct setting should be:<br>
<i> console=tty1<br></i>but I don't think this helps. <br><br>I don't know why it's not working with newer versions anymore... <br>have you really tried with all the files I provided in the rar with the same folder structure? <br>
don't put filesystem.squashfs in a subfolder like /pxe/voyage/. Try putting the Voyage files <i>vmlinuz1, </i><i>initrd1.img and filesystem.squashfs</i> in the tftp root folder.<br><br>I have this setup on a pfSense for some reasons, but as Punky said PXE server should work straight forward on a Voyage installation.<br>
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<br>/michael</font><div><div></div><div><br><i><br><br></i><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/8/3 John Schultz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschultz0614@gmail.com" target="_blank">jschultz0614@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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OK,.. I have tried the suggestions you suggested in your first email today and I get the following:<br><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
<i>Loading linux/voyage/vmlinuz1<br>Loading linux/voyage/initrd1.img<br>early console in setup code<br>early console in decompress_kernel<div><br><br>Decompressing Linux... Parsing ELF... done.<br></div>Booting the kernel.<br>
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<br>and then nothing - no network activity whatsoever.<br><br>Here is my menu section config:<br><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
<i>LABEL Voyage<br>MENU DEFAULT<br>MENU LABEL Voyage<br>KERNEL linux/voyage/vmlinuz1<br>APPEND initrd=linux/voyage/initrd1.img boot=live fetch=<a href="http://jsch-svr-01/linux/pxe/voyage/filesystem.squashfs" target="_blank">http://jsch-svr-01/linux/pxe/voyage/filesystem.squashfs</a> live-getty noautologin all_generic_ide debug console=ttyS0,38400n8<br>
</i></blockquote><br>I then tried taking off the ttyS0 param, rebooted and I got the following output:<br><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
<i><b>Bunch of linux load crap</b></i><br><br></blockquote><div><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><i>BusyBox v1.17.1 (Debian 1:1.17.1.-8) Built-in shell (ash)<div>
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Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.<br><br>/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off<br></div>(initranfs)<br></i></blockquote> <br></div>That became evident that my console settings are not correct. What is the correct tty console setting for a regular console setup (no serial connectivity)?<br>
<br>This is by far the closest Ive been to a solution in 3 weeks then I ever have been.<br><br>If this works, I owe you a pizza from the pie (:p)<div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 07:57, Michael Steinmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.steinmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.steinmann@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">that probably was version 0.6.5 stable, actually I just tried it and it still works :-)<br>
this is the PXE menu entry:<br>
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LABEL Voyage<br>
MENU LABEL ^Voyage 0.6.5<br>
KERNEL voyage-0.6.5.stable/vmlinuz1<br>
APPEND initrd=voyage-0.6.5.stable/initrd1.img boot=live
fetch=tftp://<a href="http://192.168.100.1/voyage-0.6.5.stable.filesystem.squashfs" target="_blank">192.168.100.1/voyage-0.6.5.stable.filesystem.squashfs</a>
live-getty noautologin all_generic_ide debug console=ttyS0,38400n8<br>
<br>and here is uname -a output:<br>Linux voyage 2.6.30-voyage #1 PREEMPT Wed Dec 30 18:39:44 GMT 2009 i586 GNU/Linux<br><br>
I could put the whole thing for download somewhere, if you can't get it working.<br>
how far do you get? what's the error message?<br><font color="#888888">
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michael</font><div><div></div><div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/8/3 John Schultz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschultz0614@gmail.com" target="_blank">jschultz0614@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
Definitely need to know what version you were able to do this on. I tried this under 0.7.5 and it totally blew chuncks.<br><br>Thanks.,<br><font color="#888888">John</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 07:26, John Schultz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschultz0614@gmail.com" target="_blank">jschultz0614@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">I tried that (unfortunately it did not work), Since, I posted this issue on experts exchange and thats where I found the two referenced links. Just for sake of argument, I will try this again and see if I can get it to work.<br>
<br>Do you know off hand what version of Voyage you were using at the time this worked for you?<div><div></div><div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 06:04, Michael Steinmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.steinmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.steinmann@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
Hi John,<br><br>this is from some other thread a while a go...<div><br>see the attached rar, but the files from the ISO are missing<br></div>this worked for me, at least it did with older voyage ISOs.<br><br>Best regards,<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>Michael Steinmann</font><div><div></div><div><br>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Steinmann</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.steinmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.steinmann@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: 2011/7/16<br>Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Different PXE Server<br>To: John Schultz <<a href="mailto:jschultz0614@gmail.com" target="_blank">jschultz0614@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>ignore the file mntfs.<br>
see the attached rar, but the files from the ISO are missing<br>
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/michael<br>
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2011/7/16 Michael Steinmann <<a href="mailto:mike.steinmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.steinmann@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div>> no, not the ISO. open the ISO and you will find the files to copy to<br>
> the PXE server. in this case these are the files:<br>
><br>
> vmlinuz1<br>
> initrd1.img<br>
> filesystem.squashfs<br>
><br>
> and according to the following two lines they are all in the voyage directory:<br>
><br>
> KERNEL voyage/vmlinuz1 root=LABEL=ROOT_FS console=ttyS0,38400n8<br>
> APPEND initrd=voyage/initrd1.img fs=voyage/filesystem.squashfs<br>
> boot=live netboot=fs<br>
><br>
> this is the tree:<br>
> ¦ memdisk<br>
> ¦ menu.c32<br>
> ¦ mntfs<br>
> ¦ pxelinux.0<br>
> ¦<br>
> +---pxelinux.cfg<br>
> ¦ default<br>
> ¦<br>
> +---voyage<br>
> ¦ vmlinuz1<br>
> ¦ initrd1.img<br>
> ¦ filesystem.squashfs<br>
><br>
><br>
> /michael<br>
><br>
><br>
> <a href="mailto:614@gmail.com" target="_blank">614@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>> OK, so if I understand you correctly, this script goes on my PXE Server<br>
>> along with the live ISO and that should do it? I thought you had to have a<br>
>> kernel image and an initrd image.<br>
>><br>
>> FYI,.. my setup is as follows:<br>
>> PXE/DHCP Server: Windows SBS 2003 Premium<br>
>> Clients: multiple Alix.3D3 SBCs<br>
>><br>
>> PXE Environment has been slightly modified to use isolinux derivative.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>> John<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 07:53, Michael Steinmann <<a href="mailto:mike.steinmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.steinmann@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> that's true,<br>
>>> for vga console change console=ttyS0,38400n8 to console=tty1<br>
>>><br>
>>> /Michael<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> 2011/7/16 John Schultz <<a href="mailto:jschultz0614@gmail.com" target="_blank">jschultz0614@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>>> > This looks like a config file for a serial connection. Is that intended?<br>
>>> > The<br>
>>> > systems I am using are the Alix 3D3 which uses a usb port for a keyboard<br>
>>> > and<br>
>>> > a vga port for a console instead of a serial connection.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On the other hand, Ive been at this since 3am so I could be confused<br>
>>> > :-p.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Thanks again.<br>
>>> > John<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 07:40, Michael Steinmann<br>
>>> > <<a href="mailto:mike.steinmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.steinmann@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> > wrote:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> this is what my pxelinux.cfg\default looked like for v0.6.2,<br>
>>> >> indicating the necessary files:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> SERIAL 0 38400<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> DEFAULT menu.c32<br>
>>> >> ALLOWOPTIONS 0<br>
>>> >> PROMPT 0<br>
>>> >> TIMEOUT 0<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> MENU TITLE Server PXE Boot Menu<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> LABEL Voyage<br>
>>> >> MENU LABEL ^Voyage 0.6.2<br>
>>> >> KERNEL voyage/vmlinuz1 root=LABEL=ROOT_FS console=ttyS0,38400n8<br>
>>> >> APPEND initrd=voyage/initrd1.img fs=voyage/filesystem.squashfs<br>
>>> >> boot=live netboot=fs<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> #Michael<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> 2011/7/16 John Schultz <<a href="mailto:jschultz0614@gmail.com" target="_blank">jschultz0614@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>>> >> > What files need to be copied to my PXE Server in order to install<br>
>>> >> > Voyage<br>
>>> >> > from the network?<br>
>>> >> ><br>
>>> >> > My PXE Server is not the live CD.<br>
>>> >> ><br>
>>> >> > Thanks in advance,<br>
>>> >> > John<br>
>>> >> ><br>
>>> >> > _______________________________________________<br>
>>> >> > Voyage-linux mailing list<br>
>>> >> > <a href="mailto:Voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk" target="_blank">Voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk</a><br>
>>> >> > <a href="http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux" target="_blank">http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux</a><br>
>>> >> ><br>
>>> >> ><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
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