New Version of the Debian Installation guide - v1.9

[trevordick]

Aw shucks Thanks

But don't forget all the developers and beta tester, without whose effort none of this would be possible.

Trevor

PS I promise to upload the latest Installation guide at the end of the week. Please prod me if I forget.

So you've no linux stuff to do right now? I hope to have something new soon, here is a taste of what I've been up to this week:

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The disk labeled Linux is the CF card I keep my linux kernels on (In the CF slot), Thanks to the help of LyleHaze, I've managed to add it as a platform_ata device.

This kernel is based on 3.4.0, and is not ready for release just yet, as I seem to have added a interrupt initialisation problem which causes it to hang during boot quite a bit. I am investigating. Annoyingly it works well when it boots.

I see you've added Xorro prototype boards to the A-Eon web site, are they nearly here?

Regards
Darren

Thanks Darren, I look forward to adding your latest work to the Installation guide. Excellent news re the CF card. It means I won't have to remove the card and place it in a USB card reader to copy new kernels and files to it.

In answer to Lyle's question. Altough the card is good for booting the various Linx kernels, I would not place the Linux installation on the CF card. It's much faster from a HDD compared to the relatively slow speeds of a CF card.

As for the Xorro boards, I understand that Amigakit will be stocking these in the near future.

Trevor

[trevordick]

@Daz,
I'm a complete noob at Linux.. I have a question:
Does this mean that we will be able to put a complete Linux install on a CF without messing around with any hard drives that are busy with OS4 stuff?

Hmmm... interesting idea, and I think is possible. CF appears to the system as a HDD.

We would need to partition the CF, as most are supplied as one large disk. 2 Partitions, 1 FAT for kernels (they won't load off of anything else) and 1 ext2/3 for the linux system.

Only 2 things concern me: Where to put the swap, (.. oddly I didn't bother with this and my system is OK)

Cost of a resonable sized CF gets quite high, I would expect 8G to be an minimum size to even consider, 32 or 64G is a more resonable size.

But I can see the advantage of supplying a ready prepared CF card for those who aren't confident about installing.

Just wondering. It would be a good starting point for the "Linux-Curious" Amigans out here.

Trevor! Are you listening?

Regards
Darren

Sorry Darren,

I hadn't seen your post before replying to the new one.

Interesting concept, but see my comment about CF cards speed. What do you think?

I have a 16GB CF card, total overkill I know! It could certainly hold one or two Linux distributions. If would need to be visible in Linux (which hopefully your new kernel will fix) and if so, I presume it could easily be parititioned for Linux. As you say, if all this is possible, we could produce pre-configured Linux CF cards which would make life a lot simpler for those who are not confident about Linux installation.

Trevor

[daz]

Thanks Darren, I look forward to adding your latest work to the Installation guide. Excellent news re the CF card. It means I won't have to remove the card and place it in a USB card reader to copy new kernels and files to it.

I've taken a break on the 3.4.0 at the moment, I think i'll need a lot of time to find the problem, however I have copied my changes back to the 2.6.39.4 source and built a new kernel.

Some info:
I used Pats vmlinux39pw-1.2 config, and added the cf patch so this should work with Debian, Mint and Ubuntu.
The modified file "pata_of_platform.c" is included, and lives in drivers/ata, just replace the current one with mine new one.

Note: Gnome mangles the drive name, (endiness problem) but it reads and writes OK

Report any problems!

In answer to Lyle's question. Altough the card is good for booting the various Linx kernels, I would not place the Linux installation on the CF card. It's much faster from a HDD compared to the relatively slow speeds of a CF card.

Ahh yes, speed, I'd forgotten about that. I tried to bechmark mine and Disk Util told me it was 'to slow to benchmark'

As for the Xorro boards, I understand that Amigakit will be stocking these in the near future.

Trevor

Execellent!

Here is the link to the new kernel archive, as always I built this under Debian, so as Trevor has found out Windows doesn't like the zip file. Decompress under OS4/Linux

http://www.fileden.com/files/2012/6/20/ ... l-39cf.zip

Regards
Darren

[daz]

Trevor

PS I promise to upload the latest Installation guide at the end of the week. Please prod me if I forget.

PROD!

[trevordick]

Trevor

PS I promise to upload the latest Installation guide at the end of the week. Please prod me if I forget.

PROD!

Registered "First Contact" owners can download Vesion 2.3.1 of the GNU/Linux installation guide from the A-EON website.

version 2.4 of the guide is in the works and will be posted to the X1000 beta test forum for review when finished.

BTW I tested your vmlinux39cf kernel and pleased to say the internal CF card was accessible.

I even copied the /lib/modules from cf0: after booting with the new kernel for the first time. Picture attached of CF card and directory in MintPPC.

Good work Daz!

[tommysammy]

Trevor

PS I promise to upload the latest Installation guide at the end of the week. Please prod me if I forget.

PROD!

Registered "First Contact" owners can download Vesion 2.3.1 of the GNU/Linux installation guide from the A-EON website.

version 2.4 of the guide is in the works and will be posted to the X1000 beta test forum for review when finished.

BTW I tested your vmlinux39cf kernel and pleased to say the internal CF card was accessible.

I even copied the /lib/modules from cf0: after booting with the new kernel for the first time. Picture attached of CF card and directory in MintPPC.

Good work Daz!

Cool but can this kernel sound?2D and 3D acceleration?Then i will give it a try

[trevordick]

Cool but can this kernel sound?2D and 3D acceleration?Then i will give it a try

Yes to Audio & 3D.

Daz's based vmlinux39fc on Pat Wall's vmlinux39pw-1.2 config, and added the cf patch so according to Daz it should work with Debian, Mint and Ubuntu.

I've tested the new kernel with MintPPC & Ubuntu 12.04 and it appears to work fine. ...oh, and the internal CF card is readable!

Will test with Debian Wheezy next and report back.

Trevor

[musa]

Registered "First Contact" owners can download Vesion 2.3.1 of the GNU/Linux installation guide from the A-EON website.

version 2.4 of the guide is in the works and will be posted to the X1000 beta test forum for review when finished.

BTW I tested your vmlinux39cf kernel and pleased to say the internal CF card was accessible.

I even copied the /lib/modules from cf0: after booting with the new kernel for the first time. Picture attached of CF card and directory in MintPPC.

Good work Daz!

Shall I register again as a new user on the A-eon website? I have tried to register but nothing happens and it is not possible to log in with my Username / password from here.

[trevordick]

Shall I register again as a new user on the A-eon website? I have tried to register but nothing happens and it is not possible to log in with my Username / password from here.

Yes you will need to register on the A-EON website.

Please try again,

Thanks

Trevor

[musa]

Shall I register again as a new user on the A-eon website? I have tried to register but nothing happens and it is not possible to log in with my Username / password from here.

Yes you will need to register on the A-EON website.

Please try again,

Thanks

Trevor

Hi Trevor.
I registered again and just as last time I get this message.
Thank you for your email.

We will respond within two business days of receiving the email.
But the last time it did not work because I never got any repons
Well hope it ok now.
Thanks for help